The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

from one of the latest and most SEN
sational novels. Finally an elder
arose in righteous Indignation, and
called the much mortified minister to
account
A gentleman who had a most i'm
ortant journey ahead of him, had the
alarm set for an early hour. His fam
lily br<aktasted with him, he babe
them goodbye at the table, but he
wished to allow plenty of time in
which to catch the train. The other
members of the household went about
their usual occupations. At l O'Clock
his wife, happening to pass through
the lower end of the hall, noticed a
man on the settee by the front door.
She questioned the servants, but they
said no one had been admitted during
| the morning. She took the butler with
| her to make an investigation. Upon
! approaching the supposed stranger
she was shocked to find her husband
whose appearance was constrained
and unnatural.
He glanced at her but took no fur
Their notice. of her presence. His hat
was on the rack, and his valise neat
| ly tucked away under the seat, while
he sat, placidly and with folded hands
looking through the vestibule door, in
| a bored and weary manner. When his
wife touched him on the shoulder, he
stared at her in utter establishment
for a moment, then springing to his
| feet in alarm, cried:
whats the matter Fanny; why are
you here?"
why, William, what are you doing
| here?" replied the wife.
I'm on the road to Boston. You
know that as well as 1 do"
He was much mortified, when he
found he had been sitting all those
hours in his own hall, having mistak-
en- it for a vestibule train.
Presence of mind and absence OF
mind are usually brought to the sur
face in the face of some calamity or
great danger. A gentleman, while din
ing with his host, saw the flimsy lace
curtains blow against the gas and
catch fire. He responded to the cry
of help from his friend, by deliberate
| ly filling his after dinner coffee cur
| from the carafe, and throwing the
| contents on the flaming drapery. With
great pains and trouble, another mar
insisted ON saving the copy of tina
! mornings paper. while all of the val
uables in his house were destroyed.
A gentleman, whose hobby was
, studying the mental equipose OF the
brain, always maintained that one
need never get fiustered in the presence
of danger, provided he will be DELHI
manner. BY this means both life and
property could be saved.
One night, he and his wife were
awakened in their hotel by the alarm
gong, and the cry of "Fire!" He arose
and besought his wife ito be calm and
considerable, and to dress as usual,
neglecting no part of her everyday
habit of procedure. Silently the poor,
frightened woman hurried on her
clothes, and gathered the loose articles
of their WARDROBE into valise, while
her husband carefully adjusted his
cravat, and brushed his coat. Then he
scolded his wife for not noticing the
tooth brushes. These, together with
his shaving pad, he packed away in
the bag and taking it in one hand,
with the other he led his wife down
the staircase into the street, where
they were greeted by the cheers of the
crowd.
Now, Mary" he remarked, you
see, owing to my theory and presence
of mind, here we are, safe and sound,
and you have not forgotten single
thing"
That's true. William" she replied,
"but since the fire is out would sug-
gest that you go back and put on your
trousers"