The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

the latest of the great reform move
ments, which occasionally agitate the
metropolis, and had gained some little
reputation for eloquence, which, If it
had no other result, tended to in
crease his practice. He worked too
hard to go in for sports to any ex-
tent, but not so many years ago he
had been a swift and sandy end at a
certain university in a little town not
far from New York. But after his
graduation, Chalmers, If you except
an occasional Saturday in the golf
links, or a cross-country walk left his
athletic career at the university. He
had never ridden horseback in his life
and was a miserable driver.
Perhaps it was the great contrast In
their lives that attracted Chalmers and
Miss Bangs. He never had been es-
pecially at ease with young women,
but Miss Bangs and her straightfor-
ward, matter-of-fact ways. and the
easy terms of fellowship on which she
met him. worked a marvellous trans
formation. AS for her. she was OBJ
liged to confess-when it became nee
essary to think of such things-that
Chalmers appealed to her wonderfully.
She liked his incisive ways, his clear.
clean-cut views on all subjects and
his manliness. He had the air of a man
who had habitually done things and
gets them out of the way. and what
she had heard of him verified that i'm
preston. So finally it came that she
decided in a most syllogistic manner
that she loved him. They became en-
gagged.
Although Chalmers felt very clear
cut jealousy for the polo pony, it can
not be said that his other impressions
were we'll defined. That was the trou-
BILE. He would not say that their re-
lations were perfunctory; Miss Bangs
certainly showed him affection. But
surely he was moved by strange emo
tons which, however, he barely I'M
derstood.
Miss Bangs took things as a matter
of course. and when she went off to
follow the drag, she left Chalmers at
home with a book. or let him loaf
around the country club without COM
junction. Even Chalmers love for
Miss Bangs would not induce him to
ride after her, which, perhaps, was
inst as wen for his neck. When she
returned flushed from the ride, with
her surrounding escort of redcoats, she
would tap him on the cheek and say:
"You poor boy, were you lonely. You
don't know what you miss by not rid
ing" or something like that. You see,
Chalmers did not meet HeT III every
thing. If she thought about that she
aid not mention 1t. nor did 1t seem to
worry her. Chalmers did not mention
it, either.
Late each afternoon she took him
driving in her little meadowbrook cart
never attached to the faithful old
sorrel which the rest of the family
used. This was the worst of all. He
was rapidly becoming quite irritated
an her apology, invariably delivered
as soon as William let go the bride:
Now, dear, don't mind II / don't
talk TO YOU for a half hour, or so.
Danger Is frightfully skittish."
There would follow a long, grum
silence, as Miss Bangs deftly manipu-
lated the reins and piled the animal
with terms of endearment.
This afternoon Danger was unusual
lv sklttish, and Miss Bangs unusually
tender to Danger, consequently THIS
stipulated half hour Of exclusive at
tention 10 the Bteed was heightened
almost a full hour. Chalmers sat
grirnly silent looking hard az the ny
ing landscape. d,
aDon't. don't do that, sweetheart"
sbe would say when the pony broke.
NOW. boy-d0n't. sweetheart please,
ana so on until the pony resumes nia
swinging trot. Chalmers wished she