The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-16

der I could make a sneak, and butt
in wit de odder soivants what was
down on de beach, taking salt bat
by moonlight.
mo more tonight, Chances" he
says, after counting over on his
fingers how many he has had,
''No more tonight L finds dat
1 goes off in me tennis if L do
not deny meself. Take away de empty
bottles; dey reminds me of me toist"
mo sugar in me coffee" I hears
Miss Fannie say after dinner. Sugar
runs me above me best riding weight,
and I've promised to ride. over to de
polo game tomorrow Will you ride
wit us, Papa, or driver" she says.
''I'll drive, me dear" Whiskers says,
'but not in a trap. I'll drive at golf, :"
he says. "Chames, I'll want you to go
to de links wit me early in de morn
ing, to recover balls, while practice
driving. It's stonishing," he says to
Mr.. Paul, dat / drives much better
when Chames is wit me, dan when I
has one of de eaddies."
l wonder! De caddies isn't on to de
graft When Whiskers drives, 1 hangs
out on de fair green, about eighty
yards from de tee, wit a clubs In me
his ball comes along, looking tired,
and ready to stop, 1 gives 1t a swat,
careless like, and sends it on it's way
about fifty yards furder. Whiskers
never sees, cause he can't weart
glasses when he COLTS; and he's so
tickled wit his good woik dat he tips
me liberal-and near goes croisy dat he
can't make dose wonder drives when
I'm not dere to help good ting along
Well, having get me folks comforta-
bic for de evening, chases down to de
bading beach where de odder hands
is having water sports in de light of de
moon, and I joins in.
Duchess is dere, but she is shy on
salt water Take a running jump
and come in l says to her. de water
isn't feard of you; but I wonder de
moon doesn't go under cloud when
it sees you in dose togs. What are you
made up for, anyway" I says to her
Don't be impudent, Master Chames' >
she says. I'm made up for style, and
dat has noting to do wit salt water. 1t
would never hang right again if 1 got
dis skirt wet" I'm glad you give it a
name," | says. 'If OATS a skirt you
ought to give 1t something to make it
grow. What is dose tings you have
on your feet?" says 1, trying to grab
her ankles to drag her into the water
and p'chee! dat ,goil had on high heel
ShoesI
But even Duchess has de croise
When de folks is all away from de
house she plays croquet with Maggie
de house maid; for she says it makes
her belt line smaller to bend over and
swat de ball. But croquet is no more
exercise dan reading de baseball
news is playing ball.
Even Kiddie has to be brought up in
de fashion Every morning de young
ster is fetched to de noissery, in paja-
mas for exercising close, and I teaches
heer to swing clubs. OATS good
looking job - club swinging - and l
cal Outing and Life Saving Club.
Duchess piped me giving Kiddie her
morning lesson for a few days, and
she says she would take hand in de
game herself. She did De next time
give Duchess a lesson in club swing
ing I'll hire de wide, wide woild for
ue gymnasium, and move out de stars
ana moons, and tings like dat, so dat
duchess will have room to woik in. She
proke everything in dat noissery. not
barring her head and mine. Duchess
toid Riddle not to tell dat she had
Deen playing rough house; and to
sWeeten de Kiddie not to forget, Ouch
eSs got some marmalade for her.
rank you Hortense"-dat's Duchess
-, Tank you, Hortense," says Kiddie,
Dut l must not eat sweets in de
waist line" and de little one went on
her way, wit her figure all right-like
"a little key!
And Willy Wildly Say, honest, you
wonder when she gets de time to take
exercise she must take 10 keep her
A%ure as fit as IL IS. II dere's any
uHB-but polo-in de line OF exercise
SPORTS dat Wildly doesn't play never
Aeela De name Of It. Duchess says