The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-09

Miss Fannie is MIR. PauIs wife now.
as 1 was telling you, but me and Ouch
ess calls her Miss Fannie, just de same
as always. 'cept in company when we
calls her ma am, dat being Yankee for
missus in French. Little Miss Fannie
l calls Riddle. but Duchess has a form
name what she calls her-La Petite
what is French for Petite.
In dis way and dat I'm getting a
strangle holt on French, and expect
to get a fall and decision on de Ian
gwudge by de time 1 has to go to Paris
to live, what is de programme Duchess
has laid out for me old age. OATS
why 1 hate to grow old: and I'll beat
de Paris game, If l has to make
halfway trip over de Brooklyn bridge
to do it,
We is living up at our place on he
Sound now, and 1 has learned Kiddie
to swim, and learned heself how to pull
de plug out of a pint, and solve de fizz
witout missing a drop. when Mr. Paurs
yacht is doing stunts wit her keel
out of water, and her rail under. OATS
de way he likes to sail. If ever he has
TO go and try to bring de cup back
from Sir Tumis. he'll bring II back--or
stop dere wit it. Since he won Miss
Fannie he has won most everything
else in sight, and has took to sail yachts
again; using de steam yacht only for
gailly-gailly trips when Miss Fannie
has parties to entertain. What Wit
sailing and cruising, I'm getting SO salt
and Duchess so peppery, and Whiskers
so oily dat If dere was little vine
gar aboard we could be mixed up far
a salad dressing.
"Chimmie," SAYS Mr.. Paul to me de
odder day, I'VE will go out for little
spin in de toity-footer to-day. Is de
hamper packed?"
yes, sir" 1 says Deere is half a
dozen bottles and six sandwiches in 1t. >"
Don't take up too much room wit de
sandwiches he says, winking at Whis-
kers "Will you 60 wit us, me dear"
he asks Miss Fannie.
mo, tank you, DEAR" she says. 4
| prefers me daily bat in de bat tub.
But when you've had your spin, I'd
like you to take us out in de steam
yacht. I've invited some young people
b from de hill for trip" she says.
So dat wis de way we come to take
de trip 1 was going to tell you about.
But foist let me ask you: Remember,
| Wiley Wildly? She's de gailly- gailly
| COIL what is entered for de WhiSkerS'
Stake Since Miss Fannie married Mr..
Paul she isn't as leary of Wiley Wildly
as she was when WILDLY made blum
| at being In de running for Mr.. Pau
himself. l used to think Miss Fannie
was shy of Wildly because she didn't
| fancy her for q stepmodder, but now
know she was only riding her own race
when she used to take her rail away
from Wildly Tings is different now.
Duchess says dat Miss Fannie wouldn't
mind If Wildly landed Whiskers.
OATS one of de funniest tings about
wonderland all tings about 'em is fun
n.y. When Miss Fannie didn't know
wedder or not she wanted to marry Mr..
Paul, dere was no mistake dat she
didn't want Wildly to marry him.
''How's dat?" 1 says to Duchess.
whats de system of favorites wit
women?" says. IF Miss Fannie taut
she didn't want Mr.. Paul, why wouldn't
she let Wildly have him? And If it was
Whiskers she was protecting, den, why
is she willing to let Widdie raid him
now?"
1T is de simple" Duchess says, wit
dat cock-sure way women has when
dey is putting you wise on who is whose
steady and why when woman has
not de acquaintance of her heart in
| particular case, dere is noting dat so
quick decides her mind as anodder
worhan's?"
"Anodder woman's what? says L.
"Anodder womans mind" says Ouch
ess, wit scorn for me tick head. 1T
was not dat Wildly really wanted Mr..
Paul, but she did want Miss Fannie
married again, and happy enough not
to be too careful about her papa"
Her papa-Whiskers Was he play
ing tag, too
Stupid Whskaire was de whole
what you say-de whole woiks for
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main unconsoled. she would not let
Wildly be consoled. So to get Miss
Fannie out of de objectng humor,
Widdy's play was to get her married,
and haturellement, Wildly being a
wise woman, pretend for to have
sentiment for Mr.. Paul. Den it was
all over but de marriage. So soon as
Miss Fannie discover dat anodder
woman tink sentimental of Mr.. Paul
VOLTA! Mr.. Paul in a walk wins, as
you say"
Honest, what do you tink of a lime
light song like does? When it's
case of what's a man number wit
woman, Duchess can dope out de win
ner without knowing age, weight, or
previous performances.
Well, anyway, since Mr.. Paul signed
a life contract as Miss Fannie's Num-
Der One she has never knocked Wild
dy's gailly-gailly stunts wit Whiskers.
But Qe going has HOI DGNIl SiAlOOu
Whiskers run onto a shy streak in
himself. l asks Duchess to explain
dat out Of her fortune book, and she
says it was too easy.
"Widdv men, she saws, never
knows what is good for EN-; but wild
dy women always improves when dey
consents to take a second
rs dat all?" says /.
isn't it enough? 1t is too much!
You and me, Chames, must see dat
affaire come to a settlement Wit
Whiskaire married to Madam Harding
dey would set uD DER own establish
ment and den you and me would not
have of de interference in our man
agement Of Miss Fannie's houses"
Dat was a straight tip, for fair;
cause Whiskers is de only one what
butts into de game of our running
our places as we likes.
Well as 1 was saying, we starts
out for a run up de Sound on de steam
yacht, wit a party along dat come
from one of de big houses over White
PLANES way. In de push was a mug
what was doing a weekend at a house
party and, say. he was out for a bank
roll so strong dat he couldn't cover it
up. He wasn't much of a mixer: sort
of stood off from de bunch sizing
EN- up to see what one looked like de
hest buy for investment. But he wasn't
shy of me when he seen dat I was
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