The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-18

ing 10 stop there tomorrow. How
shall l know her when l see her?
shan't, but she'll know me. Look
here" He took from his pocket a red
ribbon bow at least eight inches
across. Johnny made this-Johnny's
my Wife, you know-and wrote to the
cousin that I'd wear it on my over
coat. She'll know me when she sees
me, don't you Think"
IL Heaven Were Like Florida.
Speaking of Florida" continued the
cattleman, lingering his rope-like gold
watch guard, II want to tell you,
gentlemen. that there's the place to
spend the winter. Why, say, If
thought heaven would be as pretty
and us comfortable as that part of
Florida l know most about, I'd join
the church right away and no bluff.
either. Why, my. how fine II is.
But it takes the dough to live there.
Away up under the roof you can sleep,
just sleep in little room, two of you,
for so days apiece. You've got
to buy what you eat besides. Lower
down it's $50 and then $40, and so on
up in price. as you so down in floors.
But by"
From the cattlemans mouth there
issued a string of profanity fairly
soaring, it was so original and so in
tense.
You eastern gentlemen must eX-
cuse my hard language, but there's no
way for me to talk when / think about
that beautiful place but to swear.
That's the way we express ourselves
out in Montana"
The eastern gentlemen excused the
cattleman's oaths and he resumed the
thread of his conversation.
! II tell you, that big hotel beats any
thing and everything l ever seen any
where outside of Butte, Mont. No,
there amt no hotel to Butte that beats
, the Florida one, but there's a livery
stable and undertaking shop there-a
sort of obsequial palace, that tops
everything. Why, say. the Teller that
runs that place keeps three hundred
horses and forty-seven men. He's got
ten hearses and one of 'em weighs g.
800 pounds-more than a ton and a
half. All his hearses is o. X He
wouldn't have anything else around,
but that one--why, my goodness, gen.
tlemen-that hearse, with all it's cary
ings and plumes and such--well, gen.
tlemen, you'll have to excuse me a
moment while ] express myself"
And again he swore fuently.
Soon after the cattleman went to
bed, shaking hands all around before
retirin$.
Hopt YOU ii all ne On mana TO say
goodbye to me in the morning" he
said. II shall show you my parrot then
and you can hear her talk for herself. I"
what the Parrot Said.
Soon after breakfast the next day
the train pulled up at the little station
where the old man expected to meet
his third cousin. A little earlier the
porter had brought the parrot in a
| great, silded cage from the baggage
car, and the bird had partially justi-
fed her masters words by crying joy
fully:
Good morning, papa Gibson, good
morning / hope you slept we'll last
night"
Smiling like a seraph and swearing
| like a fiend, for very delight. the old
| cattleman stepped off the car as the
train came to a stop, his beloved bird
in one hand while the other was oc-
| cupied in so holding the lapel of his
overcoat that the big red bow couldn't
/ possibly be overlooked. AS the pas
| sengers watched, wholesome looking
| young woman detached herself from a
small group near the station door, look
I, ed hard at the bird cage, the old man,
and the vast red ribbon bow and then
tripped prettily up to him.
| GOOD morning, my dear" cried the
cattleman, settling down the bird cage
and letting go of the big bow that he
might the better embrace his young
hostess.
AS the train pulled out the CONNER
cial men distinctly heard the smack of
the resultant cousiniy kiss, while from
the bird cage there was a sound as of
huttering wings and loud talk. Some of
the passengers said they heard the bird
say:
stop that! Stop that! I'll tell
Johnny when / meet her."