The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-30

N''sss' lou De AFRAID TO trust me. | have
known Tor some time the Joke was to be
played, but supposed all the time it was to be
next Friday. As it is to be tonight this is
the only way to let you know. So please es-
cuse haste, as am writing this in the post
Office. Your friend, LITTLE FlIRT.
Mr.. II. wisely took the fair ones advice
and went home. Subsequently he received
the following lettec
Dear Mr. H.:
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Il suppose Won
was somewhat surpH ed When you received
mat note last Friday and must ask Won
again to please excuse me | know il WAS
very wrong, but | was not acquainted with
any OF the clerks, 50 thought would NOT
be recognized, and could not bear the idea
OF the T. l.. DIS. getting ahead Of us and
playing joke on you. We determined TO
prevent it and did SO, though it cost us more
than we had bargained for-how, it does NOT
matter. Please accept our sincere thanks fer
your prompiness in obeyng our wishes. be.
cause was afraid you would thiak we were
trying to keep you from keeping your promise
and would not do as the note asked. am
afraid you think very hard Of nc, but it was
the only way TO prevent it, You see. we
knew all about the joke and intended to give
you timely warning, but the c. l. D,. thought
to steal march on us by playing it a week
ahead OF time, and it just happened was
down town that day and received warning
myself, saying if wished to prevent the i,ke
being played We would have to act at once.
am very poor hand to describe anything.
but will try and give you some idea how the
Joke was carried out. There are two differ |
ent clubs known as the c. l.. Ds. Now one
club is composed Of ladies and gentlemen |
lhey do nothing at all and never get up any
rackets; but the other club is composed of all
gentlemen and it keeps us busy watching
them. They knew which way you would 90
That night, and this is what they did One If
the gentlemen being very small, dressed Nm
IN a SUIT OF ladies' clothes and pretended to
be IN dreadful trouble. or course when Won
passed you would, as a gentleman, ask the
cause OF her trouble and offer 10 assist her
Now we knew all about that, and one Of our
glrls dressed up in gentemen's clothes and
represented you. When we thought it was
lime Tor the store to close we were all ready
and our bogus "Mr H." started the wav Won
was to g. and had not proceeded VERY far
"hen he, or she, | should say, met younq
ady who seemed in be in dreadful trouble,
'oboing as though her heart would break. as
was only natural.
Mr. II. asked if he could be of any as sist-
'nce' when the supposed young lady informed
ilm she had lost her way, being a stranger in
ne CITY she had taken the wrong street and
'ould not lind her way back Mr.. IL. said he
would be only too happy to see her home if
he could tell where she lived. So she said
me lived near San Pedro avenue. The gem
leman that was playing lady did not suspect
or moment the good-looking young man he
vas talking to was lady, but Just allowed
himself to be taken in like lamb, all the time
milking what joke they were PLAYING on
'oor Joe II. Mr.. II. proposed that tbev
hould have some ice-cream. as III. lad,
semed so warm, and led the way to a place
'here four Of the Jolly Six were waiting for
hem two of the girls dressed as gentlemen.
he other two as ladies'. There is where the
IN commenced The young lady had given
er name as E3tella Thare, and Mr.. II intro
lced US, but all the time pretended to be sur
1Sed to see US there. Now the supposed
dy seemed to fall in love with me to such an
tent that she nearly forgot the part he :