New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-18
TOlfuY,S DIPLOMATIC TACTICS
HOW HE INDUCED HIS SISTER TO GO TO THE
FOOTBALL GAME.

HOW HE INDUCED HIS SISTER III W ~ AAAA
FOOTBALL GAME.
@No Tommy said his sister, I'll not give you 90
onts 70 nav TO see the football match you have seen
number OF baseball games uul4hs 'n0 s'' ~
lhink that Is enough
Tommy was detected for while and kept quiet
and his twenty ycarold sister began 10
herself that She had suenced him for time at least
and she would not be bothered by his teasing. SUD
denly Tommy's face frightened and he turned toward
his sister but she was busy with some needework ana
was all Of the thoughts that were running
through his mind After while he went over ana
stood beside her and watched her fingers as they ueA
uioUsly knitted ia. brlghtcolored yarn into fancy mats
and ming. without names for church fair to be held In
q short time.
There was silence for WHILE only broken by the
taraway notes Of harsh handorgan as 1t ground out
In spasmoic Time the Boulanger March, in the next
hlocl Al last Tommy broke the silence and said softly
DO you remember Mr. Ncefelow who used to talk to
YOU so much at the hotel in safaogaF
Yes Tommy WhyP
al guess YOU haven't seen him recently have your
No Tommy. when moved last spring L believe
ho was I'm Europe and L did know his address, so
did not send him a card. What makes you ask the
question:
Oh. nothn' much only the last time I went to tho
Polo Grounds to New York beat the Chcagos he
was there in the grand stand, and talked to me- lie said
be attended nearly every game. lie had lady with
aim
a LADY, Tommy7T
Yes; | guess it his mother"
on. Uelieyed You say he talked to you. Tommy y
Yes; he said he thought 1 had grown great deal
since he me in Saratoga, and wanted to know now
that goodlooking sister OF mine was.'
Go on, Tommy"
And then he said let see your sister is about
nineteen now, isn't shep And L said L guessed that
was about your age"
Well" (softy).
"Then he turned to the lady who with him and
asked her II she didn't remember the lady who looked
So pretty that night the hop; the one he said, who
had brown and lovely pale blue silk dress,
that became her WELL and made the Rogers girls SO
iealous-I guess he said the Misses Rogers. And she
said she remembered quite well and then she turned
to me and said Are you the young ladys brother
An said 1 was and said you ought to be proud
OF having such q sister an said was, an II
made good when see how all the young ladies'
In the block jealous Of her"
Tommy - severely.
Wei, 1 couldn't help it. cause know it's So"
Tommy" (mil1y).
An then Mr. Ncefelow told the waiter to bring me
glass of soda water, an asked II didn't want some
peanuts an said didn't mind. an he bought some.
an Just then Buck Ewing made home run, an Mr..
Nicefelow said he guessed the Chcagos couldn't play
ball. and he'd rather game Of football any day,
especially between the college oevens an he said he
hoped 1 would football games this fall, an
wanted to know il you liked athletic sports an said
guessed you did but you had many other things to
attend visiting sick people an making things for the
poor heathens in Africa, an"
When did you say the football game to be
played, Tommy ~
On Saturday am
Tommy (hcsItatingly). would you like to take to
the game II L buy the tcketsT
Why, cert.''
Then kissed him and told him he needn't say
thne about their going, and Tommy moved toward the
When he got outside drew a long breath and
exclaimed to himself: " Gee What a whopper But
it workedP