Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-12-29
roMmv.s DIPLOMACY.


rfow ffe induced nia Sister 70 aotp ehs
Foot4BaIl eanao,
mo, Tommy said his sister, sl'li |
not give you fifty cents % pay 70 see
shs football matchi you have seen
number of baseball games during the
summer and / thiih thai Is enough
Tommy was detected tot awhile ana
kept quiet, and his twenty-thfee:geal.
old sister began to congratulate herself
that she had siienced him for q time
a. least. and she would not be bothered
By his teasing. Suddenly Tommy face
frightened and he turned toward his
sister, but She was busy with some
needlework, and wag at unconscious q
the Thoughts that were running through
his mind. After awhile he went over
and stood beside her and watched her
fingers as they dextrously knitted the
bright-colored yarn into fancy mats and
things without names for a church fan
to be held in a short time.
There was silence for awhile only
broken BY the far-away notes Of
harsh hand-organ as it ground out, in
spasmodic time, the ''Boulanger
March in the next block. AT last
Tommy broke the silence and said,
softly: do you remember Mr.. Nice
fellow who used to talk to you 50 much
at the hotel In SaratogaP"
"Yes, Tommy. WhyP"
II guess you haven't seen him re-
Gently, have you?"
mo, Tommy. When we moved last
spring believe he was in Europe, and
| | did not know his address, so did not
send him card. What makes you ask
the question:
.Oh, nothin' much; only the last time
went TO tho Polo Grounds to see the
New Yorks beat the Chicagos he was
there in the grand stand, and talked to
me. He said he attended nearly every
game. He had lady with him."
"a lady, Tommy"
"Yes; / guess it was his mother"
"Ohl (relicyed). You say he talked
to you, Tommy"
Eyes; he said he thought ] had grown
q great deal since he saw me Ia Sara
toga, and wanted to know how that
good-looking sister Of mine was"
Go on, Tommy
"And then he said: Let me see, your
sister is about nineteen now, isn't sheP
J And said / guessed that was about
your age"
''WelT' (softly).
"Then he turned to the lady who WIS
with him and asked her If she didn't
! remember the lady who looked SO
} pretty that night at the hop; the one,
he said, who had brown hair and wore
a lovely pale blue silk dress, that be-
. came her so well, and made the Rogers
0 girls so jealous-I guess he said the
s Misses Rogers. And she said she re-
: membered her quite we'll; and then she
turned to me and said: Are you the
! Young lady's brotherP' An / said
o was, an she said: You ought to b
d proud of having such nice sister, an
e said was, an it made me feel good
when I see how all the young ladies u
$ the block were jealous of her"
Tommy (severely).
ssWell, I couldn't help it, cause
know it's So"
Tommy" (mildly).
n "An' then Mr.. Nicefellow told tn
q waiter to bring me a glass of sod
!. water, an asked me If didn't wan
some peanuts, an / said didn't mind
a an he bought me some. an just thel
Ie Buck Ewing made home run, an Mr.
n Nicefellow said he guessed the Chica
II gos couldn't play ball, and he'd rathe
see a game of football any day, espeC
n ially between the college elevens, al
ts he said he hoped | would be at the fool
ball games this fall. an wanted t
AT know if you liked athletic sports, an
ID said l guessed you did, but you had S
h many other things to attend to, visitin
sick people an making things for th
Il poor heathens in Africa, am
Of when did you say the foot-ba
game was to be played, TommyP'
is "0n Saturday, an"
as Tommy (hesitatingly). would 70
like to take me to see the game Il bu
be- the ticketsPn
re "Why, cert. "
Then she kissed him and told him b
Of needn't say any thing about their g
re- ing, and Tommy moved toward th
door, When he got outside he drew
a long breath and exclaimed to himsel
81 sGeel What whopper! But
worked. m T. Tribune.