, 1888-12-25
DIPLOMATIC TOMMY.
He Induced His Sister to Attend the Foot
ball Game.


bali Game.
mo, Tommy" said his sister, I'll
not give you so cents to pay to see the
football match; you have seen a num-
Der of baseball games during the sum-
mer, and I think hat is enough"
Tommy was detected for a while and
kept quiet, and his ~23-year-old sister
began to congratulate herself that she
had silenced him for a time at least,
and she would not be bothered by his
teasing. Suddenly Tommy's face
frightened and he turned toward his
sister, but she was busy with some
needlework, and was all unconscious
of the thoughts that were running
through his mind. After a while he
went over and stood beside her and
watched her fingers as they dexterously
knitted the bright colored yarn into
fancy mats and things without names
for a church fair to be held in a short
time.
There was silence for a while, only
broken by the far away notes of a
harsh hand organ as it ground out, in
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 SO
much at the hotel in Saratoga7"
= Yes, Tommy. Why3"
Il guess you haven't seen him re-
Gently, have your"
NO, Tommy. When we moved
last spring l believe he was in Europe,
and / did not know his address, SO did
not send him a card. What makes
you ask the question:"
ooh, nothin' much; only the last
time ] went TO the 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 n lady
with him"
"a lady, Tommy"
Eyes; ] guess it was his mother"
"0hi ~trelieved). You say he talked
TO you, TommyT'
Yes; he said he thought / had
grown a great deal since he saw me in
Saratoga. and wanted to know how
that good looking sister of mine was"
go on, Tommy"
And hen he said: Let me see,
your sister is about 10 now, isn't shef
And said ] guessed that was about
your age"
well" softly.
lhtll TIC NlIllth W lllt lhuN WIN
was with him and asked her il 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
became her so we'll, and made the
Rogers girls so jcalous-l CUES he
said the Misses Rogers. And she said
she remembered her quite well; and
then she turf ed TO me and said AR
you the younF lady's brotherf An i
said ! was, anC she said: You ought
TO be proud OF 1 aving such a nice sis
ter, AMI said 1 was, an it made me
feel good when soc how all the young
ladies in the block were jealous OF
her.
Tommy severely.
well | couldn't help it, cause |
know it's so"-
Tommy" mildly.
An then Mir. Nicefeiiow told the
waiter to bring me a glass of soda
water, an asked me if | didn't
want some peanuts, an | said l didn't
mind, an he bought me some, an just
then Buck Ewing made a home run,
an Mr.. Nicefellow said he guessed the
Chicagos couldn't play bali, and he'd
rather see u game of football any day,
especially between the college elevens,
an he said he hoped l would be at the
football games this fall, an wanted to
know if you liked athletic sports, an
| said / guessed you did, but you had
SO many other things to attend to,
visiting sick people an making things
for the poor heatheus in Africa,
an'"-
when did you say the football
game was to be played, Tommy"
"On Saturday, ann
Tommy hesitatingly), would you
like to take me to see the camel if Ibuy
the tickets7"
why, cert"
Then she kissed him and told him he
needn't say anything about their 60
ing, and ToWmy moved toward the
door. When he got outside he drew
a long breath and exclaimed to him
self: "Geel What a whopperl But
it worked !"-New York Tribune.