The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-25
DIPLOMATIC TOMMY.
He Induced HIS Sister to Attend the Foot
- ball Game.


~e ball Game.
mo, Tommy" said his sister, I'll
not give you so cents to pay to see the
football match; you have seen n mum
ber Of baseball games during the sum
mer, aud think that is enough"
Tomr2y BsS6eiected for while and
kept qui$1<epSFhis 23-year-od sister
began TO cNSgratulate herself That she
had silenced him for time ut least,
and she would not DO bothered by his
teasing. Suddenly Tommy's face
frightened and he turned toward his
sister, but she was busy with somo
needlework, and was all unconscious
Of tho thoughts that were running
through his mind. After a while he
went over and stood beside her and
watched her fingers as they dextcrously
knitted the bright colored yarn into
fancy mats and things without names
for a church fair to be held in u short
time.
There was silence for while, only
broken by the far away notes of
harsh hand organ as it ground out, in
spasmodic time, the 'Boulangcr
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 Sartoga2"
Eyes, Tommy. WhyT
II guess you haven't seen him re-
Gently, have you"
mo. Tommy. When we moved
last spring ShelSeve he was in Europe,
and | didSnoS know his address, so did
not send him card. What makes
YOU ask the question:"
"Oh, 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 a lady
with him"
"a lady, Tommy"
eyes; l guess. it was his mother"
"Ohl (relieve0. You say he talked
to you, Tommya"
"Yes; he said he thought / had
grown q great deal since he saw me in
Saratoga, and wanted to know how
that good looking sister of mine was.
go on, Tommy"
"And then he said: let mo sec,
your sister is about 10 now, isn't she2'
And l said l guessed that was about
your age"
"Well" (softly).
'Then he turned to the lady who
was 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 lovely pale bluo silk dress, that
became her so well, and made the
Rogers girls so jealous-I guess he
said the Misses Rogers And she said
she remembered her quite well; and
then she turf ed to me and said: Are
you the young lady's brothcrl An |
said l was anC she said: You ought
to be proud of aving such q nice Sis
ter, an l said 1 was, an it made mo
feel. good when sec how all the young
ladies in the block were jealous OF
her"-
'"Tommy" (scvcrcly).
"Well, 1 couldn't help it, cause l
know it's so"-
Tommy" (mildly).
An then Mr.. Nicefellow told the
waiter to bring me glass Of soda
water, an, asked me if | didn't
want some peanuts, an said didn't
mind, an he bought me some, an just
then BUCK Ewing made home run,
an Mr.. rsiceellow said he guessed the
Chicagos couldn't play ball, and he'd
rather see game of football any day,
especially between the college clevcns,
an he said he hoped | would bo at the
football games this fall, an wanted to
know if you liked athletic sports, an
l said guessed you did, but you had
SO many other things to attend to-
visiting sick people an making things
for the poor heathcns III Africa,
"When did you say the football
game was to be played, Tommy"
"On Saturday, am -
Tommy hcsitatingly), would you
like to take me to see the gameif buy
the tickets2"
why, cert"
Then she kissed him and told him he
needn't say anything about their 60
ing, and Tommy moved toward the
door When he got outside lie drew
long breath and exclaimed to him
self: "Geel What a whopperl But
it worked "-New York Tribune