Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-07
HIS FATHERS OLD FRIEND.
The Introduction Opened the Young Man
Foolishly Closed Eyes.

The Introduction Opened the Young Mans
Foolishly Closed Eyes.
From the Chicago Times.
''The old gentleman played a queer trick on
me the other night" he said. as he lit his cigar
after dinner. at was rather awkward for me
at first, but I guess it was a good thing after
all.
you know used to feel that had done my
self an injustice if did not 60 to the theate.
about five or six nights week. Maybe it wasn't
always the theater, but if it wasn't that it was
stag party or poker game. needn't explain;
you've been with me frequently.
'well, you also know how I'm fixed in the
line Of business. work for my father and
hsve 10 be ut the Office as $50 h, the morning
just as the rest o; the family are sitting down
to breakfast. In consequence 1 get my break
fast and leave the house before they are up.
But can. complain Of that. I'm doing ex-
actly what the man who had my place before
me did, and between you and me think I'm
drawing more salary than he did
But that's neither here nor there. It's the
evenings. l used to finish work about g. get
dinner down town and go to the theater or
somewhere else. Been doing it for about six
months and swear when l figure back about
the only times that have seen my mother and
sister have been at Sunday dinner. Nothing
hundreds of young men in Chicago.
But they aventfathers like mine. He came
to me one afternoon last week and asked me if
1 had an engagement for that night.
"'Yes, said: 4 promised to go to the
theater with Will Brown
"'How about tomorrow night he asked.
Haven't figured ahead that far replied
"'Well. I'd like to have you go somewhere
with me-
".All right said; 'wheren meet your
"You see, he leaves the Office about an hour
before get through.
He suggested the fremont House Mt 7:3O
and was there, prepared for the theater and
a quiet lecture on late hours. He had COM
bined the two on several previous occasions
But when he appeared he said he wanted me to
Zone knew quite well when was young
man. he explained.
'.We went out and started straight for home
''She is stopping at the house, he said, when
I spoke of il.
II though: it strange that he should have
made the appointment for the fremont House
under those circumstances. but said nothing
''Well, we went in. and 1 was introduced with
all due Formally to my mother and my sister.
THE sitration. struck me as ludicrous, and l
started to laugh. but the laugh died away
None Of the three even smiled. My mother
and my sister shook hands with me. and nv
mother said she remembered me as a boy, but
hadn't seen much of ME lately. Then she in
vited me to be seated.
my, it wasn't bit funny then. although 1
can laugh over 1t now. l sat down and she
told one or two anecdotes of my boyhood, at
which we all laughed a little Then we four
played whist for while. When 1 finally re-
tired was courteously invited to call again 1
went upstairs feeling pretty small and doing q
good deal of thinking
"And them" asked his companion.
Then made up my mind that my mother
was a most entertaining lady and my sister a
good and brilliant girl"
"And now?"
"NOw I'm going to call again, as have been
doing quite regularly for the last week. en-
Joy their company and propose to cultivate
their acquaintance
And the young mamie was only about
twenty-two-put on his coat and started for his
car.