The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-02-03
ToMMx's DIPLOMATIC TACTICS
now tle lnaucsd His Sister 70 Go 70 she
Footbail Game.

EEow tIe ln,lucsd His Sister 70 Go 70 tAe
Football Game.
"No, Tommy said his sister, "rh wct
give ycu 50 cents 70 pay 70 $50 tho football
match. you have seen q number o. baseball
games during tho summer, aud think shat
is enough
s Tommy was detected for whilo and kept
uniet, and his 2S-yoar-old sister began 70 CON
rratuhte herself chat she had silenced him
iSr "a time at least, and shewould not " A
bothered by his teasing. Suddenly 'EqmmyIaS
face frightened and he turpsd toward hta
sstsr, but she was busy WITH some lneedlss
work, and was all luuconsciousuf the fhoughsa
lEfhar were running through hismind. After
| d while he went over and stood beside her
and watched her fingers as they dcxterously
knitted the bright colcred yarn into fancy
mats and things without names for church
fair to DO held in short time. s
Thero wns silence for awhile, only broken
by the far away notes Of harsh hand organ
~ ID ground cut, I'm spasmndic time, the
/ ssBoulanger March" in tho next block. At
last Tommy broke the silence and said softly:
aDo you remember Mr.. Nicetellow who used
10 talk to you 50 much at the hotel in Sara
togar
"yes, Tommy. whyr
4 II guess you haven't seen him recently,
have your
.No, Tommy, When wemoved lastspring
believe he was In Europe. and ! did not
know his address, SO did not send him q card
What makes you ASK the question:
n "Oh. nothin' much. only tho last time !
went to the Polo Grounds to see tho New
\ Yorks bent the Chicagos he was there In tho
grand stand and talked to Inc. He said he
attended nearly every game He had lady
with him.
"a lady, Tommy
Eyes, l guess II was his mother
"Oh trelievedD You say he talked to you,
Tommyr'
"Yes, he said no thought ! had grown .
Z great deal since he saw me In Saratoga, nnl
wanted to know how that good looking sister
i, Of mine was"
stjo on, Tommy
"And then he saiti; Let me nee, your sistei
Is about 10 now, isn't shcr And l said
: guessed that was about your age
/ "Weil" softly.
4 "Then he turned to tho lady who was will
] him and asked her II she didn't remember tn
!. lady who looked so pretty that night at th'
hop; the one, he said, who had brown hai
and wore q lovely palo blue silk dress, tha
became her so well and made the Rogers girl
!. 80 iealous--l guess hs said the Misses Rogers
+ And she said she remembered her quite well
$ and then she turned to maand said: Are 20
], tho Young lady,s brotherp And said wa
! and SHE said; 'You ought TO hc proud Q
|. having such nicc sister an ! said wal
ali it nads me feel good whom 4 SEQ how a
4 the young ladies in tho block were jsalous {
y her''----- 3... 4i liii@. a
y Tommy tseverelyl, U
v awell, couldn't helpit cause know 1t
u so''---- XXI
s. Tommy 1nildlg,. isi4s f,el
ID .An, then Mr. Eicafellow told the waltz
= TO bring me glass Of soda water. an asks
me- ii didn't want some peanuts. an ! sa
!, III didn't mind, an be bought mo some, a
: Just then Buck Ewing made home run, q
~ Mr.. Nicefellow said be guessed the Chicag
70 couldn't play ball. and he'd rather see q gan
to Of football any dny, especially between q
II. college elevers, ari' he said he hoped ] wou
b Be at the football games this fall, an want
q to know II you liked athletic sports, an 90
n / guessed you did, but you bad 80 many 9th
Il, things to attend to, visiting sick people
y making things for tho poor heathens
!, ~ Africa, an - 3A
le when did you SAY the football game "
ny 10 be played, Tommy @ w q
he .0n Saturday. an -
- "Tommy (hesitatinglyl, would You like
tako me to see the game il buy the tickets
,"Why, cert
Then she kissed him and told him he need
cay anything about their going, and Tomr
In mefed toward the door, When he got d
W, side be drew hong breathand exclaimed
sis himself: .'eeeI What d whopperl But
hia workedr'--New York Tribune