Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19

A Long Branch Flirtation that Turned
Out All Right.

A Long Branch Flirtation that Turned
Ont All Right.
From the New York Herald.
AT the summer hotel everything goes,
said an acquaintance Of mine. We were At
Long Branch for a day or two. and At that
particular moment were strolling along
the cliff in the direction Of ne iron pier.
We sat down on the turf and hung our fest
over the ledge.
and within twenty steps Of this place
got myself in the worst scrape Of my life"
Woman" 1 suggested. :1Ierrogasively.
Exactly. There were two Of them, and
deuced pretty. too. 1t was four years ago.
/ had been having a good time with q friend
OF mine here. and was on the point Of re-
turning to New York, when one evening We
young sons IN sSs
ana appeared to be In q jolly mood. l no
tSed them glancing around at US occasion
always pretty self-confident when il came
to summer giris-had gall my friend put
t.and said at once:
a moment, laughed, then said: AN tight
60 ahead. but it's dinners for four you don't
"I'n have to go you.' said /.
Well. we Quickened our Steps a little,
ana thought l saw that the girls slowed
down down. little; So I walked up to them and
casual acQuaint ances I had met In New
York. and wound up by requesting permis-
hoW such thinrs srs ny 1on friend You know
70 stop me at the last moment, but too
At. At first che girls looked very much as
tonisned. Ihen they looked at each ether
a snd glggied; Then they looked at my friend
a III, sissieo some more. Then the elder
a1PS1io o,s for having forgotten my name.
=, knew your face at once Then i went
r.ousH tne FORM of introducing my friend,
k Enom me other girl remarked was already
SE~n 70 them by reputation This bold
tSecaTauon eased my mind of any misgtv-
InSs L might have entertained at the start
a1 l thought she is bigger liar than
strangely enough. as 1t seemed to me. my
friend entered into the spirit of the scheme
}as. as though he wasn't sure to be a loser
N an astonishingly short time he was on
Lamiiiar terms with the elder lady-for
FOUND within few minutes that they were
really iadies-and they were carrying on at
a. great rate The one / was with was
little shy. but she was awfully jolly and
seemed TO be just trimming over with fun
wen. L sprung supper on them later and
20 my astonishment they accepted 1t was
IN quiet place and we enjoyed it immense
ly. During the entertainment caught nv
friend with his arm around the girl who
sat next to him. At the same moment my
girl saw II, and my thought was intercepted
with blush. The other two seemed to
nave some sort of an understanding.
fast losing confidence in myself, for the
more l saw of the younger the sweeter and
more charming she appeared. 1 began to
experience sort Of resentment that she
should be so easily drawn into such an
escapade. OF course laid II on her elder
companion. who sat there brazenly with my
friends arm around her. She at least
should know better
Oh, everything goes at q summer
hotel. said he. rotilg a gathering cloud on
my pretty fairy's brow.
No, 1t doesn't! she finally exclaimed
jumping up from the table. This thing
doesn't go any further, Mr. jack And sh :
called him by his real name. And what's
more, 1t Is about time you were taking
your sister Nellie and me homer
We'll. sir. you could have knocked me
over with a feather. All the time I had
thought 1 was playing them they were
playing me. But IL served me right for be-
ing such a conceited ass"
i remarked to the story teller that his
experience had probably been followed BY
complete recovery and I SHE'D a stone into
the Atlantic.
Recover? I shall never recover" he
laughingly. II married the girl"