The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
SHE DID THE REST.
Meanwhile Acquiring Him OF Pressing the But-
ton. OF which He Was Innocent
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A young Cleveland man claims to have been
placed in a very embarrassing predicament re-
Gently. He says he was calling on a certain
young lady who resides in fashionable down
town apartment house, and as she happened to
have gone out with her mother, but was expect
ed to return shortly, he said he would wait in
their parlor. The servant ushered him in. and
he vas surprised to find that another caller was
also waiting. 1t was a lady caller-a tall, some
what angular person, of questionable age. with
white gloves and a very large black hat.
a little uneasy. He hadn't contracted for a
silent tete-a-tete with II lone female In a strange
house. For u time he sat stitfly quiet. Then, as
himself inspecting the pictures and bric-a-brac.
AS he moved along one side of the apartment.
keeping at a safe distance from tho stranger in
the big hat, he happened to approach the cleo
trio button that controlled the fight in the room.
ON the wall close by when,t to his amazement,
the lights suddenly went out. leaving the apart
ment In total darkness.
Or course, it was owing to an accident at the
power house, but, the young, man didn't know
that, and naturally expected the lights would
An instant after the eclipse set in there was a
sharp gasp from the direction of the lady with
"You-you did that a-purpose." she shrilly re.
marked. II saw YOU standing by the button"
The young man wiped the perspiration from
81 assure you, madam" he said. that I had
nothing to do with it. 1t must be some-some
laUse in the current or something"
"You did it." continued the shrin voice, "bo-
cause you wanted to kiss me-"
No, no. madam y cried the young man;
mo. no! wouldn't kiss you for the world"
Then. in his desire TO escape he started for the
supposed location OF the door. >.
Don't move" cried the lady. "or I'll scream"
He halted for u moment, then softly crept
along the wall again.
"Thear you" cried the lady. Don't you dare
to come near me-
Madam" said the exasperated youth, mo
body wants to harm II hair of your head"
That's Just what the burglar said the night
But / must find the door," said the youth.
w can't stay in here indefinitely In the
should think not" snapped the lady. But
don't you dare to como this way. II you do III
stab your face with n hatpin! And don't you
think you can fool me. l hear your miserable
squeaky shoes every step you take"
Perhaps. said the youth. for his sense of
we'll to take them off,"
Mercy. no /" cried the lady; don't you dare
to-"
Then the youth folt his way forward, guided
as to the lady's location by sundry shifts and
starts of alarm, and after he had run squarely
into the mantcl and banged against Il screen
and tumbled over a ~footstool and several chairs.
he finally found the doorknob and bounced into
diately he saw "a servant coming up the stairs
with "a lamp.
"Show me the way out of this" snid the
youth, and the servant escorted him 10 the front
door. AS he stepped onto the sidewalk he drew
u long and refreshing breath.