New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05
HE MET THE WRONG Girl.
HOW A HURRIED DESCRIPTION CAUSED
EMBARRASSMENT.
THE YOUNG MAN ON THE TRAIN MEANT WELL,

This ouery was propounded to tall, robust.
looking Young man In the Grand Central Station.
tJe was lust purchasing a seat in the Wagner
car preparatory to taking the tram Tor Cleve.
land He fumbled over the change picked up
the ticket and put It in his mouth while ad.
iusting his various traps, and then as clearly
az the interfering ticket would allow: Miss
Hurley-h-u-m-no-I guess didht meet her.
What Of it?'
well, then, you missed H. said the hrst
s,ealer who had apparently dropped in to say
goodby to the departing one. GU see she
couldn't 20 to the reception at the house. and
o,,,rouv vou NAV have overlooked her at the
church. Tall girl, brown hair. big eyes red
,o,,,- don.t remember seeing her at the church,
do you?"
~, ,h,s time the ticket was adjusted and The
haes carefully arranged. The Other said mus
ngy: ,.
Interesting description-no don't remember
why"
"Ob. nothing" said the first sp' aker, only she
Is going out on this train and thoIsht she
would make a good companion Tor the rip
She is a deucedly pretty girl, and clever 100
told her you were going on this tram ana also
told her would be up and introduce you. l
was afraid that I wouldn't get to see both CT you
here however and told her II rallied 10 INTRO
duce you would tell you about her-sVe you
her description, don't you know ana you
could look her up on the tram anu introduce
Yourself. I don't see her anywhere. me must
have gone through. Look her up you WON'T
regret it,
Al this point a gong changed Announcing the
closing OF the gate. Hurredly picking UP the
bags. a last handshake and the young man
rushed out calling back: "Ail rsh'-a"- u"y
kind OF you Take care OF yourself
With this somewhat vague description he Iiur'
ried on the train, found his seat ana deposited
his traps Then he recalled the request impaired
by his friend and began to look arouhd 'ne oas
in an interested manner to see If he could hrd
the woman in question. The description sven
WAS decidedly vague, and. worse than that when
ne began to rack his brain he couldn't TOT me
life OF him recall the name Study IS ne conld
Tho noetinr name would not come. After the
first hour the Journey became decidedly mo-
no,o,ous and he decided to make rash hazard
anyway especially as he saw woman VINO JuS'
e,ted tho description as he recalled ii, and VINO
certainly had been looking at him in haIt-ap-
noalinp half-interested way. Drawing EnrSeh
together he walked over TO her seat. hited lib
hat and said hestatingly: Ell 'hiHN we
know one another. l am Mr.. Bo"ien-er
fri.rd-Nr Hartley-you know-told ME You
,,ora IN no on the traln-and so--and so I
thought would just introduce myself.
During this little Introductory speech the
woman had looked gravely interested, then
smiled sweetly, murmured something about De-
ing so glad and made room for MN beside heT.
He dropped into the seat and desul,ory con-
versation began. He tried by various ~eans 10
get her in some way to refer to her name but
She annarently did not see his lead ana steered
h. f.rl.4g "
nothing whatever about her. except the lev
words his friend had dropped the conversation
dealt largely in gereratics. The wedding At
which he had orlciated as best man vas e ne
over and discussed In detail. She showed a re-
marllable knowledge of the whole affair ard, On
the whole. proved a delightful compani %. a.
Thought quite reserved about herself and her
neoplc The journey wore on. and while the
conversation was interesting nevertheless
vague uneasness which he could rot explain
haunted him. Finally. bedtime arrived and
when morning came the train was in The "a
ton at Cleveland. He had just time % say
"Cood morning and "Gcodby' as she trippeI
out of the car.
"peuced funny she didn't ask me 70 call or
something" he unused he picked IN his traps.
This puzzle was solved. however, as he was
going out Two men walked into the car just
as a woman stepped out of the stateroom
I There Is Miss Hurley now" CALCULATED one OK
them Like a fash the name came back L. the
Young man He looked up and saw the sill IN
/ the stateroom regarding him intentiy, but With
no glimmer OF inter, st cordiality. H. q shed
from the car and muttered: Well, I'll be d
Perhaps a fuller explanation OF the III! sieFy
was couched in a brief note received 10y Mr..
Hartley a few days later. II was signed "Elith
Hurley" and the interesting extract was. I
a.n.. .n. thnt L haNn much roSpent IL Lut