The Afro-American advance., 1900-05-19
FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS.
Newspaper Man InteHded M
obiigiHE, Bat Hailed Zths
Wrong wonan.Z

Wrong Woman.
/ There is newspaper man in this
town who in the future is going to
| feel certain that he has a cinch, as il
were. before he permits the mega
phonic attachment TO his countenance
TO emit spoken words. He came near
being pinched as a disorderly ehaTae-
| ter at the Baltimore Il Ohio station
the other night because he didn't have
this cinching habit with him at the
time, says the Washington Post.
A newspaper friend of his in New
| Yofk-the two had been pals on the
Chicago papers number of years ago
wrote to him about week ago. ask.
| ing him il he wouldn't meet his wife
aud little boy and put them up over
night at his fthe Washington news
paper man's) house, presided over by
his own attractive young spouse. The
New \ ork newspaper mans wife and
boy were to travel from Chicago 10
New ork, and he didn't want them
To undhly fatigue themselves on the
The Washington man had never
seen his old friends wife; the mqr-
riaRe had taken place after the two
men had separated company in Chit
eago. But the New York man wrnte
In his letter:
The kids got red hair, just like
mine, and as for my wife. you'll know
her as soon as you see her. Just
pick out the prettiest woman OF 25
that gets of that train. and II she's
got small boy with her. them are
the ones"
So the Washington man went down
10 wait for the train from the west.
Among the first Of the passengers to
debark WAS charmingly pretty little
woman of rs or thereabouts. who an
Ewercd in every detail, from a casual
view. the description the Washington
newspaper man had got of his
friends wife She clutched n small,
nice-iooking red-haired boy by the
arm.
This is something easy. for fact;
first people of the trnin," muttered
The Washington man TO himself, and
he got ready to be a whole lot courtly
when the lady and the little boy
passed through the gate. When tney
squeezed through he approached them,
and. raising his silk lid with all
kinds Of a sweep he said. banteringly:
well. madam. Harry wrote that all
I'd have TO do would be 10 pick out
the -er-most charming looking lady
TO alight from this particular train,
but | did not expect my task to be so
Overwhelmingly easy"
"Sir-r.ri"
"Why--er- Harry wrote"
''Sir. how dare you take advantage
of a lady travelling without an escort
and -"
Say. wouldn't this shrivel you?"
the Washington mans subconscious
ness was saying to him in several Ian
II wonder il IL can be posi-
bile that"
why, my dear madam he said.
aloud, II am sure have no such an
idea, but your husband"
my husband. sir, is several thou
sand miles away across the seas at
this moment. or ! feel very certain
that he would chnstsc you within an
inch OF your
Hey, look a.here, young feller,
wot's a-nlbblin' on you. anyhow" the
Washington man heard growled In
heavy voice behind him. and then he
felt strong clutch on his shoulder.
He looked around, and the big cop had
him nabbed
"D'ye t'iEk ye know tn loidy or
wot2' inquired the cop,
Meanwhile the good.looklug young
woman and the small boy had moved
away, and, just getting of one of the
far cars. the Washington man saw
another young woman and n small
boy. They proved TO be the right ones,
the cop was told about how II hap
Pcned. and the newspaper man says
that the next time he speaks 10
woman he doesn't know. under any
whatsoever. he'll buy
for every body that sees him do IL.