Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-28
HARD LucK MANS GOOD LUCK.
Hungry But Respectable Citizen Gets
Good Dinner.

hungry But keSpeetable Citizsn Gets
Good Elmer
He was one Of The men who wear
good clothes put on good front and
know lots.Mnico people-who seem
20 live weilsin fact, he was little
brother of the well to do, one Of those
people who walk downtown "for ex-
ercise' when they have not the price
of car fare Still, with all these
drawbacks, says the New York Sun,
his friends curiously enough seemed
to like him. perhaps because he never
borrowed from them. prefer to bor-
row from comparative strangers" is
his explanation.
One Sunday not so long ago this
Little Brother remembered with
pleasure that he had an invitation to
dine with friend at one Of the best
hotels in Brooklyn; so, having care
fully pressed his trousers with an iron
lent by his landady, he kissed his last
dime and tucked it away in the pocket
with the strongest lining and started
forth to keep his engagement The
walk down Broadway from the board
ing house in the Thirties was delight
full; so was The walk across the bridge
and through the unknown town of
Brooklyn to the hotel. Seven o'clock
was The appointed time, and seven
o'cf7ck was the time that the Little
Brother got there
But the hosts were out: no word
left for him. The report from the
grinning hallboy that ode lady am
out, sab, merely added to the appe-
tite created by his long walk on top
of a weeks diet of milk and free
lunches--on appetite already capable
of digesting The hotel itself, let alone
the contents of the dining-room.
The Little Brother walked around
the lobby and the parlors until half
past seven, when it occurred to him
that his friends might have come in
and gone to The dining-room; so he
entered boldly the much-desired
place. The head waiter had not seen
the friends since breakfast; but as the
unhappy Little Brother was turning
away he saw, just seating themselves,
a charming young widow and her
mother, old friends of his, and also
acquainted with The missing hosts.
The widow bowed and beckoned to
him with an expression of her eyes
that seemed to say: 81 am glad to see
you and the mother likewise APP
proved. He paid his respects and
asked if they had seen his friends.
"They went TO their country place
for The day" answered the mother.
I'They must have missed their train,
bit they can get back later" This
was an explanation, but nothing
more But then the charming widow.
who never looked more charming in
her life, added: 81 know you were
to dine with them; as they are not
here, you must dine with mother and
me instead"
Happy Little Brother once more!
Dine with them he did, exhibiting an
appetite that left little in any course
to be removed 10y the waiter. And as
he walked back over the bridge and
up Broadway to the Thirtcs and felt
his dime still in his strongest pocket,
he felt certain that the young widow
was really about The moSl charming
person he had ever met. and hoped
that her second husband might be
worthy Of her and wondered-but he
was IL his third story back by this
time, and went TO bed TO sleep the
sleep Of a Little Brother who had sat
isfied an excellent appetite and had
a good digestion.