The age-herald., 1902-03-16

Harry Graham Is not naturally lazy fellow, but on the night in question ht had little to do and while idling about the office thought to talk to some gir struck him. I1e knew the girl he wanted to talk to was at the theatre. While rummaging through the list of acquaint- ances who had telephones he thought of a story he had seen the previous Sunday regarding a young woman he had barely met.
 Graham is a man not at all given to flirting or making acquaintances by means of telephonic conversations. By this I mean he is a fellow who never de- liberately calls up a woman with whom he is not upon friendly relations.
 But out of a mschievous spirit of ban ter he did call for this young woman that night-a woman he had met, but with whom there had been no further chances for the development of friend ship. His object was to tease her about the aforesaid story.
 After talking for some minutes about the story and failing to give his name he suddenly discovered he was not talk ing to that young woman at all; but to some other, supposedly her sister. Having begun the conversation he could not quit upon making this discovery. Neither would he tell his name. being satisfied with the assertion that he was friend. During the conversation the question of theatres was mentioned. He had tick cts for two at a matinee two days latter but knowing he would be out of the city at that time he offered them to the young woman She agreed to accept them; but refused to give her name further than the initials of her christian name. she thought he was a friend. He said that was enough.
 The tickets were mailed that night. He left town the following morning, but was unexpectedly called back during the afternoon. That night he found at the postoffice an envelope enclosing the tick cts No word was written.
 Sore at heart and fearing an adverse opinion for his seeming forwardness, he hastily wrote a short note somewhat as follows: .sN
 Miss Williamson: "Upon my unex- pected return I find you have refused theatre tickets mailed you. suppose your reason for doing so was you did not recall me as friend. Possibly I am 
 sending them, but please accept the as- surance. that I was introduced to you last November by Tom Jones and also that my sending them did not neces- sarily proclaim I would try to follow the lead by other manifestations. really beg your pardon for my imprudence. but as- sure yol. my intentions were not ungen- tlemaniy.
 lt .'I trust if this explanation Is acceptable you will kindly tell me so. Very respect fully.
 HARRY GRAHAM. The following night he was startled by receiving a letter from the young woman to whom he thought he had talked and to whom he had certainly mailed the tickets, saying the whole affair was a mystery, that she had been i'll, had had no conversation with him, nor had re- ceived any matinee tickets. She concluded her letter with the assertion that he was laboring under>some mistake or suffering from some mental trouble.
 The young fellow would not have been 10 much startled were it not for the fact he had always taken pride in preserving his self-respect and avoiding all attempts 10 make mashes or begin flirtations. He baid he was certain some one had talked b him and that the tickets had been