The sun., 1906-02-02
HER DILEMMA.
Embarr assins Adv cnture OF Lens Woman
I'm New York.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir' ANA
self-supporting woman and live aloue IN a
little fat. am engaged In work that bring,
me in contact with very many peu ME- DOT
the SAME people, but different nues
always remember face. but not the ualne
or where ] met the person. | state TINS be.
cause 1t has some bearing on the story
mention also that my manner is aNahl,
and a tride unconventional and that inaHc
many acauaintances through business
A few weeks ago I met Il young artitt who
did some work for me. He asked II he mgh,
call some afternoon when l was at home
told him yea. He jotted down the addres,
and the incident passed entirely out Of my
mind. in fact, l had quite forgotten hi,
promise to call, no special engagement hay.
ing been made.
My little apartment is quite high tip, TOO
high for n burglar to climb in the window
and almost too high for a fireman to carry
me down In case of fire. SO that feel Very
secure so far as burglars are concerned in my
little Adamless Eden. for I have the dearest
and cosiest OF little homes OF course W.
have electric bells and the bells are ycrv
loud. sufficiently so to awaken the s1und.
est of sleepers.
Last night, or rather this morning n' 30
o'clock, I was awakened hy the contnuou.
ringing Of my doorbell. II sounded as 4
some one had not only pressed the button
but kept his finger on It, | Jumped up,
threw q kimono over my night robe aud
fastened to the kitchen to press the button
thought 1t might be a telegram. as relative
OF mine Is seriously i'll. A burglar or a sneak
would not announce his coming I knew.
and for this reason felt no fear. Preached
the door leading to the main hall and OWN:
to my scant apparel stood little behind H.
ready TO take in the expected MESA ge
What was my surprise to see, not mes
SEM ger boy but a tall. we'll dressed youns
man. He pushed the door and stepped in
side and then closed the door after HIM |
did not scream call the janitor or 60 into hys
terice. He was a very nice looking chap.
but noticed that. although dressed Ike
gentleman. he had neglected to remove hi,
hat and that his hair las dsordered and his
necktie a trfie awry. 1t was quite evident
that he had been drinking.
Before had time to recover from my sur.
prise he held out his hand in friendly man
ner and exclaimed: Hello, L lust got back
from Chicago. Aren't you glad to see me
who are you?" asked. And what do YOU
mean by calling at this hour
What do mean?" he said Now thatn
not very friendly. Aren't you going 10 ass
me in to ait down." And he walked uhnvitAd
into the kitchen.
ave brought bottle along, he "a ID, and
then. / saw a bottle of whiskey protrudIng
from his pocket. He took it out and laid i
on the cover of the washtubs. Then he
folded his arms. tipped his hat back further
and looked at me blandly
you shall have to leave at once, I ss.d,
"or will call the ianitor. or--or- the pnice
That's nice way to treat fellow after
coming all this way-to threaten to cali tn"
hurry-up wagon. Look-a-here, didn't You
say might call some afternoon when | was
up in this neighborhood?"
A light fell upon me all at once HIS face
became familiar and l recognized in the in
truder the young artist who asked permis-
sion to call. He thought it was d"yiIght
and evidently had not noticed the flight Of
time. made no apology for my appearance.
It was not necessary. as in his present condl-
tion he was unable to discriminate between
a klmono and ball gown.
/ managed to get him to leave quietly
He wanted to open the bottle. When refused
to drink with him he proposed to Lease the
whskey. but insisted on his taking ii home
with him He walked unsteadily out With the
bottle under hi, arm. As he went away he
said You're nice girl. to ask felloT 10
SEQ YOU and then throw him down
! leaned over the balus.ers to watch h.'
departure, and heaved sish OF relief to thin.
there was no ono in sight. fer what construN'
ton would my nhighbors place on seeing =
man leave my room at nearly O'Clock in tba
morning with a bottle Of whskey under hi'
arm. and lone woman and widow'
am looking for an apology when the man
wakes up. After the departure of nay un'
welcome guest ] turned out the lights ar1
went back to bed and dreamland. and a.
settled down to sleep was mighty glad that
| was not woman given to mysteries faint
ing spells or screaming at the wrong tine
and place lam privile ged. know. to scream
at mouse running across the floor. bur when
it comes to facing big propositions Ike
man in the room. at an ungodly hour oi me
night woman must be nervy,
Would II have been wiser for me to hars
screamed, called out all the people of ths
house the ambulance and the patrol, beer
interviewed. written up. photographed snd
described young and beautiful
NEW YORK, Jan. 81. Z.