Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-26

one OF the guests ana were gong TO get
me out by way of the bathroom window.
The wedding. however, was over, the
bride was in Mysteries and there was
nothing left to do. since it was still
raining hard, but to get another cab
back to New York in the hope Of getting
to the station in time to enable sister to
catch the SOB train for Westminster, the
town she was visiting in and where they
were giving a card party in her honor
that night. l was to go, too.
We arrived at the station at exactly
s:o4 pm. The cab fare was s.. The next
train she could get would be 8 pm. and
We hadn't had bite to eat since noon.
There was nothing to do but to have
for. We went to one Of the hotels near
by and ate a little something. When
the waiter brought the bill it was $3.50
and never paid over 80 cents for a good
dollars in cash for three different cab
rides-one of ten minutes. So: one of five
minutes, $f0: and one of an hour. So.
Fifteen dollars of this was sisters money.
The dinner cost me $3.50, which made
$3.50 of my own money / had spent on
wedding which / didn't see and on a
trip to New York on which I saw moth
ing but lot of thieving cabbies.
BY that time ] was so angry l was
red in the face, and the madden l got
the more sister laughed. until got out
Of patience with her and put her on
her train. while l took the sleeper for
Lowell. and ] have been mad at things
in general ever since until now, when
l begin to think ii was laughable my
self. after 1t is all over. though 1t cost
lot of money, and / didn't see much of
the big city
While Hans was telling this Hal sat
in his chair and roared and laughed until
he couldn't laugh any more. 1t must
have been awfully funny with Hans tell
ing ii in his peculiar way. Hal said
family he thought Hans had had a pretty
good time riding around i'm cabs all day
just like a real New Yorker. but Hans
said he had enough Of riding in cabs.
and he didn't like weddings. anyhow.
After little while Hal finished his
letter and went into his own room. Then
ne sat down TO write the story of Hans
experience in New York to his folks.
He started in with A new sheet Of paper
and just for fun he wrote it out like a
story heading and all. The heading was
ike this
Going to Wedding in Brooklyn
From New York, L. S. A. CO
Harold Case.
Then lie wrote out the story very much
as Hans had told it to him. adding a
touch here and there as the funny side
Of IT occurred to him again, and when
ne had finished 1t he started to put in the
'etter which he had written to his folks
al home. What he really did. however.
was to make a mistake through pure
was to cause him not only lot of joy.
out a great deal of unhappiness.
Tie had addressed letter to the editor
81 the Out Door Weekly in New York for
Terms TO agents soliciting subscriptions
70 Inc magazine, as Hans and he had
aiked about before Hans trip to New
lofk The scheme was for Hans and
imselt 70 try to get orders for the maya
n MIe ny the year from the people who
nFeo In nearby towns, and the letter had
hot HnI
oack from New York without seeing the
psopie. Now when he came to put the
10Y 10Y about Hans. intended only for his
LIS IN me letter he had written he pick
"a up the wrong envelope and stuck the
AT. oIy In the envelope addressed to the
,. u.or OF the Out Door Weekly and the
is"er he intended for the editor he put
al .he envelope addressed to his folks
o ong with his regular letter. Then he
e,ied them and went to bed.
ABOUT week later among the letters
lived by Hal was one from the Out
Ut Ut weekly and Hal opened il to see
v.,s,L they had to say about the job of
"a sa subscriptions which they had ask
,S,of When he opened the letter some
Zig cropped out OF ii to the floor and
on Decking it up found 1t was a check
eo,,ss -oo made out to Harold Case. OF
onsnS, ne didn't understand this so he
read e''ei anu .his is what ne
Mr. Harold Case:
rors Strive beg to advise you that
ea,,n- story has been accepted by the
Ne n and will appear in the next issue
own AYE nv, taken the liberty of putting our
bsr,ssed please find check for 500 In
anr sht or same. Any time Won have
pub.sof1es as good as this to submit for
maya,uon, We trust you will favor this
Yours very truly,
WALTON KEMP,
He, Editor Out Door Weakly
tool couldn't understand il. and ao he
Hans. me letter. check and All in tn
mass room and asked him what he
and.sesss somebody made a two-hundred-
.arhas dollar mistake" said Hans.
som. certainly have got mixed I'M with
send ,dduthor, answered Hal. III didn't
have ZEN s. any story. The only thing /
which eht 10 this magazine rs the letter
jon as you asked me to write about the
'.Wau agents for their magazine
anvhea. nave you written any stories tn
SHE mat know Of" answered Hal
Was t,'n niy story l have written lateIy
your Ms Ms When you told me the tale OF
Cat sn.. York visit the other night /
Wrote !, IN my room afterward and
hinkins al OUT and sent ii to the folks.
s they would enjoy it. They feel