El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-04
The Series Everybody Is Reading.
Diary of Bachelor
He Makes His First Sale and Celebrates 1t Under En-
barrassing Conditions.
By MAX.

praise be to the calendar that does nor
! include triple alliances Of HOLIDAYS
: 20 back 10 work
/ Manette returns Tuesday afternoon
! I must manage to get in a bit Of enio,--
: ment tomorrow so that / will NOT MOI
her in a morbid frame of mind fbar
J viii spoil the memory Of her 1901
times 1t is not well for a failure 70
weaknesses.
There is SO remaining from the cor,-
mission On my first sale. 1t will NOT
afford taxis and orchids-but il VIII
reserve me a table for two on a 80
hotel roof and IL will J -rchase a din
ner that won't disgrace an eNmiIIioD
aire and still leave a fair tip for the
waiter.
IN telephone down to the Valtbrona
tomorrow morning and reserve nv IA
vOrite table And then TO decide On
my companion! Shall ask Sally, or
merely phone her for JOsephine's ad-
dress and try to persuade my old love
to have the little tete-a-tete that faaI
IT is inevitable we must have some day?
The Next Day.
When I got into the express at 72d
street 1 found the pretty stenographer
OF barrow ana company standing on
the platform
Good morning. Mr.. Max Glad tn
get into harness again after the hon
day." asked she.
That made me feel at once that
should fin dher congenial and clever as
well as pretty. The average woman
would have said, Sorry that the holi-
day Is over liked her better than
ever when I found that she had not
done anything particularly exciting
but had taken the day TO HELM her
mother fashion the simple little gray
charmeuse dress she was wearing
Her name, 1 found, was Marian
Church Pretty, old fashioned name
that and II goes delightfully."- with her
graceful and wei bred prettiness.
oh q Tod oil q "a
and suddenly I began 10 wonder If
dared ask this beautiful young girl to I
dine with me at the NalthrOpe
There was time when 1 would have I
expected stenOgrapher, however pret- q
" and refined, TO beam with deIignt 4
AZ the thought Of an invitation from 4
Max Of the millions. Now I hardly
dared venture my invitation I tlOuc-nr Z
II over all morning, and finally. Wnen
1 saw Miss Church putting on her hat
at the noon hour. went up TO her with Z
the best assumption I could muster
DO you feel charitab bly, inclined to- !
ward a lonely man." I asked
What does he need" sad the pretty /
little cllcker OF keys, with q daZZlIngly
sweet smile that was made up OF equal
parts Of rose lips. magnolia teeth and /
great, deep, oX-hart cherry eyes
Someone to go to dinner with him
ana make him forget how lonely he
is said L
she looked a bit troubled. What can
[ do2"
Come with me" I fosnd myself beg
ying-
If you'd come and call first and meet
ny mother, Mr.. Maxi think l could !
90" she said with shy dignity.
But the dinners tonight. I phoned
or the table this morning I've been :
-rying to get up courage 10 ask you Till /
low, and If you refuse III Just have TO /
ANGEL the table and let the head waiter /
know what an unpopular creature I
I'M. Won't you come-please2"
id n s.T-~
or a minute or two.
III come she said at last simply ! I
1 decided at once that some Of those !
ink flushed yellow Lady Ward roses /
you'd go well with the gray dress. and : /
ordered them for her place at the
Marian Church was the prettiest girl
n the NalthrOpe roof. And she has q
nipple edf-pOssessiOn Of manner that
lakes YOU proud TO be seen with her.
began 10 wonder where I could send
lanette over the next holiday 1 felt
hat il would not be lonely
Just as We were finishing our dinner !
I with a white creme de menthe
'appe and Marian with some pepper 4
ant dlsls-there was a great cornmo-
on at the next table.
The waiter ushered in parrv Of
Eht Of my old friends. Sally and Guv j
orwell faced US ~
I was glad to pay our check and =