The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-05-12

number A cheerful Young voice an
sWered
"Kumio." I said take that old
brown suit of mine to This address
1 read it to him-and make certain
that it's completely fixed Excuse
me, will you, I have an engage
ment.'
hung up hastily not because l
had an engagement but because I
expected protests Tie brown suit
was a monstrosity: it was widowed
and torn and worn thin 1t should
have been discarded. not repaired
but. I had a reason Then. feel
ing like a Machiavelh. a schemer of
stature, l found the telephone num-
Der of the tailor shop where Sachi-
ko worked
A woman answered
| eXhaled another breath, Windi-
ly and let go "A young man will
arrive soon with a brown suit 1t is
my only suit and l must be sure II
is repaired we'll If you can oblige,
I'd like the young lady named Sa-
chiko Taguchi to do the work. ..
she's been recommended.
The voice said that it was fine
and Thank you.
Now, I thought. settling back in
to my chair, if all is well and that
young man makes the impression |
hope he'll make and he talks a long
time to that pretty Sachiko. maybe
I've started something. Maybe. The
first laS of generating love is proxi-
nifty, propinquity. Maybe l could
arrange for this constant proximi-
| ty.
For the rest of the day and thai
evening | forgot about the brown
suit but I remembered again the
next day and put down my pen ano
picked up the telephone. The young
man answered again The brown
| suit Is it being taken care OFF"
The voice at the other end wa!
either amused or slightly peevish
Those people think that you're
little crazy and that I'm PRACTICAL!
as bad. That suits a joke. one o
the girls asked me what I wanted
done and | told her frankly, I'd lik
to drop it into the canal She a
greed.
| oh. So she agreed. You botl
had a laugh at my expense, huh?
| Well the young voice said he
sitantly we mad hard time deei
ding what wasn't wrong with tn
rag The girl thinks I'm crazy fo
bringing it in.
She'll get over il" l said an
hung up. An acquaintanceship ha
been made, anyway. even if Sachi
ko thought he was crazy. Now,
there were just little spontaneoL
combustion.
Sachiko, l reasoned, picking Il
| my pen, knew that her mother wa
looking for a husband for her Hei
was a chance for her to pick ht
own. l felt the mild glow of salts
faction at this propitious beginnin
and set to work.
The pressure of work almost {
/ rased the brown suit and my secol
= Diary duty that had become primal
!. from my mind until one Afternoon
the cheerful yung man called me c
t the telephone.
y Il just picked up your suit.
Y looks really good That girl is
4 excellent seamsuess Very friend
e too "
I Fine 1t sounds as though you
= interested"
d Silence. Then: We'll I was b
she froze up some when l went ba'
: the second time. She's a lit
: friendlier now Nice girl but s.
e certainly doesn't fancy me-
I was crestfallen. They had seer
= ed rather well matched-if pers
a can make a decision like that wit
e out seeing young people togeth
: Too bad" ! said
oh, that's all right. Women
y like japanese trains, they come
n long mere or less on schedule
lei l muttered something and hu
: up Ny first plan, actually my b
~ plan, wasn't telling What could
J. do? I decided I'd better send me
ID suits
1 The next day l did I sent So
a. suits that didn't need anything {
cept pressing and the young m
at called me and wanted to knt
e. ENORMOUSLY, what was wrong W
Id me. First a suit that should hs
ne been thrown out and now two ST