Show TU u reawvs 1 A SLIGHT kr MISCALCULATION HR young man I with tho beetling eyebrows and tho fiasertlvo necktie luuiscd to knock the aahcs from his y pipe Whom I going F to tnko to tho theater prrtylie echoed l Why I dont mind telling you that Im go f Ing totakoKthol Oh said the a other young man t whoso quietness was hla notlcfiiblo t V c ha rac tcrlntlc Have you asked her Tho young mini with tho necktie looked faintly surprised Howd you know I hadnt he Inquired Ill tuna phono her tonight I wan so busy nil tiny 1 didnt have a clmnco Besides x theres no hurry There Isnt anyone ° j j else likely to ask her but you and s now that Ivo spoken first of course Y t 4Why of course agreed tho quiet young man I shouldnt dream of Interfering In-terfering with your plans i Thats ono thing 1 like rtbont you confided tho young man with tho tic t Some follows dont know when theyre licked but youve got common noise oh I was just speaking generally t gen-erally There aro fellows you know i whod a sneaked off and phoned u Ethel before Id had n chance Of 1 course though I dont know that r youre so awfully keen on going with her yourself only youve gone to see her n lot Yes I have agreed tho quiet young man Ivo been BO busy lately I havent been around to see Ethel na often as usual aald tho young man with the tie I expect BhoH sore about It but this theater party and some lowers a and candyll fix things all right 1 know girls j1 You do Indeed agreed the quiet yoting man Sho was speaking about you only the other evening The young man with the tie tried to look unconscious Wan sho he asked carelessly Thero was a silence I Say ho broke out at last I dont mind telling you were old friends and you are sort of ono of us youf I kllowI dont mind telling you that 1 + Im going to marry that girl Tho quiet young man stirred into P surprise Ethel ho queried ex nloslvcly t Uhhuh said tho young man with the tlo I expect you aro kind o surprised I flatter myself that I dont I let on to tlio general public just what I Intend to do but Ive been thinking It over for a long time and Ive decided de-cided shes tho girl for mo Oh said tho quiet young man moro calmly I ace You you havent asked her then f 1 Thud young man with the tlo shook hIs head r Aro you going to telephone hIs friend Inquired with Innocent Interest rho young man with the tie looked a trifle suspicious but decided that r nothing was meant by the question Well no ho admitted I hadnt thought much about lit I didnt decide till Just recently Im not going to jump Into n thing like that In a hurry and ho sorry over after I know what I want In a wife Now Ethel IH not too pretty you flcosho cant be vain about herself and a vain woman Is always al-ways selfish I abominate a selfish p woman All sho thinks about Is herself her-self and her own comfort I want some ono wholl consider me Href Its right that tho man who provides tho homo and works for It should bo considered con-sidered first I see your point saId the quiet young man Some fellows never think of those things Ethel Isnt everlastingly chattering chat-tering either She would give a fellow fel-low a chance to do n little talking himself t him-self Most girls think the only thing of Importance Is what they have to say Did you ever notice how Ethel will sit and listen with her head ono side as If sho was so Interested kind of amused I dont believe I ever did said tho quiet young man Perhaps not said his filpiul with the assertive tie You probably hfcvcut had as long talks with her us I havo Sho always listens that way when I talk That girl IH Intelligent atd when she guts a chance to listen ito i Ito I-to conversation thats worth while she does It without interruption I think ihos economical and a good housekeeper house-keeper Dont you I have great admiration I for Ethel declared tho quiet young man hut I never exactly figured out her good Qualities an you have done Well thats natural you didnt havo Uio liMn In mind that I did said tho young man with tho tlo > tfo Indeed I didnt said the quiet young mnn with n fervency that caused his friend to look puzzled You see went on tho quiet young man as ho got Into his coat I bellow If I woro you Id not waste n nickel telephoning Ethel Sho promised to marry me a week ago and I rat think she expects me to be her escort to that theater party Good night Tho young man with tho violent tic sat Blaring at tho chair which had been occupied by tho quiet young man Id like to know ho said at last Just what it was sho said when she spoke about mo the other ovenlng Como to think of it I believe his tone was sarcastic when ho mentioned It a |