Charlie has a girl upon whom he calls very frequently, and, they tell me, at the most unexpected times.
That was probably how it happened he dropped in one afternoon and was informed by her mother that she was upstairs taking a bath, so he told the old lady he only wanted to speak to her for a minute; and she called out:
"Mamie, come right down, Mr. Suitz wants to see you down here."
So Mamie called back, "Oh, mother, I can't; I have nothing on."
"Well, slip on something right away, and come down."
And what do you think? Mamie slipped on the stairs, and came down.
Talking of your level-headed young Lochinvars of to-day, who use automobiles in their elopements instead of horses as in the old times, there was Charlie's brother who fell in love with the only daughter of old Squeezer, the richest skinflint in Stringtown, and was bound to have her, even if he had to resort to strategy.
"Oh, Bob," she whispered, sliding down into the outstretched arms of the lover who stood at the bottom of the ladder, "are you sure the coast is clear?"