How's tricks?' and orders a glass of soda-lemonade
with a cherry in it. She wouldn't take a man's arm for the world,
which is perhaps fortunate, for she seldom gets a chance. But she
likes to talk to a man about the races and exhibit her knowledge of
baseball slang.
"A friend of mine has an elderly sister who is a mannish woman.
Contrary to the popular belief, she never borrows his neckties or
collars, but perhaps this may be accounted for by the fact that Fred
is rather stout in the neck and seldom wears a tie. She got him to tie
a four-in-hand for her one day. Fred used to be a sea-captain in his
early days and, although he could make all kinds of splices with a
rope, he had never tackled a four-in-hand. He was game, however, and,
after a hard tussle, accomplished what is known in nautical parlance
as a 'clove hitch.' Fred's sister wore it night and day for a week and
then cut it off with a pair of scissors.
"Fred had another experience some time after this which nearly proved
serious. His sister was on the reception committee for a club function
one evening and asked her brother's advice in regard to mixing punch.
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