The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-05-19

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They had never met before, and this
could hardly be called 4 meeting, ex-
cept as it became one later on. Up and
down the car she glanced in a cursory
way, taking slightly critical notice of
her fellow passengers, until she came
to the he" mentioned above. This
was her inventory of his outward per-
sonai points: what tall, thin man!
Rather smart looking, too, only he don't
look exactly well poised. l guess he
knows what nerves are. Am sorry
for him, especially in this city of rush
and worry and cool-headed competi-
tors"
Then our little critic turned her at
tertlon to the "N:.ion' in her hand.
He took his turn at criticism, and
summed her up in this manner: "Cool
little body, that; rather guess she
wouldn't jump at mouse. How COM
Portable she looks. little and plump and
strong! I'll warrant she marches
straight on through the world and
knows what she is marching for, every
time. How l hate my nervous sys-
tenn
And he turned his attention once
more to his morning paper.
Gracious, what jerk. And how
those horses were rearing and plunging,
as even street-car horses will, and keep
ing up the jerks.
Every man in the car sprang to his
feet and helped to form blockade in
the doorway. Every woman sat still.
] know you will think this is contrary
to the usual order of things. but I was
there, and know. 1t was only a balk-
ing, fractions horse, and the men slow
ly took to pieces the blockade and
stood along in the car, stretching their
necks to sec how the matter would end.
And where do you think our hero stood?
On no less a place than our heroine's
feet. Unconsciously, it is true, but
without any abatement of weight for
all his Inconsistencies.
"Perhaps," she said, in minute, in
her cool way, perhaps if you got off
my feet and sat down, you wouldn't get
hurt
How he colored, stammered out his
plea for pardon, and jumped aside with
such alacrity that he knocked against
another man, who stood as he had
stood a minute before, only, with no
feet under his own.
Hello, Bob was the cxclam alton
that answered his knock. Don't quite
annihilate me.' and the next instant he
lifted his hat with a courteous Good
heroine. Then he talked minute with
each, and at last said: AS you two are
near neighbors, and old friends of mine,
| think you should know each other.
Miss Ronald, MIR. Waldo"
Both bowed; she with sly twinkle
in her eyes, and he with so red blush
that one did not think of noticing his
eyes at all. That was the beginning,
and subject for meditation, in differ
cnt ways, for both.
A few mornings later, as Miss Ronald
was standing on her corner waiting for
her car, Mr.. Waldo came out of his
clearinghouse door for the same car.
Good morning, Miss Ronald"
The same to YOU" was the reply,
land it is a good morning, sure enough.
One can hardly believe that there will
be any more cold, dark mornings before
summer"
They chatted pleasantly all the way
down in the car that morning, and she
found out that he was lawyer with
good deal of worrying business on hand,
and too strongly sympathetic interest
in his clients. lie found out that she
taught school; and he imagined he could
see how coolly she did it. His magma
ton was not very wide of the mark
She mildly insinuated that she took
boys up by the nape of the neck and
dropped them out of the window; and
that she combed the girls hair with the
pointer, by way of gentlest modes of
correction; but he felt free to doubt the
literalness of her confession.
IF you think could help you to pass
an evening pleasantly, should be glad
to have You try it, any evening in my
home" were the words with which she
left him one morning, as the car stopped
at her school corner.
THANK you, should be pleased to
try was his hearty response.
'Humph!' thought the mutual friend
who had introduced them, things are
getting on! Well, he is Mighty nice
fellow, and steady, cool little body
like Miss Ronald would help him march
on to fame. hope things will get on
a good deal farther"
But. somehow, they did not. very
much farther. He called, not once, but
many times: always had a pleasant
evening: became familiar with her
the events and people in the country at
large, for she kept herself posted in an
intelligent way; and he began to count
strongly on the evenings thus spent
When things reached this point, there |
they stood for weeks, away into the =
pleasant summer weather, through the .
change from parlor to front steps a. |
visiting ground, through an occasional! |
walk in the park, through moonlight !
rides behind the finest livery horses.
and other prescribed methods of enter |
tainment.
She was always pleasant, helped hin: |
to decide many knotty point, appeared !
to like him, and always invited him to |
call again; but there was a somethinr
that kept things from coming to a.
issue.
When August came she went ava.
for few weeks to delightful little
lake in Wisconsin, whose charms she |
had acquainted herself with the summer
before and related to him.
Miss Ronald" he had said, on til.
evening before her denarture edo uo.,