Arizona republican., 1892-12-09
PERFlDY UNVEILED.
An End TO the Jekyil-and-Hyde Game
of Would Bo Lover.

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chuckled softly to himself and looked
&C % across the way.
"Afd she's better looking one than
the girl>aS the other Window he solilo.
QIized, after as critical AN examination
q the new face as the nature of the case
vouid permit.
He was bookkeeper in the employ OF
zEeal estate firm whose office was ON one
a the upper floors of down town sky
Sraper, and for several hours each day,
while the members of the firm We're
occurring the streets for business or Civ
ing exclusive scoops" to every real
estate reporter in the city. he had the
noon to himself
During the frequent spells of loneli-
ness that came upon him he had cult
pted by degrees the acquaintance of a
typewriter girl who sat at a window
N,ross the court that separated the two
wings of the great Office building.
vi had come to be understood that
Aeir regular morning greeting. repeated
How and then during the day, was q
anile and nod On his part and nod and
Enile on hers.
One day, while temporarily at work
q another desk than his own, he
Sxced to look across the court and
frrI himself opposite window near
" ica sat another typewriter girl
xhom ne had not seen before, and, az
Fready related, she struck him as be-
hg an improvement upon No. 1.
Thereupon he set himself to work to
cultivate her acquaintance also.
1t was slow process. 1t took him
some time merely to impress upon her,
q circumstance worth noting, the fact
Gat he was there.
But he persisted. Without suffering
his acquaintance with Typewriter Girl
10, to lapse in the slightest degree, it
became his custom while suffering from
Ms lonesomeness-kis tired feeling--.to
Rpair to the desk that brought Type
writer Girl No. 2 within the range OF
his vision, lean his head upon his hand.
md look at her with an expression Of
deep melancholy on his face that would
Nave softened the heart Of cab driver.
vi a lbAlE NllAlo bilC bCtLlcu OUllN lOuS.
hut one day, while he was regarding her
viii bis most pensive and woebegone
fazJ Gn urprised to see her lean
her head u1 her hand and fix her eyes
apon HIM with an exaggerated look Of
anguish on her own face.
The udl'iary was perfect, and in the
laugh thai C,lowed it the acquaintance
Gas est aHis4od on basis of reciprocity.
The r.gaiar salutation between the
young man and Typewriter Girl No. Q
fus came to be different from that Of
10. l.
After he had exchanged his nod and
znile at his own desk with No. he
you'd wander in a casual way to the
0ile. GesA, oat 81 sight of No. I, and ex-
change a look OF the most profound
Melancholy, usually followed by wave
q the baud, with No. 2: and in these
Ncreations and diversions the blond
young man relieved the monotony Of
His lonely hours, and plumed himself
not a little, moreover, upon his powers
Gf fascination.
What it might all have led to had not
~ rrevr""taA occurrence, an event Dor.
Sering closely upon tragedy, broken in
spon the current of his existence-but
H. us moi anticipate.
One morning there was AN alarm Of
sre close at hand. From the court be-
tween the two sections of the building
OILY glimpse of the street could be
had, but the sentimental bookkeeper
Nn to the nearest window. raised it,
thrust his head out and looked toward
fhe street to see if the fire engines were
gathering.
Directly across the court two win
tows, pertaining to two different offices,
we're raised AT the same moment and
two female heads were thrust ont stimuli
hueUus!y.
They were the heads of Typewriter
Girls Nos. ! and 2.
No. looked at him with smile and
spdded.
No. 2 assumed an expression of the
post lugubrious melancholy and waved
ker hand in the usual manner.
The blond young man looked helpless
X from one TO the other and wilted
His hour had come.
e couldn't lnlile and nod in one di-
Fction while looking melancholy in the
sther.
II is simply impossible. Try it and
Sc.
Az he stood there gazing vacantly at |
sothing in particular, shrinking visibly |
b. his clothes aud feeling his plastered |
hair rise slowly ON end, the two type
writer girls, happily oblivious hitherto
at each others existence, turned and |
looked at each other.
Then they looked at him again, with |
NJ expression Of frozen scorn in their |
eyes, two windows came down with a |
bang and Nos. and 9
went to their work.
From that time to this they have ut,
terly ignored him.
He has moved his desk to a corner of |
the Office where he can see neither win
dow.
lie tries to look cheerful and uncon-
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