The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-19
PRIDE IN A LITTLE ROMANCE.
"CrustV Old Bachelor" Who Got In.
Jerested IN a Love Match.

JereSted IN q Love Match.
From the Ne,o York Tribune.
The man who has vein OF sentiment and
is not ashamed of it had little romance,
or what he chose to regard as romance, to
tell about the other evening. One OF his
office rooms. as every one knows who has
been in his office for the past ten years,
looks out on q court. Directly across the
court are the windows of a millinery shop,
and on the upper side OF the court those Of
an electrical establishment. They are all
on the same level.
AZ used to notice when looked out into
the court he said, "a young woman in the
millinery shop who worked away industri-
ously at the window. Over i'll the place
where they make electrical appliances was
a good-looking young fellow, who was al
ways whistling or 'humming' q popular air &.
He seemed to goat his work as II 1t were
NOT work, but play. One day whom | was
standing at my window saw him look over
at the milliner's window. At that moment
the girl who was turning hat around TO
look at it with critical eye, raised her
glance. He gave her little friendly nod
and smiled a; her in a frank, good-natured
way. l thought could see her blush, and
she held her eyes down after that, while he
went on working and whistling merrily.
Later 1 noticed that this nod used TO be
returned with a smile. When they were
about TO 60 away in the evening they would
give each other a farewell nod In the
winter, when the days got short, neither Of
them worked at the window after or
O'Clock, but when l las detained at my office
used to be on the watch for the 6 O'Clock
whistles Just co see them come to their
windows and nod their heads across the
court.
This went on for more than year, ana
got Interested In the two young people and
began to weave romances about them. In
the coming spring, when l wanted to have
some work done in my Office, weat over to
the electric shop to see about getting the
young man to do 1t. When he was in my
room afterward saw him go to my window
and glance across the court. He had to
make several trips there for the young
woman's eyes seldom strayed over to my
window. Finally, however, he caught her
and then blushed very perceptibly, as young
people do who are caught unawsrss by those
In whom they are interested.
when my young electrician turned
around he must have seen the Interested ex-
preston on my face, for the color came up
and spread all over his face until 1t was as
rosy as the side Of an apple.
"'She's very modest girl, l said to him,
encouraginRly, for my curiosity was getting
the better of my discretion.
Indeed she is he said, blushing again.
'''How long have you known her y
asked in a tone calculated to invite his CON
fidence.
40, don't know her, he answered
hastily, and his face got scarlet this time.
each other so long at those windows that it
seemed quite natural for us TO nod at each
other.
~ was a little disappointed at this, for
couldn't make much out OF the romance
Afterwerd, however, saw that they kept
up the exchange of smiles across the court
and occasionally the young electrician
would glance my way and give me greet
ing with his curly head.
This weat on for nearly two years, and
then l noticed that the young woman's face
was missing from the window. The cleo
trician did not seem to mind il, however.
In fact, he seemed more light-hearted and
cheerful than ever. l could hear him sing
ing away in a pleasing voice by the hour
and really got to dislike the man for not
seeming to care whether the little milliner
ever came back or not You sec / am ro-
mantle.
"Well, the next summer was 80 hot that
used to take ride down to Coney Island
and back every Sunday afternoon TO try
to keep cool in the breezes off the ocean:
On one Of those Sundays saw the little
miiliner, looking as brisk as a ripe peach,
sitting alone in the stern of the boat. She
was neatly dressed. with a pretty bonnet on
her head, and she was MISUNDERSTANDING
enough to be any ones wife. Pretty soon
man came along the dock, carrying In
one arm child aud holding in his hand a
glass OF water. He went up to my milliner
and gave her the glass OF water. Then,
when he turned his face, which had been
hidden behind the child's big hat, 90 W that
it was my ELECTRICIAN.
Catching sight of me, he nodded and
smiled, just as he had often done across the
court, and l walked straight I'D to him,
and, shaking him heartily by the hand
congratulated him with genuine feeling
When he introduced me to his wife he was
as proud as an emperor, and nsver spent a
better afternoon than on that day chatting
with chat couple. You may talk about
your love and matchmaking, but never
saw two people who seemed to care more
| for each other than they did.
"If bad known they were going 20 be-
married should have sent them a wedding
preseut-and a handsome one, too-but. as [
hadn't been allowed to do that lust went
out the next day and bought that baby a
locket and chain, and sent it over with a
pleasant note to the happy young electri-
| clan by one of my Office boys, and few
minutes later, when | saw that mans beam
ing face nodding at me across the court. as
ne held my little gift in his hand, 1 felt
well, felt like fool for being crusty
old haohalOr