The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-09-01
AN OLD BACHELORS YARN.
What He Saw and How He Made Pretty
Story Out of 1t. -

What He Saw and How He Made Pretty
Story Out OF 1t.
The man who has d vein of sentiment
and is not ahamed of it hadss little ro-
nance, or what he chose to regard as a
romance, to tell aboutsEhc other even
ing. One of his office rooms, as every
one knows who has been in his Office
for the last ten years, looks out on n
court
Directly across the court are the win
dows of a millinery shop, and on the
upper side OF tae- court those of an cleo
trical establishment They are all on
the same level.
81 used to notice when looked out
into the c3urt," he said, "a young wom-
an in the millinery shop who worked
away in lustriously at the window.
Over in the place where they make
electrical appliances was cookbook
ing fellow who was always whistling
or 'humming' popular air. He seemed
TO go at his work as If it were not work,
but play. One day when was stand
Ing at my window l saw him look over
at the milliner's window. AT that mo-
ment the girl, who was turning hat
around to look at it with a critical eye,
raised her glance. He gave her little
friendly nod and smiled at her in d
could see her blush, and she held her
eyes down after that while he went on
working and whistling merrily.
Later noticed that his nod used to
be returned with smile. When they
were about to go away in the evening
they would give each other farewell
nod. In the winter, when the days got
short, neither Of them worked at the
window after four or five o'clock, but
when was detained ut my office used
to be on the watch for the six o'clock
whistles just to see them come to their
windows and nod their heads across the
court.
This went on for more than year,
and l got interested in the two
young people and began to weave
romances about them. In tho coming
spring when l wanted to have some
work done in my Office went over to
the electric shop to see alb out getting
the young man to do it When he was
in my room aftcrward saw him go to
ny window and glance across the court.
He hal to make several trips there, for
the young woman's eyes seldom strayed
over to my window Finally, however,
ht caught her eye, and she gave little
start OF surprise, and then blushcd very
perceptibly, as young people do who
are ssaught unawares by those in whom
they arc Interested
"N hen my young electrician turned
around he must have seen the interested
expression on my face, for the color
came up and spread all over his face un-
til it WAS as rosy red as the side of an
apple.
shes avery modest and pretty girl,
| said to him cncouragingly, for my
curiosity was getting the better of my
discretion.
Indeed she Is he said, blushing
again.
S. How long have you known herg
asked, in a tone calculated to invite his
confidence.
oh, don't know hcl, he answered,
hastily, and his face got scarlet this
time You see he added, shyly, we
have seen each other SO long at these
windows that it seems natural for us to
nod at each other
II was little disappointed at this,
for couldn't make much ont Of the
r0mance. 1Afterwar,l, however, 1 saw
that they keptup thenxchange Of smiles
across the court, aud occasionally the
yo1ng electrician would glance my way
add give me greeting with his curly
hcad
This went on for nenrly two years,
and then ! noticed that the young
wrnan's face wns missing from ths
window. The clectrician did not seem
70 mind II, howeyer, In fact he seemed
more li9ht.heartcd and cheerful than
ever. could bear him singing away
u q pleasing voiee " tho hour, and ]
really got 70 dislike Tho man ior not
scouting 10 care whether hin ltttle mill.
aer ever came back o. net You ~.
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