Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-19

They had never met before, and this
could hardly be called meeting, ex-
cept as it became one later on. Up and
down the car she glanced in a cursory
way, taking a slightly critical notice of
her fellow passengers until she came
to the "he" mentioned above. This
was her inventory of his outward per-
sonal points: "What TALL thin man!
Rather smart looking, too, only he don't
look exactly well poised. / 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
tention to the "Nation" 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 q mouse. How com
Portable she looks! little and plump and
stroug 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-
tem" nau
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
tine doorway. Every woman sat still.
know you will think this is contrary
to the usual order of things, but was
there, and know. 1t was only balk-
ing, fractions horse, and the men slow
ly took to pieces the blockade and
stood along in the car, stretching their
necks to see 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 unconsciousness.
Perhaps" she said, in minute, in
her cool way, perhaps if you got off
nv 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 minute before, only, with no
feet under his own.
"Hello. Bob" was the exclam nation
that answered his knock. "Dontqulte
annihilate me!' and the next instant he
lifted his hat with courteous GOOD
morning. Miss Ronald" to our little
heroine. Then he talked minute with
zach. and at last said: "As you two are
near neighbors, and old friends OF NINE
think YOU should know each other
Miss Ronald, Mr.. Waldo"
} Roth bowed; she with sly twinkle
in her eyes, and he with so red blush
4hat one did not think of noticing his
oves at all That was the beginning,
and a subject for meditation in differ
ent ways, for both.
A few mornings later, as Miss Ronald
was standing on her corner waiting ior
hor car. Mr.. Waldo came out OF MS
hoora;nc-house door for the same car
,.Good morning, Miss Ronald. "
..T,ho same to YOU" was the reply,
..and it is good morning, sure enough,
one can hardly believe that there VIII
,aonv more cold, dark mornings before
summer. .u 4ho xvov
They chatted pleasantly all the way y
,o,,r in the car that morning, ana she
sonnd ont that he was lawyer with a
sood deal of worrying business on hahu,
ga sOS too strongly sympathetic interest
.'his clients. lie found out that sne
,angbt r school; and he imagined he could
sao how coolly she did it. his mag ma
~ ~, was not very wide of the marx
''oa che mildly insinuated that she TOOK
on ~ Inv the nape of the neck ana
Sroonped SUo them out of the window anu ~ u
oroppt pbs combed the girls hair with the
'nao D1nter 9 by way of gentlest modes -, OF u
p.oction; but he felt free to douot 'ne
,'.asolness of her confession -
i'eI eIt you think could help you 70 pns5 l,,s %
r:ning pleasantly, l should be glaa
an saye YOU try it, any evening II my my
to nav ,rere the words with which she
home, one morning, as the car stopped
4 her school corner :, !. n,eased to
i'ns ina his hearty response. 49,,
iry, iry,,,..anbrn thought the mutual Irleno a'a
shufAPI, ;n,roduced them, 'things are
w%S Sattns Onl Well he is soo, little, little body
s ssrow' and steady e00s '''''