The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-10-15
AN OLD BACHELORS YARN.

What He Saw aud How He Made n p-.t.x
Story Out of It.
Inc man who has vein of sentiment
and is not ahamed of it had little ro-
nance, or what he chose to regard as a
romance, to tell about the other even
ing One OF his Office rooms, as eyerv
one knows who has been in his ofs;ce
Tor the last ten years, looks out on a
court
| Directly across the court are the win.
dows of millinery shop. and on tbe
upper side of the court those of an cleo.
tricai establishment They are an IN
the same level
Il used to notice when looked ont
into the court" he said, ''a young wom-
an In the millinery shop who worked |
away 1ndustriously at the window.
over In the place where thew make I
electrical appliances was a good-loolr-
ing fellow who was always whistline
or 'humming' popular air. He seemed
10 go at his work as if it were not work.
put play. One day when was stand
Ing at my window saw him look over
at the milliner's window. At that mo
ment the girl, who was turning a hat
around to look at it with a critical eve
raised ner glance. He gave her a little
friendly nod and smiled at her in a {
frank, good-natured way. 1 thought I |
could see her blush, and she held her {
eyes down after that, while he went on t
and whistling merrily. s
Later noticed that his nod used To
DC returned with smile When thev t
we're about to go away in the evening t
'ney would give each other a farewell G
iod. In the winter, when the DAYS got I
mort, neither of them worked at the e
window after four or five o'clock. but h
vhen was detained at my office I used r,
be on the watch for the six o,clocl, "
Whistles just to see them come to their o
windows and nod their heads across The II
curt -
This went on for more than a veor
nd l got interested in the two
Dung people and began to weave
'mances about them In the coming
orlng when / wanted to have some RI
ork done in my Office went over To
le electric shop to see about getting
le young man to do it. When he was
my room afterward / saw him 90 to a
y window and glance across the court
. nao 20 make several trips there. for ~,
70 young woman's eyes seldom straved -.
er TO my window. Finally, however,
caught her eye, and she gave a little ~,
art OF surprise and then blushed varr :" u
rceptibly. as young people do who !
caught unawares by those in whom
ey are interested IRA
When my young electrician turnad orr =
ound he must have seen the interested IL
preston on my face, for the color 10
ne up and spread all over his fac. mn. os
u was as rosy red as the side of an al,
pie. ~ On eiet
one's q very modest and pretty girl, -
aid to him encouragingly, for NV ~
1osity was getting the better of nv -; 1a
cretion. SILK
sTndaaa -. A
lin. ng set
How long have you known hery 7 Iay
Cd, In tone calculated to invite ~. epp
fence. Mp mou
oh. | don't know her. he answered. s snst
lily, and his face got scarlet this
: ION see, he added. shyly, we s,ivs
seen each other so long at these 80. s
oows that it seems natural for ne 70 iaps
was +. ,;t.sa ing
I corldr,s ,Sappo,nted AZ this, in 81
ance- Afterward, however, / saw The
tney kept up the exchange Of amiles suite