Middletown transcript., 1894-01-20

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together, and she had looked at him an,
wondered whether he ever was in love
and he had looked at her and wondered
whether any men came to see her. Th'
day after Christmas they got into th,
elevator together with three other peo
pie, but the others all got out on th'
lower and more representations ,and
then she carefully looked at the blank
walls sliding by them, and he looked al
her till the elevator stopped at the nintt
floor, and he, with an awkwardness
that was entirely uncharacteristic,
knocked all her bundles out Of hel
hands as he stepped back to let her out
first.
'sOh, beg your pardon, Miss Ar.
nott,n he said, as he stopped and
scrambled for them, and as he came up
with his hands full, and the light OF
successful strategy in his eyes, he
added.
Il suppose I ought to apologize for
knowing your name-but, you see, / do
know it, the last one, that is.'
Thank you, said Miss Arnott, as
she took the last lingeringly delivered
bundle, and the elevator door banged
and the elevator and elevator boy sank
behind them.
Il wish you Merry Christmas and
q Happy New Year, /" said he.
aYou should say a Happy New
Year and Merry Christmas. for its
too late to wish anything forthis years
Christmas, y she said. dimpling, and
making talk out of nothing. Then she
suddenly grew gravely courteous, and
murmured THANK you'' again, and
bowed and hurried down the hall.
s.Well, lisa beginning, and it's nom
sense not having some acquain-
tance with nice girl like that when
she's right under your elbow be said
to himself, as he turned his Yale key in
his door. After be had seated himself
for an after-dinnsr cigar be moralized
on the the idiocy of the convention
alities that put it out of his power to
call on Miss Arnott, tell her be was a
respectable person, with an uncle who
was pastor of the Church of the Holy
Bullrnshes, and that he'd like to know
her-without ulterior motives.
But that's the row. = be said to him
self; "this curse OF matrimony SO Hlls
up everybody's mind that you can get
no pleasant companionship With women
because you are supposed, Of course. to
have Intentions, OF not have, and then
you are q bold, bad man. can't tell
Miss Arnott that my intentions are
perfectly honorable but also absolutely
nonsmatrimonial; and though she looks
like an uncommonly bright girl, she'd
probably never get so far past her edu-
cation as to dream Of such q novel posi-
tion on the part OF a man who knocks
bundles out Of her hands to get to speak
TO her. But, Jove, II she only knew II,
I've got such q simple human lonliness
on me I'd 60 out Of my way to talk to
that old dowager on the first floor with
the glass eye. = 8.
Miss Arnott was saying TO herself,
while she made herself emp Of tea:
! 4 wonder what he'd have thought Il
I'd said, Thank yon. MI. Noyes;S that
would have been rather funny, but then
be might have thought II Was rather
fast, too. Iehall not notice him next
time see him. That's the only sate
AID proper thing. =
she felt 70 pious IL baYing made this
resolution that she felt bound 10 show
how sincere II wasby carefully listening
st her door tbe NEXT morning til che
heard bis shut, ana kns be was Wait-'
ing at the elevnto d; then she cstne out
of her room, just = tho boy opened the
slsyator doof, and called out sOh,
never mind, don't Wait; I'ss foreotten
somelhins z and xenk bal.
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