The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-20
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When i was going down town TO my once
4 happened to look up at smith s window
and saw her looking ar me- gave Only q
quick glance at her that time, but her FACE
haunted mo all day long as I sat at my
desk left the office earlier that evening,
and as began to near Smith IS I looked %
catch glimpse of her should she happen
to be there Smiths. by the way, Isl n
fashionable ladies garment maker, and So d.
i thought she might have TO be there gain
to attend to the ineZorable demands Of her
dressInaker.
AS L hurried on almost trod upon
newsboy who was calling out his -extrv
spechuls, y and I jostled against an elderly
man who was carrying paper parcel
jOstled with sufficient force to cause hir1
to drop the burden. With profuse apollo
gies stopped and picked it up for him
He received my oyertures with much calm
ness, looking over his glasses and screviuz
up his mouth till the ht5le lines that radi-
ated across his shaver upper lip made it
look like q miniature aurora borealis
Then continued my headlOng flight, and
soon I was opposite Smith s. I looked up.
Sure enough, there she stood. looking down
the street I watched her She was calm
AS Tennvson says, Her ewes were homes
of silent prayer I staid as long as I
dared for I knew the magnetic effect on
the passerby when one stops to look ar
anything intenrlv, and i was jealous
enough not to want any one else TO l00k ac
her One evening as j was looking at the
performers by some unaccountable attrac-
ton my sight was drawn TO one young
woman who, in playing q subordinate
part, was costuTned ia % nicely fitting suit
of brown What was it that made 1T seem
familiar? Tt was the costume I had seen
her wear as she stood one morning in
Smith s window as i passed. Could it he
that had found her at last9 The face did
not seem quite the same bat the dress
could swear to.
This increased the mystery
As soon as the performance was over
went to the stage door, whence all the par
Elephants of the evening would leave the
theater / waited on the opposite side Of
the street for her to appear. I crossed and
stood under the lamp that lighted the side
walk dimly around the door. One or two
that was almost sure were she passed uur
into the awaiting carriages, but still did
not feel fully satisfied. 1t was growing
very late and I was chilly from the damp
air that was drifting in from the haro0r-
Presently the light was turned out, and all
was darkness The last carriage had ROLE
ed away some minutes before-evidentlT
all were out who went that way-and. foil
ed in my search, turned homeWard once
more A great sorrow was upon me
The next day L felt angry with her-an-
CRY for no cause Of hers but angry because
had been prevented from meeting her
did not care to hang about Smith S. nor
did I have any excuse that would take mo
in there 7 thought. ~ viii not 20 Ev
Smith S this morning I VIII not look for
her face. I viii stop before / get too lar
That morning went TO my work by
another route / saw new things and uc5
new faces and arrived at my office without
having once thought of her But all day
while at my desk kept feeling that the
day had not been properly begun, and I
counted the hours until the time should
come when would be free to go home and
go past her again On, face haunted dnTs-
Again my plans were changed, this time
through no agency Of mine, for as 7 was
leaving the Office I saw in his charming lit
tie brougham my friend Robinson, who,
seeing me pulled up and said. Here. old
man, let me drive you home Jump iu
here. / won f take no Tor an answer
So Z got in beside him, and we rode home
ward by another route.
'Old boy, said Robinson, You are not
looking yourself What the matter with
your Are you in love-
mo I think not, / replied "Anv-
way, I have no reason to be I don't know
any of the girls in the Office, not even the
typewriter, and the only ones i meet dur
ing the day arc the walters but I am not
in love with them. ?"
You speak as though there was bare
possibility of your being in love, after all
Now, what and who is IT. Tell me about
it, A fault confessed is half redressed. and
in this ease you may feel easier if you have
some one to tell it to and to talk with
about her. D."
mo, + protested, 81 am not in love I
don't know any woman i say"
ssWell, that may all be, but you can
in love with a woman You don't know.
found I was almost at my last ditch.
SO L said: Wen, to tell the plain facts,
have seen g woman whom I admire She
is beautiful of form and face, and, though
I have not been very near her nor heard
her speak, still believe can see in her
face her whole character, and believe she
is a beautiful woman Ia every sense Of the
word -
.. Where have you seen herf''
I'm Smiths"
"Smithsl Where's that2 Not the De-
dies tailor is it2' he exclaimed in some
surprise
Eyes; I begin to think she works there.
but that doesn t make any difference, does
it?''
ooh. no, I suppose notl Love win go
where it is sent if it is out of the windoTv-
But I think i know her. Let s drive round
by there, and we may see her
was only too delighted at the prospect
Of seeing her, and we soon came neer
Smiths. We were both on the lookout for
my divinity
Fortune favored us. There she stood
My heart beat fast, but Robinson laughed
loudly
ooh, oh, thought knew herl You
fool That's the wax face lay hgure they TT
and display dresses over.
The subsequent items Of my biography
are Of no public interest. have not been
in love since. have had enough Of it.
Chicago Tribune
To Avoid a Tip.
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