The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-23

was the Hduusuhi
est person you
ever saw And young. | noticed MIN
Just as soon as he came into the car,
because his face had such an elevated
look"
Maybe he rooms on the eleventh
floor somewhere" suggested the friV-
olous listener
"Oh. you are jealous" said the girl
who was telling the story Well, ne
had scarcely stepped through the door
when he saw nae and appeared struck
speeches. and motionless at the vi
sion. c, course. very properly look
ed away and stared out of the window.
After that he. never took his eyes on
me He"
Il thought you said YOU were look
ing out OF the window" broke in the
frivolous girl mildly
You know very well that one can
see out Of the corner of ones eyes IL
a person is looking at one" retorted
the story teller Indignantly You are
just trying to be disagreeable.
Well, she continued, growing
calmer, other people began to notice
how fascinated he was. My face sim
ply burned with bushes. You can't
imagine how embarrassed ! was
knew a girl once who was so pretty
that she always wore thick chiffon
veil whenever She took street car
because people stared SO at her. Not
that l mean to intimate I'm at all
good-looking, but people do stare, you
know. Only this was the most aggra-
waited case | had ever encountered.
and he was just the kind OF man you d
prefer to have stare at you and the
kind who usually never does. don
mean that like to attract notice, you
understand"
"Oh, we understand" said the sar,
castle girl in a tone packed with
meaning.
Sometimes | wish | was just fear
fully homely,h went on the story tell
err. plaintively When person who
had been sitting near me got up and
left the car that man who had been
staring so took the vacant seat In
order TO be closer to where | sat
was so nervous. I've heard of cases
of love at first sight and how the man
never let the girl out OF his sight I'll
he found where she lived and then
hunted up some one to introduce him
thought If he followed me home
shouldn't know what to do. He was
evidently gentleman, so ! couldn'i
make up my mind to be rude ano
hurt his feeling, because suppose
| that when a person falls In love tha
way he simply can't help himself ant
| doesn't realize how conspicuous ht
makes one.
why, I had an aunt once who wa
so pretty when she was young tina
she was always having the most eS
citing experiences with utter strans
ers. She seemed TO fascinate them a
sight. All my family say that re
semble her in many ways.
well. when more passengers go
OFF. that man deliberately came an
sat in the seat in front of me. II
twisted around till he could glance a
me now and then. just wouldn
give him the satisfaction of acknow
edging that | noticed him, SO di
not move TO another seat. was
most sure several times that he wa
going to speak to me and ] though
it was really such a remarkable cas-
that | should treat him kindly h
looked as though he might be SOM
body, you know.
Il was thinking how romantic
would be TO meet my fate in tia
: manner. when another man got o
who knew the first one and came
sit beside him thought that settle
him and that he wouldn't dare to loo
al me with his friend there TO motto
but he did. knew then that II wa
an absolutely hopeless case. but
didn't see how was 10 blame.
ITO my surprise. they got off befol
did and as they went by the goo
, looking one shot me a glance that WI
, actually full of pathos. 1t was crit
! cal moment
5 Then just as had decided that
e was full of sorrow because he hs
70 excuse to give his friend for sta
ing on the car | heard him spea
What do you think that wretch r
!, marked in a calm. scientific voice
!. his friendg He said that never in b
/, whole career as florist had he see
. so tecatiful a specimen OF the chry
A authemum family as the one ! wi
! wearing. He said it beat anythiI
\ in his collection. that it certainly vi
) wonderful and.that he must learn Il
L name Of it.
q He hadn't been trying TO firt wi
II mo at all, He had never really se'
d me, II was that hateful flower !
said. was perfectly disguised y
that / like to attract atten-"
He certainly was an unappreci
70 tive wretch" said the sarcastic girl
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