The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1907-08-02

ever saw. And young. | noticed him
Just as soon as he came into the car,
because his face had such an elevated
lookr'
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, he
had scarcely stepped through the door
when he saw me and appeared struck
speeches. and motionless at the vi
sion Of course, | very properly look
ed away and stared out of the window.
After that he never took his eyes off
me- He"
Il thought you said you were look.
ing out of the window" broke in the
frivolous girl mildly.
you know very we'll that one can
see out of the corner of ones eyes if
a person is looking at one" retorted
the story teller Indignantly. "You are
just trying to be disagreeable!"
We'll" 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 a thick chiffon
veil whenever she took a street car
because people stared so at her. Not
that / meansto intimate I'm at all
good-looking, but people do stare, yoN
know. Only this was the most aggra-
waited case l 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. I don't
mean that like to attract notice, you
understand"
"Oh, we understand" said the sar-
castle girl in tone packed with
meaning.
Sometimes / wish / was just fear
fully homely," went on the story tell
er. plaintively when a 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 till
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 Q gentleman, SO l couldn't
make up nay mind to be rude and
hurt his feeling. because suppose
that when a person falls in love that
way he Simply can't help himself and
doesn't realize hoy conspicuous he
makes one.
why, ! had an aunt once who was
so pretty when she was young that
she was always having the most ex-
citing experiences with utter strang-
ers. She seemed to fascinate them at
sight All my family say that l re-
semble her in many ways.
"Well, when more passengers got
off, that man deliberately came and
sat In the seat in front of me. He
twisted around till he could glance at
me now and then. | just wouldn't
give him the satisfaction of acknowl-
edging that ! noticed him, SO | did
not move to another seat l was al
most sure several times that he was
going to speak to me and | thought
it was really such a remarkable case
that | should treat him kindly He
looked as though he might be some
body, you know.
IL was thinking how romantic it
would be to meet my fate in that
manner, when another man got on
who knew the first one and came to
sit beside him. ] thought that settled
him and that he wouldn't dare to look
at me with his friend there to notice,
but he did. / knew then that it was
an absolutely hopeless case, but |
didn't See how | was to blame.
"To my surprise, they got off before
I did and as they went by the good
looking one shot me a glance that was
actually full of pathos. 1t was a criti-
cal moment.
NeThen just as / had decided shat he
was full of sorrow because he had
no excuse to give his friend for, stay
ing on the car i heard him speak
What do you think that wretch re-
marked in a calm, scientific voice to
his friend? He said that never in his
whole career as a florist had he seen
so beautiful a specimen of the chrys-
anthemum family as the one ! was