The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-05
The Girl Across
the Way
She Was Good to Look Upon, But

person is girl, OF course. IEer>
wouldn't be any sense in taking OIL
ones coat and recording a lot of facts
about two men working at two win
dows at opposite sides of court
wosld there?
I Now young woman, If she be of
face and form and garb that coEsti-
tute balm to the optics may be a
source of much inspiration--if one
may believe all that gets into print
Still, if the truth be known in the
case of this young man, he might
have accomplished more for his en-
ployer II there he'd been no haired,
rated young creature across the way.
For the sight of the girl across the
way and concentration were thiags
apart. The young man would l10k
at the figure across the court when
there were figures on paper right in
front of him that he might have
looked at Once he was offered bet
ter Job with another firm, but he staid
whore he vas for the sake Of The
view.
Don't get a wrong impression 7
was not in a tiirtatioUs spirit that the
young man gazed abgc3tly across tbc
count. The creature at the Wi1GoN
opposite was not the kind TIA
couldn't make her eyes behave, She
had her lamps under perfect coE.rel
There was something about her that
dispelled any notion one might have
to get familiar without a formal intro,
duction
She had a sweetly serious counte,
nance that made one think she must
be a great help to her mother There
was something unusual about her She
had her soft, lustrous hair propped mp
some with rats, 1t Is true, brit NOT to
extremes. Her eyes were full of gen
tleness and she smiled often Not at
though-just smiled good
as she took dictation or
went ahead with her work.
The young man across the court di.
viding his attention between the two
kinds of figures had never heard her
voice, but he knew that it was soft
and low and resonant. She didn't come
To. work with different outfit on
every day, either. But she always
wore color combinations that seemed
to have grown up together and her
shirtwaists were wonderfully fresh
and neat, That was one thing thai
to the young man opposite.
She looked like girl who could make
herself presentable without spending
SO much money that whoever started
in to make ont the checks would be
Obliged 10 quit going TO a good tailor
for his own clothes,
In the six months or more that the
poung-man- had been looking across
the court at the features Of his ideal,
their eyes had never met squarely-
not once, She would look over occa
sionally in a dreamy way. but when
the two lines of vision were about tc
become coincidqnt she would glance
feisurely away It was impossible for
one to send any wireless, Honest /
know you'd like me" message to her
Pretty refreshing, too. the young man
opposite told the boys In the office.
She wasn't going around making
any chance acquaintance, but he was
willing to bet that once a fellow got
to know her real well she was the
sort of girl who would take a keen
in him, would chide him for
not wearing a vest ON cool evening
when he might catch cold, and would
notice every time he wore new neck
tie He went around thinking such
thoughts as that all day long. 1t was
a shame, he kept remarkiRg, that a
girl like that had to earn her own liv-
ing and brush elbows with a sordid
business world
At last-and this was only ten days
or so ago-~he found himself in the
realization Of one of his fondest hopes.
He met her! 1t happened out at the
beach She had gone out with her
sister, and her sisters gentleman
friend and this friend was acquainted
with an old friend of our hero who
was out there, and things worked out
so that everybody was introduced all
hands around. The young man of the
window on the court and tie creature
Of the window opposite sttolled away
to talk things over unit! the next
dance should start qp. FL
I've saw,yCn at tiieSsEndow a thou.
sand times, "@she began Nt@0f esagrse. /,
never liked to rubber or nothIn' 4 Nav
always brought we girls up not to-
stare at no one. and the boss fest
about throws a fit If he sees anybody
IN the Office lookin' as If they wasn't
tending strickly to bizz.. j never have
knew such place to work I'd have
went To some other office long ago
only the pays pretty good and | need
the cush"
Thus did she talk on, spreading bad
grammar and bromides at every
breath.
Tie. young man danced with her
silently and then excused himself His
Illusion was so rudely shattered that
he felt like man who had been
struck over the ear with paving
brick. Next week he is going to have
his desk moved away from the win.
dow