The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-09-29
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BY LOUISE oLNEY
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Literary
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Copyright. 1910. by Associated Literary
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Hal Phillips hung to bis strap In the
o'clock down car. and thanked the
fates he was stationed where he could
study her back hair and the soft curve
Of her cheek. It was now March and
all winter he had been watching the
girl with a persistence hitherto ell un.
rewarded. She had not even seemed
10 see him. He reflected discontinued.
ly that she might safely glance at him
some day. but she never hnd-so far
% he could tell. So he continued to
see her every morning. to wonder who
she was. and to think how lonely he
was there In the midwest trying 70
make good In the law.
This girl, he said to himself. was
the real article. and he had captious
taste. Her soft brown hair. coified
demurely with wcll.bred ignoring Of
the fiamboyant fashion. Was manifest.
ly all her own: her dainty color came
and went: her dainty figure swayed
softly as she walked. and her man
ner was perfect. In three months he
had been unable to decide what she
Gid-she would not classify. She could
not be s,enographer. nor a clerk:
surely not a professional woman
she was too young. too sheltered look,
Ing She left the car some blocks
before ne did. SO be could not see
where she went.
This morning as they neared her
usual stopping place he looked up
from his contemplation Of her profile
to meet the grin Of Smith. who was
hanging to strap a bit farther on.
Phillips nodded md frowned-Smith
was such an observant wretch. He
hoped he had not seen his interest In
the girl. Just then the car stopped
with jerk. and Phillips. OF his guard.
swaycd just In time to strike the girls
shoulder as she rose. and 10 loosen
by the shock her hold on her immense
handbag.
Furious at his awkwardness. be r..
stored the bag. apologizcd as best he
could In the three smiling seconds she
gave him. and touched his hat as she
got OF. Then he watched Smith. who
bad an ONCE In the same building
with his. The idiot was still grinning
he would ignore the grin.
Getting OF ut their corner. the
young men started for tho building
and entered the elevator In silence
but Phillips. meeting his own stern
blue eye In the mirror. frowned At
himself In disgust. He Ind seen Smith
lift his hat TO the girl. and was won.
dering why he. Phillips. was such .
confoundedly self.ccnsclous donkey
that he could not carelessly ask who
she was. as another man would have
done. Why not? But he couldn't
she had. somehow, become too per.
sonal to him to allow herself. There.
fore. he mentioned the weather to
Smith. who rose to the occasion and
predicted a storm. Then they parted.
Once In his Office. Henry Phillips
read his Observation-Disclosures offer.
Ing sets OF law books on the install.
ment plan: propositions for connec.
tons with not too reputable firms In
greater cities: his mothers loving.
anxious letter. with It's accustomed
questions about his health. his cloth.
Ing and lodging. his friends. his sue.
cess. Then finally. a letter from Lin.
da, his lifelong ncighbor and friend.
Nice girl. Linda. he reflected. as he
finished the balanced. cheerful, cpistle
with its unfeigned interest In his do.
ings. For the first time he wondered
why on earth he and Linda had never
come to care for each other. Come
to think Of It. there WAS no girl quite
like Linda! He decided that when he
went home In the summer he would
see great deal Of her. and be re-
membered that her hair was much
like that Of the girl In the car. Whc
was the girl. anyway?
He took the code and began work
Ing on the case he wns soon to try
but his thought was confused. Why
had he not met her! He had me,
many good people In the four month,
he had been In Blnirton. which was
not big enough to preclude the possi
bility Of his meeting most OF the de-
sirable folk therein. He had come
well armed with introductions. He
knew himself to be well bred, well
looking. But the only girl he wanted
to know. never came In his way, and
never even seemed to see him. Man
ifestly. he could not follow her "a
wherever she workcd-but he did no,
believe she worked. And he could no,
ask about her. Once he had seen he,
Mt the theater In a box with Mrs
Weston and fine looking man, a
stranger. and much her elder. He
had seen her nowhere else-except on
the car.