The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-10-13
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BY LOUISE oLNEY I
Observation-Disclosures

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Copyright. 1910. BY By Associated Literary
Hal Phillips hung to his 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. 1t was now March and
al winter heShad been watching the
girl with q persistence hitherto all I'm.
rewarded. She had not even seemed
to see him. He reflected disconnected.
~ that she might safely glance at him
some day, but she never had-so far
Ha he could tell. SO be continued to
see her every morning, to wonder who
she was. and to think how lonely he
vas there In the midwest trying to
make good In the law.
This girl, he said to himself. was
the real article. and he had u captious
taste Her soft brown hair, coined
dsmurely with well.bred Ignoring Of
the Nanboyaut 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
d!d-she would not classify. She could
no: be stenographer. nor clerk;
surely not professional wo0an-
she was too young. too sheltered look.
ing. She left the car some blocks
before he did. SO he 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
banging to strap q BIT farther on.
Phillips nodded and frowncd-Smith
was such an observant wretch. He
hoped he had not soen his interest IN
the girl. Just thsn the sar stopped
with Jerk. and Philips. on his Sussd.
swayed just In time to strike tho girrs
shoulder a. she rose. AMI 10 loosen
BY the shock her hold on bsr immense
handbag.
Furious at his awkwardness, bs 70
stored the bag. apologized a. best he
could in the three smiling seconds shp
gave him. and touched his hat As she
got OF. Then he watched Smith. who
had an ONCE In the same building
with his. Tho idiot was still grinniny
he would ignore tho grin.
Getting Oh at their corner. the
young men started for the building
and entered the elevator in silence
but Phillips, meeting his own stern
blue eye In the mirror. frowned at
himself In disgust. He had seen Smith
lift his hat to the girl, and was won.
derins why he. Phillips. was such q
confoundedly self.conscious 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 md
predicted a storm. Then they parted
Once In bis ONCE. Henry PHILIPPE
read his mail-sdvertisements offer.
Ing sets Of law books on the install.
ment plan; propositions for connec.
tons with not too reputable firms In
greater citios; his mothers loving.
anxious letter, with Ito accustomed
questions about his health, his cloth
ing and lodging. his friends, bis sue.
GEES. Then finally. a letter from Lin
d.. his lifelong ns!ghbor end friend.
Nice girl, Linda. he reflected. a. be
finished the balanced, cheerful, epistle
with IT, unfeizned interest In his do.
ings. Tor the FIRST time be wondered
why en- earth he and Linda had never
come to care for each other. Come
10 think Of II, there was DO girl quite
like Linda! He decided that when be
went home IN the summer he would
80 great deal OF her, and he 70.
membercd that her hair was much
Ike that Of the girl In the car. Who
was the girl. anyway?
He took the code and began work.
ing on the case he was soon 10 Try,
but bis thought was confused. Why
had he not met her? He had met
many good people In the four months
h had been in Blairton, which was
not big enough to preclude the posi-
bility Of his meeting most OF the de.
sirable folk therein. He had como
we'll armed with introductionB. He
knew himself to be well bred, well
looking. But the only girl he wanted
70 know. never came In his way, and
never even seemed to see him. Man.
ifestly. no could not follow her to
wherever she worked-but he did not
believe she worked. And he could not
ask about her. Once he had seen her
a. the theater IN a boz with Mrs
Weston and nne looking man, a
stranger, and much her elder. He
had seen her nowhere else-sxcept on
~ car.
With a wrench, be- brought his