The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-06-28

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ss a. not mean 70 be1ftie the pic-
s1a - whlch ! hare referred. saw
her abrsf RTE aaEs- tfnle sFery dag and
feE 70 dreaming ahDEr her- TIE fues
~ lore - imRginafson. a Trunggter -
artraefed n GtFi not fcr whar sbe
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IL was Ia the SIMMER tir-e. and
when came bone from buairesa EN-
esy day Ak y ii waa GtGI Fery tight. and
erery dag ~ that hour l saw fhe giri
opposite sitting in the sans pceiriou-
gince stood right up before ny own
min10w Il was impcszibie fhaE she
shout1 not have heen aware on ny
treaance there. Occasionally abe
wouId furn her face outward. out
could not sez shat her eyes ever rested
upor ne. But remembered that
pure giri would MT gaze upon q stra1-
ger-cerfainly nox when he was look
Ing af her
Erery day On entering my room after
uy return from business 1 dressed for
the evening making myself aprsar A.
attractive a. possible. then threw
open fhe ghHfteEz With ~ much CHATTER
a. possible that might attract the at
tenfion ~ the girl opposite. Hearing
the sound. she would turn her face in
ny direction. bot only momeuiarig
and without any Iook of recognition
This ! put down n her naive mod
ety and purity. But ! remembered
that there was 4 young man opposite.
ard Il occurred 10 ne that II she con-
sidered that y0ung man especisiiy
good looking she might fail in lore
with hlm. for ibis was r.2t only my
theoretical basis of love ~ that time.
but saw 10 other way Of attracting
her
spent some tine discovering the
young lady's Dame. then wrote her
note couehed IN as,maniy and respect
fug terms as knew how. bad DO
thought Of making headway By what
I wrote. but ! must open communities
don. and IN doing 20 J wished 70 give
the girl en- opinion of me commen-
surafe with the admiraflony II any.
that she had for ny personal appear
ance.
To make a long story short, receiv-
I'd a courteous reply 70 ny note. the
young lady stating that. though she
could not consent to a correspondence
with a stranger. IN case could End
means Of making myself known 70
her through q mutual friend or other
wise. should ny position and character
prove satisfactory. she would be hap
~ 10 have me call upon Der.
The day 4 received this note I spent
some time before my mirror wonder
Ing that the girl SHOULD have found
such aftracftveness 10 u as 10 call
forth 70 favorable q reply. ! set my
wits to WORK 10 discover some mutual
friend 70 Introduce me; but. having
recently come 70 the city stranger.
knew very few people Finally 4
wrote another note 70 the girl adj
mlred. stating the case and asking
permission to furnish references
10 this / received a reply that she
would not receive calls for a few weeks.
but II after the expiration Of that
time was of the same mind she
would be happy 70 receive me.
Those weeks were the longest OF my
life. From Sunday 10 Sunday seemed
like from month 10 month. After
three Sundays had passed dispatch
ed a note asking II I might BE- per
mItied to call received a reply Civ
ing the desired permission that day
week
When after the sending Up Of my
card Miss Markley came into the
room where ! awaited Ter what I es-
peclally noticed was that she looked
al me rs though she had never seen
me before and was curious 70 know
what sort Of looking fellow was.
Having received me with a fair
amount Of cordihlify. we seated our
seirss. anu she said:
4 VIII explain why 7 put you on
20 long II was necessary. bad
learned who you are. and the delay
was not because the report ! had
Of you. for if was very dafterng-
Tbe truth is That was born blind.
Until compile OF weeks ago ! had
never seen any object II was recent
" decided By several oculisp IN coun-