Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-20
The Girl Whom
Nobody Knew
By EDWARD D. ROGERS
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

citation. 1911. II
Where did you meet your wife,
Campbell:" asked,
He smiled.
Evidently" l added, you met her
in some singular way"
Not at all. 1t is not any popularity
Of my meeting with her. but the multi
plicity of my meetings before I was
even introduced to her"
Explain"
II was one evening at a dance that
followed q dinner at the house of a
friend. there being many more at the
dance than at the dinner. While dane
ing l saw a girl sitting by herself, not
having any attention whatever. / was
surprised. for l was very much struck
with her appearance. I shall get her
out of that | remarked inwardly.
she's not a girl for q wallfower.'
And. being acquainted with almost
every one in the room. l asked one
after another to introduce me. Not a
person l applied to had any acquaint-
ance with her. Every time l spoke
to any one on the subject I was obliged
to point her out. and it was not long
before she noticed what l was about.
She smiled. and every time she smiled
l set off to find a new person to intro
duce me. Finally. after leaving the
room in search Of another possible 60
between, on my return the lady was
gone.
II didn't even know her name. When
I spoke to the host about her I could
not ever describe her sufficiently for
him to recognize her by my description.
BE said she must be from out of town
or a newcomer. In an eastern city
those in the swim are cold to those
not in it. and sometimes the most de-
sirable persons to know are left to
themselves.
''This girl whom nobody knew and
my unsuccessful attempt to be intro
duced to her interested me. Possibly
it was this attempt and failure that
kept her in my mind. At any rate, l
could not forget her. My endeavor
was a compliment to her, and l was
quite sure it would put me on a pleas
ant footing with her If I could find her.
Zone day l was driving my auto
mobile down an n when I met
another machine, on the back seat Of
which sat the girl whom nobody
knew. There was an amused smile on
her face as we shot by each other. l
determined to turn and follow her that
l might see where she lived or, at any
rate. get some clew to her identity. l
slowed up and brought my auto about.
then started back. l put on sufficient
| speed to overtake the other car and
came so near that, happening to turn
her head. she saw me.
AT that mOmen a policeman who
had been chasing me overlook me
and called on me to stop. Not daring
to disobey the mandate Of an officer
of the law. l "a obliged to come to a
halt. The girl | had been following
saw the whole thing and laughed. The
policeman took me to the station. and
l paid a fine for speeding.
Mad is the only word that describes
my feelings. What could I do? had
another.
But | did. One day | was on a
train. 1t was summer time. and every
window was open. We came to Il stop
at a station. | was reading a news
paper. A train coming from the oppo.
site direction steamed up TO the station
and stopped. the two trains remaining
side by side for several minutes. Then
heard the other train begin to move
Looking up from my paper. there in
a window directly opposite mine. slow
" moving away from me. with AT.
amused smile on her fact-lndeed.
mischief III her eye. was the girl
whom nohndv knew
LAS sonn AS she had passed out OF
sight. S%nalrhing my belongings. !
arose and ran Out on the platform.
intending to board her train. but she
was in the last car. saw il pulled
away With h'rtIerating rapiditv. Nev
erthelrSS ran after ii and as | did 50
saw the girl that nobody kne With
d IL 81 NV VI hC IlA1' IhNStiilS
at me. For Il few minutes gained
on the train. then it pulled away from
me and | gave up the race.
Again | was plunged in the depths
of despair. or. rather. | was all merry
isned up at these miSadventures. and
somehow | seemed 10 he coming I'm.
der a spell. Every time | saw that
amused smile it threw me into Il
worse condition than before. l was
simply being tantaIized TO madness.
Singular. wasn't IT."
Very"
ut was about six months after this
that my friend Jimmy Dutton was
married. We had been chums for
years. and nothing would do but that
I must be his best man. He made an
engagement with me to take me to
call on the young lady who was to
be his brides maid of honor. We call
ed the evening before the wedding.
but the young lady. Miss Pemberton.