The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-06-29
The Girl Whom
Nobody Knew
By EDWARD D. ROGERS
Copyright BY American Press Asso-
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By EDWARD D. ROGERS

In some singular way"
~N0t at an It is not any peculiarly
OF my meeting with her but the mutt
plicity Of my meetings before l wal
even Introduced to her"
Explain"
4 was one evening at dance thai
followed a dinner at the house OF q
friend. there being many more at The
dance than at the dinner While dane
ing saw a girl sitting By herself. moi
having any attention whatever was
surprised. for was very much struck
with her appearance. / shall get her
out OF that / remarked inwardly.
she's NOT a girl for wallhower.
And. being acquainted with almost
every one In the room. / asked one
after another to introduce me Not a
person applied 70 had any acquaint-
ance with her Every time ! spoke
to any one on the subject l was obliged
to point her our. and 1t was not long
before she noticed what was about
She smiled. and every time she smiled
l set OF 10 find new person 10 intro
duce me- Finally. after leaving the
room ID search OF another possible 30.
between. on my return the lady WAS
gone
Il didn't even know her name. When
spoke TO the host about her could
NOT even describe her sufficiently for
him to recognize her BY my description.
He said she must be from out OF town
or a newcomer. la 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 70 her interested me Possibly
il was this attempt and failure that
kept her In my mind. At any rate.
could not forget her My endeavor
was a compliment to her, and ! was
quite sure It would put me on pleas
ant footing with her il could find her.
One day / was driving my auto
mobile down an avenue when ! 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 bv each other,
determined TO turn and roiiow her that
might see where she lived or. at any
rate. get some cIew to her identity.
slowed up and brought my auto about,
then started back put on sufficient
speed TO overtake the other car and
came SO near that, happening to turn
her head. she saw me-
"At that moment a policeman who
bad been chasing me overlook me
and called on me to stop. Not daring
TO disobey the mandate of an officer
OF the law. was obliged to come TO q
halt. The girl had been following
saw the whole thing and laughed The
policeman took me TO the station. aud
1 paid fine for speeding.
Mad is the only word that describes
my feelings. What could | do? had
lost my chance and might never have
another.
But ! did. One day was on a
train 1t was summer time, and every
window was open We came TO stop
at station. was reading news
paper A train coming from the oppo-
site direction steamed up to the station
aud 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
d window directly opposite mine, slow
ly moving away from me. with an
amused smile on her face-indeed,
10 her eye-was the girl
whom nobody knew.
"As soon as she bad passed out Of
sight. snatching my belongings.
arose and ran out on the platform.
to board her train. but she
was In the last car. | saw it pulled
away With aceelerating rapidity New
ertheless / ran after il and as did SO
saw the girl that nobody knew with
her head out of the window laughing
al me For a fey minutes l gained
on the train. then It pulled away from
me and | gave mp the race.
Again / was plunged in the depths
Df despair. or. rather / was all nerT-
sned up at these misadventures. and
somehow | seemed 10 be coming IN
der spell Every time saw that
Unused smile IL threw me into
worse rendition lhan before. 1 was
simply iseIng langaiized 10 madness.
singular. WASH I ifs"
cry
I'll WAS about six months after this
hat my friend Jimmy button was
We hnd been chums for
rears. ana nofhinr would do but that
+ mus, i,e his best man He made an
with me to take me 10
'all on he Young lady who was to
le his brides maiU Of honor We call
"A the evening before the wedding.
lut the young lady. Miss PembeFfon,
ieist down word that she was sick In
,ed trying to brace herself up to be
Ible 10 oficiafe the next day. This
endered II Impossible for us 10 meet
III Just before the ceremony.
"The next day the groom. attended
y bis supports. leading. marched
lown one aisle Of the church. while