The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1911-09-07
The Girl Whom
Nobody Knew
By EDWARD D. ROGERS
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

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 | was
even introduced to her."
Explain"
81 was one evening at dance that
followed a dinner at the house OF
friend. there being many more at the
| dance than at the dinner. While dane
| ing | saw a girl sitting by herself. not
having any attention whatever. | was
surprised, for | was very much struck
with her appearance. I shall get her
| out of that | remarked inwardly
| she's not a girl for a wallhower
And. being acquainted with almost
every one in the room. l asked one
after another to introduce me. Not a
person | applied to had any acquaint-
ance with her. Every time | spoke
/ to any one on the subject was Obliged
TO point her out, and 1t was not long
before she noticed what | was about
She smiled, and every time she smiled
l set off to find 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.
81 didn't even know her name. When
I spoke to the host about her | could
not even describe her sufficiently Tor
him to recognize her by my description.
He 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 1t, and sometimes the most de
sirable persons to know are left to
themselves.
This girl whom nobody knew and
nv unsuccessful attempt to be intro
duced to her interested me. Possibly
It was this attempt and failure thai
kept her In my mind. At any rate.
could not forget her. My endeavol
was a compliment to her, and | was
quite sure 1t would put me on pleas
7 ant footing with her II | could find her
Zone day | was driving my auto
mobile down an avenue when l me
another machine. on the back seat o.
which sat the girl whom NOBODY
knew. There was an amused smile OF
her face as we shot by each other.
determined to turn and follow her tina
might see where she lived or. at an!
rate, get some clew to her identity.
slowed up and brought my auto about
then started back. | put on sufiicien
speed to overtake the other car ant
came so near that, happening to turf
her head. she saw me.
i AT that moment a policeman WIN
had been chasing me overlook m
and called on me to stop. Not daring
to disobey the mandate OF an office
of the law. was obliged to come to
halt. The girl 1 had been following
saw the whole thing and laughed Tn
, policeman took me to the station. an
, I paid a fine for speeding.
!. mad is the only word that describe
my feelings. What could do? ha
= lost my chance and might never hav
another.
( "But l did. One day was on
4 train. II was summer time. and ever
}. window was open. We came to a sto
!. at a station. | was reading a news
paper. A train coming from the opp'
site direction steamed up to the static
! and stopped. the two trains remainin
e side by side for several minutes The
, I heard the other train begin to mov'
i Looking up from my paper. there
a window directly opposite mine, SLOW
ly moving away from me. with
amused smile on her face-indeet
J. mischief In her eye-was the 81
S whom nobody knew.
p AS soon as she had passed out
sight. snatching my belongings.
arose and ran out on the platform
intending to board her train. but sd
was in the last car. I saw 1t pulle
r away with accelerating rapidly. Me-
:. ertheless I ran after 1t and as did
II saw the girl that nobody knew wit
d her head out of the window laughin
II at me. For a few minutes l game
i, on the train. then 1t pulled away fro
me and gave up the race.
% again 1 was plunged in the deptf
: of despair, or, rather. was all ner
isned ND at these misadventures. an
somehow | seemed to be coming u
= der a spell. Every time l saw TIL
amused smile it threw me into
n worse condition than before. WI
a simply being tantalized to madnes
Singular. wasn't it,"
"Very."
70 ut was about six months after tn
e that my friend Jimmy Dutton WI
D married. We had been chums I
d years, and nothing would do but tn
n I must be his best man. he made
h engagement with me to tahe me
:; call on the young lady who was
IS be his brides maid Of honor. We ca
IS ed the evening before the weddir
/ but the young lady. Miss Pemberte
ID sent down word that she was sick
l bed trying to brace herself up to
er able to oficiate the next day. II
II rendered it impossible for US to me
till lust before the ceremony.
"The next day the groom. attend
x by his supports. l leading. march
down one aisle of the church. VIII
n the bride marched down anotb