The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-16
The Girl Across
the Way
sA= Was Good 70 Look Upon. Bur

is employed IN an office In a down
town skyscraper His desk is By win
dow shat overlooks a court Directly
across the court from him another
4 person works at a window Yes, this
< person Is a girl. OF course There
wouldn't be any sense in taking of
ones coat and recording a lot Of facts
about two men working at two win
dows at opposite sides Of a court,
would thereg
Now young woman, II she be OF
face and form and garh that consti-
tute a balm to the optics may be a
source Of much inspiration-if one
may believe all that gets into print
Still. If the truth be known in the
case OF this young man. he might
have accomplished more for his en-
ployer IL there had been no haired,
rated yonng creature across the way
For the sight of the girl across the
way and concentration were things
apart The young man would look
at the figure across the court when
there were figures on paper right in
front OF him that he might have
looked at. Once he was offered bet
ter job with another firm but he staid
where he was for the sake Of the
view.
Don't get a wrong impression. It
was not in fiirtatious spirit that the
young man gazed absently across the
court The creature at the window
opposite was not the kind that
couldn't make her eyes behave. She
had her lamps under perfect control.
There was something about her that
dispelled any notion one might have
to get familiar without formal intro
duction.
She had a sweetly serious counte-
nance that made one think she must
be a great help to her mother. There
was something unusual about her She
4 had her soft, lustrous hair propped up
some with rats, II is true, but not to
extremes. Her eyes were full Of gen
tleness and she smiled often Not at
anybody. though-just smiled good
\ humoredly as she took dictation or
4 went ahead with her work
The young man across the court d.
4 viding his attention between the two
kinds of figures had never heard her
/ voice. but he knew that it was soft
and low and resonant She didn't come
to work with different outfit on
every day, either But she always
wore color combinations that seemed
to have grown up together and her
4 shirtwaists were wonderfully fresh
and neat. That was one thing that
appealed to the young man opposite.
She looked like girl who could make
herself presentable without spending
SO much money that whoever started
in to make out the checks would be
obliged to quit going to a good tailor
for his own clothes
In the six months or more that the
young man had been looking across
the court at the features of his ideal,
their eyes had never met squarely-
not once. She would look over occa-
sionally in a dreamy way, but when
the two lines Of vision were about to
become coincident she would glance
leisurely away. 1t was impossible for
one to send any wireless Honest
know you'd like me" message to her.
Pretty refreshing. too, the young man
iopposite told the boys in the Office.
She wasn't going around making
any chance acquaintances but he was
willing to bet that once a fellow got
| TO know her real we'll she was the
sort of a girl who would take a keen
interest in him, would chide him for
, not wearing a vest on cool evening
! when he might catch cold, and would
notice every time he wore new neck
tie. He went around thinking such
thoughts as that all day long. It was
. a shame, he kept remarking, that a
i eirl like that had to earn her own liv
3 ing and brush elbows with sordid
business world.
At last-and this was only ten days
or so ago-he found himself in the
: realization Of one Of his fondest hopes
He met her! 1t happened out at the
beach She had gone out with hel
D sister. and her sisters gentleman
q friend and this friend was acquainted
with an old friend of our hero who
was out there. and things worked out
SO that everybody was introduced all
hands around The young man Of tho
l window on the court and the creature
5 Of the window opposite strolled away
1 to talk things over until, the mex
h dance should start up.
e 'Tve saw you at the window thou
!. sand times" she began. "Of course
never liked to rubber or nothin' Nav
always brought we girls up not t
2 stare at no one, and the boss ies
# about throws fit II he sees anybodl
e in the Office lookin' as they WASH
d tending stFickly to bizz- never hay'
knew such place to work I'd hav'
went to some other Office long ag'
only the pays pretty good and nee'
= the cnsh.'
q Thus did she talk on, spreading ba'
a grammar and bromides at ever.
e breath.
v The Young man danced with he
4 silently and then excused himself HI
I. Illusion was so rudely shattered tha
7 ba faIt Iikn a man who had baal