The herald., 1916-05-18
The REAL AND ONLY
BY izoLA FORESTER.

OHCe III an elevated station yor
90, u know your regular people Ra
Siues' Larry had the inouisitiva %
nahtic sense, and he often wonda-od
"hetner some day the Girl. the rooI
anu only would walk I'D and ask him
aoI ticket and maybe he'd be ab.
sent minded and let her get by with.
out recognizing his fate.
ana after all, it was Marty who M
uced her first. Marty took tho tiol,a,,
anu could see. everybody up and dow
the platform. One night abou, 5..E
as train pulled out. MARTY s,roIIod
over and said: He was rich, o. 49,
tonight wasn't he?"
it?" -''S' what Is
0hes been waiting here regular
and frequent for three nights No.
anu ne comes at 5:45. Some girl he.
heve me, Larry"
Inc next night Larry watched for
her. when she came to buy her ticke,
IT was She! He didn't have IN hs
.olo twice. All he did was look at
ner' She was slender and lissoma
somewhere Larry had read about girls
VINO were lissome and winsome and
the kind that Just took the heart on,
OF you without asking.
FOR three weeks or more Marty and
ne watched the progress Of har 70
nance. Neither one approved Of the
man. He was too young and sure NJ
himself. too nonchalant. Marty eatd !
mat was the word Nonchalant meant |
you dicnt give rap whether she was |
there to meet you or not. Sometimes
ne was late. but she never was And !
hhaliy' when the o. 40 Harlem eypress
pulled in one night, she saw him
through the window with another girl
ana ne didn't get of that night
She must have been CRYING farm.
reasoned 1t out afterward. The stems
were icy that night anyway and slim.
perry but when she turned around to
go down them to the street she fell
and 1t was Larry who reached her first
ana carried her back to a bench IN
the warm waiting room.
I'm not a bit hurt" she faItarad
only shaken up little bit. / can go
home"
"hereat, with great emphasis on
me impersonal business responsibility
ne FELT, Larry told her he got off at sir
ana would see that she reached her
home safely. And Marty whistled as
lie saw them board the uptown train I
ogether. BY the time he left her az 9
Ter door up on Eighty-sixth street {
lear Madison avenue, they had made r
strides IN acquaintancesbip I
All the way back to his room, Larry [
aid her name over, Alice Carlson S
'erhaps she had inherited that blonde f
pun-gold hair from some Morse an. C
estor, he thought, and her rare, clear L
oloring :,
Marty was the first to notice the a
eering Of the wind OF romance. She h
ilied to appear on the platform for s.
he 6:45 Harlem express. Several h
mes the young man in gray got off d
nd looked about, but she was not II
lere, and he seemed troubled. Then k
ame night when he waited around al
1til the Clio, which Larry ALWAYS in
ok, and he saw her. o.
And. just as he approached. Larry sc
cked her under his lee. so TO sneak e.
ID put her aboard the train. She was he
bit white, but game, with her head
'lifted and her lips smiling at Larry. ar
ID when they had gone several sta TO
ms she said or
Did you see that young man in fe,
ay? II know him. He's often in Fl
r store. He's salesman" VIZ
Yes" said Larry pleasantly. Seems an
be what we used to call up home tel
IT of spruce looking. I'M
she laughed, and shook her head. mi
i don't know. / don't like that sort. va
ems nice to meet somebody, real cal
melody like home folks, don't YOU pa,
ow? New YOrk's so strange, you
most lose yourself in it," do
You have to keep fearfully busy so rea
don't get homesick," he laughed she
Vn at her. That's the way to win it
anything-you just hang on" tina
The looked up at him admiringIy. jus
eyes sparkling with interest-look- tina
until something in his own blue an
s brought the color to her face. s
Mother said she'd like to meet stiff
>" she said shyly. II you're not ing
busy Sunday evening" her
I'm not" Larry broke in buoyant- stat
But don't be too nice 10 me or will
be glad you tumbled that first only
IT." "'
he wind swept around the corner you
they came to the street and she beel
to face IT. her muff pressed close G.
INST her face, her eyes full of a ar
light. call,
m awfully glad" she said softly. faith
lat funny little things kind Of afte
OF change lives around, don't she
." the
hey are not funny little things" Berl
y whispered, holding her for a forg
lite at her door. They are And
pses at the great machinery. Can't "Y
try to believe that it just had to you
1reordained and all that-you to dont
lie and me to pick you up and he Well
by with that other girl" it.