The Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1919-current, 1920-09-24
The VERY ONE
BY CORONA REMINGTON.

even how she looks"
"Gee You're luckier than most Vt
us> Describe her, Conway"
"W-e-l.l." Conway slowly blew rings
Of smoke into the air Of the clubroom
and pondered.
WELL" he went on again, she's
very nice and has friendly smile and
shse dark and rather small"
you've got her down pat. all right.
Ever seen herf"
"No, but I'll know 1t when do. you
betr
You'd better 70 out on search"
Going TON q way. The boss
wants TO transfer me to the Cincinnati
Office and. somehow. I've got bunch
she lives there. so I'm jumping At this
chance"
MAN. you're DART"
Nothing Of the sort. You'll see"
~Wire me when you fnd her"
'Tn do It and II won't be 50 very
long. either"
you're clean of, after ALL said
CSnway's companion soberly. Leave
your mother and good position to 90
chasing q girl you've never seen and
don't even know to EXIST"
well, I'm leaving tomorrow. any.
way. and you won't hear from me till
I've found her"
Frank Conway shook hands with his
friend, then left the club TO buy his
ticket and pack his grip, and the next
day he blithely took the train for Gin.
cinnati.
you'll find here there You'll find
her therel" the wheels kept singing
to him. and by the time he left the car
he was nearly certain that he would
ind her at the depot waiting for him.
When he reached the office he glanced
eagerly at the girl stenographers sit
ting at little desks all over the big
room.
you surely DO havv an eye for the
ladies'" his new boss laughingly told
him as they were finishing the inspec.
ton OF the establishment.
"rm looking for some one" an.
swered Conway.
'Tell me her name and I'll send for
her" offered the manager kindly.
IL don't know that she's here"
he ended lamely.
swell, l can soon tell you II youll
give me her name"
"It's-that is-Td rather not" stam-
mered the young man. hopping the
fresh Precipitation from his forehead.
-All right, old man." laughed the
manager. II didn't know It was q
secret"
When the ordeal was over Conway
made his way to the hotel. determined
to conceal his anxiety In the future
and to keep his eyes more carefully to
himself, but he would use every spare
minute In looking for his predestined
life partner. He soon formed the
habit Of going down to the depot in
the evenings and watching the crowds
% they came and went.
As the months slipped by It became
almost mania with him, and he be
gan to fear that his popularity would
become noticeable.
Suddenly one day at the Office he
laid his head on the desk and quietly
fell ten million feet into a dark and
bottomless abyss. When he came "a
his senses he found himself In little
white bed In q little white room, with
little white nurse standing over him
who was not the right girl after all.
In a few days he felt better. and the
boss smiled with satisfaction ut his
improved appearance.
"Gettins along nner he exclaimed
doctor says we can put you on the
pullman and ship you home tomorrow
It's year since you came anyway
need a vacation"
'.Thanks. I'll be glad to see my
mother again." said Conway.
Two days later as the train pulled
into his homo town he stepped from
the car and saw two big brown eyes
looking everywhere for some one. ther
they lighted % him and the girl dart
ed forward. smiling friendly greetings
Oonways knees shook as he stood pet
rined and watched her approach him.
"rve been looking for you every
where" she told him, extending heI
hand.
"And I've been looking for you foI
ages" he said weakly.
"why. you don't know me-" the CIR
answered.
ayes. I do; you're my dream girl"
"You're talking nonsense" sh,
leased. You must still be out @,
your head"
"How do you happen to be herey
be asked at last.
"You know Tm the daughter OF YOU
mothers schoolmate and we cam,
from California about two months agt
to visit Mrs. Conway. She says sh,
wrote you all about IT,"
"Right In my owa hoinel" he KEEP
muttering incredulously to himself.
A few weeks later he ran Int
Gresham on the street. who asket
lsughingly:
"Havs you found her yetf'
"Yesl" exclaimed the other trium
phantly. Louise Dysll. and she's beet
at my mothers for three months"
"she wasn't In Cincinnati, anyhow.
leased Gresham.
THAT was Z mistake. because she'i
the very girl, all right. knew he
the second I saw her and we're golni
to be married Christmas"
wife-Rlchard. do you know tina
yoc are In the habit Of snorlngf
Hub-Am II am sorry to hear II.
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