Located in the checkroom in Union Station as I am, I see everybody that comes up the stairs.
Harry came in a little over three years ago and waited at the head of the stairs for the passengers from the 9:05 train.
I remember seeing Harry that first evening. He wasn't much more than a thin, anxious kid then. He was all dressed up and I knew he was meeting his girl and that they would be married twenty minutes after she arrived.
Well, the passengers came up and I had to get busy. I didn't look toward the stairs again until nearly time for the 9:18 and I was very surprised to see that the young fellow was still there.
She didn't come on the 9:18 either, nor on the 9:40, and when the passengers from the 10:02 had all arrived and left, Harry was looking pretty desperate. Pretty soon he came close to my window so I called out and asked him what she looked like.
, thinking a minute, t wearing it. , Nebraska.
look. > When I came on duty the next day he was still there and came over as soon as he saw me.
. I telegraphed her former boss. All they know is that she left her job to get married. looked into the case. But nobody was any real help. I could see that they all figured that May had simply played a trick on2 him. But I never believed that, somehow.
One day, after about two weeks, Harry and I were talking and I told him about my theory. as though he had never seen them before.
The next day when I came to work Harry was behind the counter of Tony's magazine stand. He looked at me rather sheepishly and said, , didn't I? stairs.
Toward the end of the year Tony was killed in some argument over gambling, and Tony's widow left Harry in complete charge of the magazine stand. And when she got married again some time later, Harry bought the stand from her. He borrowed money and installed a soda fountain and pretty soon he had a very nice little business.
Then came yesterday. I heard a cry and a lot of things falling. The cry was from Harry and the things falling were a lot of dolls and other things which he had upset while he was jumping over the counter. He ran across and grabbed a girl not ten feet from my window. She was small and dark and her eyebrows came to a little point in the middle.
For a while they just hung there to each other laughing and crying and saying things without meaning. She'd say a few words like, things he had done to find her. What apparently had happeded three years before was that May had come by bus, not by train, and in her telegram she meant waited at the bus station for days and had spent all her money trying to find Harry. Finally she got a job typing.
I own it. I've watched everybody that came up the stairs. stairs before. You see, I went out of town yesterday on a short business trip. Oh, Harry! stiffly toward the north end of the station. Romantic Road twists and turns
because I work in Union Station baggage storage, and I see each of the stairs.
Harry came here 3 years ago, standing on the stairs waiting for 9 point 05 minutes to reach the train passengers.
I remember seeing Harry that first evening the scene. At that time, he thin, anxious kid then. He was all dressed, I knew he in the other girl and that she arrived after 20 minutes they would be married.
passengers came up, I had to get busy. until 9:18, when that train is coming toward the stairs I go down looked, I was surprised to find that the young man was still there.
she did not take the 9:18 train to that, 9:40 of the car did not her. so that train 10:02 passengers all arrived and left, Harry looked very disappointed. Soon he approached my window, I called him and asked what she looked like.
, eyebrows came to a little. She has a brown fur, but may not wear. : THURSDAY. the station to meet me. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. mm Plum. telegram sent from Omaha, Nebraska.
phone? if she asked you arrive here, she may have made a phone call to your home. I got a job there. She mm she did not give me any address. over.
did get married. help. I could see that they feel that May is just a joke with him, but I do not know how I do not think so.
One day, after about two weeks later, Harry and I were talking I told him about my idea. , though he had never seen them before.
when I go to work the next day Harry was standing behind the counter of Tony magazine stand. He looked at me not the nerve to say, get a job, is not it? people.
to the end of the year, Tony was the gambling dispute kill others. Tony's wife, the magazine stand entirely to the care of Harry. After a while she got married again, Harry on the stand from her bought over. He borrowed money and installed a soda fountain, and soon had a very nice small business.
Then came yesterday, I heard a cry, but also heard a lot of things falling. is Harry calling. dropped a lot of dolls and other things that are jumping over the counter when he was upset. He ran from the top of these things and grabbed a girl, she was less than 10 feet from my window where . She was small and dark eyebrows came to a small point.
For a while they just hung, and the relative laughing and crying, saying things without meaning. She seemed to say I am referring to the bus station mm she meant br> too? the
while, she looked at the stairs and a weak voice,
said: Then she threw her arms around his neck, really began to cry.
After a child, her back leg, hand directed at the north end of the station. I was there working in this very station mm, in the office of the stationmaster, typing.
No comments:
Post a Comment