佚名/Anonymous
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 wasnt 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 didnt 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 didnt 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.
“Shes small and dark,”he said,“and nineteen years old and very neat in the way she walks.She has a face,”he said,thinking a minute,“that has lots of spirit.I mean she can get mad but she never stays mad for long,and her eyebrows come to a little point in the middle.She’s got a brown fur,but maybe she isn’t wearing it.”
I couldnt remember seeing anybody like that.
He showed me the telegram hed received:ARRIVE THURSDAY.MEET ME STATION.LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.MAY.It was from Omaha,Nebraska.
“Well,”I finally said,“why don’t you phone to your home?She’s probably called there if she got in ahead of you.”
He gave me a sick look.“I’ve only been in town two days.We were going to meet and then drive down South where I’ve got a job.She hasnt any address for me.”He touched the telegram.
When I came on duty the next day he was still there and came over as soon as he saw me.
“Did she work anywhere?”I asked.
He nodded.“She was a typist.I telegraphed her former boss.All they know is that she left her job to get married.”