Show I p THE GIRL IN BROWN He was tall and dark and an engineer He stood on the steps of the Library building and watched the Girl in Brown as she made her way across the muddy campus to the Normal building So 0 she's a Normal he lie mused and he lie wondered why he lie h had d never been interested in N Normal onnal O girls before This one was cerO certainly certainly certainly worth looking at Going to take the car asked a voice at his elbow Yes Yes Well come on Of course they had to wait ten minutes the minutes the car cant can't be on time always They got on the car at atone atone atone one side side side-of of the street at the other side a figure in brown glided down the aisle and seated itself directly in front of him He had never allowed himself to be guilty of staring at a girl but somehow just at present everything was different Burke was was talking about Calculus but he lie was thinking thinking thinking think think- ing that if all girls had brown browneyes browneyes browneyes eyes that is of certain kind well kind well lots of things might happen The jaunty brown hat set modestly upon upon upon up up- on the mass of golden brown and suggested as much of purity and wholesomeness as did the brown bro browneyes browneyes eyes with their long lashes The choice is now between white and red Burke was saying your choice white er I mean The next day they met at the letter rack It seemed seemed good to tot t y IL N P stand so near the girl in brown If only that word introduction had never been invented He thought that society was probably j too rigid in its requirements From one t to two o'clock they sat at the same table in the library I It t is fate he sighed But the introduction The next afternoon he lie and Burke were on their way to catch the car A few steps ahead of them was Jackson accompanied by the Girl in BrownI Brown I say Burke who's the girl with Jackson he asked Oh that's Miss B They are engaged Been engaged for a month or more Guess she wont won't teach school very long Keats 07 0 0 |