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英语散文：浪漫路曲曲折折 Detour to Romance 　　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. Shes got a brown fur, but maybe she isnt 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 dont you phone to your home? Shes probably called there if she got in ahead of you. 　　He gave me a sick look. Ive only been in town two days. We were going to meet and then drive down South where Ive 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. 　　Harry met every train for the next three or four day