Famous Love Stories
The Test Part 1
John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened
his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making
their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for
the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't,
the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun
thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a
book off the shelf he found himself intrigued, not with
the words of the book, but with the notes penciled in
the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful
soul and insightful mind.
In front of the book, he discovered the previous owner's
name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he located
her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her
a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond.
The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World
War II
During the next year and one-month the two grew to know
each other through the mail. Each letter was a seed falling
on a fertile heart. A Romance was budding. Blanchard requested
a photograph, but she refused. She felt that if he really
cared, it wouldn't matter what she looked like.
When the day finally came for him to return from Europe,
they scheduled their first meeting - 7:00 pm at Grand
Central Station in New York.
"You'll recognize me, " she wrote, "by
the red rose I'll be wearing on my lapel." So at
7:00 he was in the station looking for a girl whose heart
he loved, but whose face he'd never seen.
I'll let Mr. Blanchard tell you what happened:
A young women was coming toward me, her figure long
and slim. Her blonde hair lay back in curls from her delicate
ears; her eyes were blue as flowers. Her lips and chin
had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she
was like springtime come alive. I started toward her,
entirely forgetting to notice that she was not wearing
a rose. As I moved, a small, provocative smile curved
her lips. "Going my way, sailor?" she murmured.
Almost uncontrollably I made one step closer to her, and
then I saw Hollis Maynell.
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