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I mentioned earlier that I had never dated a Hungarian girl. I was wrong. I remember a Hungarian girl named Hermena. She was beautiful and blond. I met her during my freshman year. She lived in Burnside, west of Cottage Grove. I first noticed her hanging around 93rd Street near Our Lady of Hungary church Perhaps she was visiting some one. Because she was so pretty, well-developed, and shapely the boys all swarmed around her.
Hermena played the violin and had to practice daily. Her parents were very protective of her, and didn’t want her hanging around with guys. They wanted her to become a concert violinist. I never heard her play, but the way she talked about it she must have liked it.
One day I got up enough nerve to ask her to go to the movies with me. She accepted on one condition, she would meet me at the show. Later, I realized she did not ask her parents and lied to them about who she was with. We went to the theater on Cottage Grove. Ave.
We met in the lobby, I bought the tickets and popcorn and we watched the movie. At one point I put my hand on her knee and promptly had it removed. Shortly after our date, Hermena disappeared from the neighborhood just as mysteriously as she appeared. I sometimes wonder if she ever made it as a professional musician.
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Interesting and mysterious story!