The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-03-01
HELLO! HELLO!
Mr. sPsopendyke'. Call by Telephone Upsu n
BusiEes. Friend.

Now, my dear" said Mr. Spoopendyke, stand
ing before the telephone, and preparing to ex-
plain its mysteries and advantages to his wife.
Now, my dear, this is going to prove the most
convenient thing we ever had In the house.
When want to talk to any one ] lust turn this
crank, and say: Hello! hellor and the girl at
the central says: Hello, hello- and / tell her
who | want, aud she calls him up. Now, I'll
ask for Mr.. Specklewottle.' And Mr. Spoop-
endyke turned the crank, utterly forgetting to
press the button that makes the connection.
"What does he say" asked Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, cooking her head to one side as a woman
always does when her husband is trying to
listen.
''He don't say anything. yet growled Mr..
SpOOpendyke. ''He amt like you. He waits
until he has got something important on his
mind, and then he says it. Hello, hello.p
roared Mr.. SpooPendyke, giving the crank
with yindictiye look. ''Now you keep that
month of yOnrs tied up or you're liable TO lose
it, some day. with which doleful prognostica-
ton, Mr.. Spoopendyke ratified away at the
crank, and awaited some sign of life at the 9TH
er end.
Il suppose it is really that girls fault mur-
INJURED Mrs SpOOpendyke, shifting at the nstru-
ment as though she smelled the young lady from
afar, and found her no better than she ought to
he. 81 don't suppose she's there at all, More
likely she's gahding around somewhere"
''Nhatd We want to talk. Just then, for 2,
howled Mr.. SpOopendyke. whats Your meas
ly object IN breaking ont with the converse
tiOnal smallpox at that critical juncture
Don't you know she was Just beginning to talk
and You made me lose heri I'll tell Won one
thing added Mr. SPoopendyke with impress
siye solemnity; IF you don't shut your mouth
once in while, the moths will get in there, and
make you trouble"
.'If she'd only just commenced to talk, Won
haven't lost her. replied Mr. Spoopendyke,
wrnkling her nose. You'll have no trouble
with her, if she's so; started
"Hello! hello! Call up Mr.. Specklewottle ~
bawled Mr. Spoopendyke, apparently convinced
by his wifes manner, his own experience.
There, she's gone. No for me to try any,
thing, when you're around. Another time |
want to talk through a telephone, I'll take it
over on a vacant lot. Do you know of anything
that will keep you quiet for moment r. de-
manded Mr.. Spoopendyke, his wrath rising, rs
he contemplated his i'll usage. ..Never mind
the expense. Just the article! Why
didn't you tell me, when you referred me to yonr
measly old dad, that was pOposing marriage
To dOd gasted steam dictionary T.
''Say, dear, can | talk through il r. cooed
Mrs. SpOOpendyke, anxious to disarm her hns- |
band.
SIS there anything you can't talk through p
squealed Mr. SPOopendyke, beginning to realize |
that there was something about the telephone /
that he did not thoroughly understand ''When |
get telephone for you, the diaphragm will |
be Of double and twisted wrought steel, with |
railroad tracks for wires, and | don't believe |
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