The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-10-15

all much moved. Lulu especially
watched her with a startled face and
looked unacCOuutably grave. Indeed,
we soon noticed a change i'm the child.
All chat day and the next she was very
nervous, red and pale by turns, and
flying to the telephone every second,
imagining continual calls Two more
days passed Lulu would not go out,
. though mother told her, as she had now
| learned to use the telephone, we were
independent of her Lulu "did not care
to 90 out, " she said She took a book
and sat i'm the hall but no one saw her
read. She could scarcely eat her meals
| for dying up to- listen at the telephone.
/ She was the first up in the house and
the last to go to bed She grew pale
| and thin
That awful night preys upon her."
! said aunty.
On the fifth day mother sent her out
/ on an erTand. Lulu, usually so glad of
an excuse TO 90 out, tried to shirk it,;
| she begged on For days she had lost
all her pretty bushes, but she now
blushed turiOusly. Mother was inllex-
ible, and Lulu went.
About half an hour after she left the
telephone bell rang Mother rose i'm
her peculiarly dignifed way and went
to.the instrument. This was a novelty
to us, so we all followed her; and as I
have since learned exactly what she
then heard, l win put it down here in
its right place:
"Hellor' saidmother, gently. "What
is it?'
els that Mccartney of Dannemora?''
said % voice.
eyes" said mother.
THE VOICE. 81 knew if was, but I
just wanted to hear your sweet voice
say Yes. you darling, I love the word,
because Pm always dreaming of hear
ing you say it to a more important
question"
Signs Of ostonishment and horror on
mothers face.
THa VOICE. 'You never win meet
me anywhere, and 1 can't ask you to
marry me through this old telephone,
though I don't know what ] SHOULD
have done without it,
. Mother face grew stony with hOr.
. ror, but she clung to the receiver des.
perately.
Tuu VoIcE. "But, dear, dear Lu.
lu-"
"O' gasped mother.
. THE VOICE ''Did you spcak?N
MOTHER On II rary io'r ione). ''No. -
THE VOICE. "My owh darling, you
have acknowledged that you love me
and if you do, not all the undying en-.
nifty of all the old women in the world
can keep us apart. Our love will
bridge the Dyke"
'What." shrieked mother, finging
down the receiver in q sudden frenzy
"dOes a SOmcrindyke durc to make
love to one of my daughters2'
The VOICE (to Missy, lObO '1UjH
% greut presence Of mimi h1i sUHtcbel
The recsirer as HtcH mil c'aDpcd % t
her cur). "The mischief! What have
e l done? It's the old ladyW
The widest CONSERVATION prevailed
OF course, at the moment, all this wa
Greek to us, as we had only heart
mothers fragmentary CALCULATIONS, ant
seen her face of wrath. Mother CRIED
out for Lulu; she raved; she stormed
Bit by bit we pieCed the story togethe
Frank Somerindyke had been making
love to Lulu through the telephone
e We had a mauvais quart d'heure be
fore Lulu came in, breathless, painting
= cbiId was So eager to oct hack to tb
taIonbona ,i,
70 % 1f nInT, booar mother in an awf
, toro Rrt Lefora TYim lad tiD,a 70 h
frirhtonad ril or evan to bIneb the from
!, Jo56,. ononoJ and banJsore Fran
u Son1aribd dyl.e stood before ms
~ "NiadaG, - he bepon bravelv ad
u ,.oroing bet in hand With tbe IiSbt y
u r"IItb 9th ruth and conr,oe % in he hi,
70 bIue ewes ssT have said tO Won what
y. an .'onliJ to -, 80, doUa.5for yyitboTt Won