Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-05

A. Ins0ecsual Atsemps se Re~se Tea,
exrnph Operator into Feeling.

From the petron Free Press
The receiving clerks behind the desks az the
telegraph ofiees are cool. placid fellows They
take your message OF life or death with perfect
indifference. mechanically count the words,
and look bit bored as they reply;
1T VIII be o5 cents. please"
had my eye certain chap for several
weeks before humbled his pride. lie insulted
me. He insulted the by softly whispering 10
himself ~ he counted the words in the follow.
ing message:
GRANDMOTHER died last night very suddenly.
How many OF you can attend tunerais"
When 4 handed In that message I expected
could not have been personally acquainted
with my grandmother he must have sus-
Ter sudden death had greatly overco,n. me.
Why didn't he look up with biz OF sympathy
In MS eye and say;
TOO bad; 1 know just how you issl and I'm
sorry Tor you?"
But no lie wnistled and counted. made O
scratch or two with his pen, and rem. arksd;
"Thres words over--~eNenlA cents"
Aud AZ he made change he told Que OF the
buys behind The counter that he'd Toe - if he
WASH yoihg Ia the do nght that nj int Then
he picked up nay dead grandmnthrr deslaTeh
aud banged II ON hook, shoN ed me over some
Change. aud turned away W resume the peru.
The next week went In with "a dispatch. an-
nouncing that my grAndmolLer's will had Oveu
opeaed aud taat came In tor s26,ooo. That
man must baNe seen by my lace that | Mss
highty eiated. Hang him. te peNe had "A fiIih
oi tilat sum, ami his salary had Jusl been cut
down $40 per month, bul wncn he read the
isl,atch he calmly announced:
rorty cents, and you forgot t. date IT,"
And tnen he began talk Ing Ia one oI his fellow
clerks ABOUT u slu.gin llat cil aud hoA he wou
20 oy betting on the rigAt man. l don { sa, lac
ought Ia have swung his hat aud clieerea over
nay xood foftuoe. but why couldnt he nave ex.
tended his hand unu said:
Ia, o.o ouyf la luck, aint your Well, I'm
giau On IL SEMI around the cigars and We II
smoke to ycur good nealth."
made up n. mind wnen I went out that I
would upset that mans eQuaniInlIy OF I,se n
ieS u toiublo hlni eli tat tSvdcsial % placidity
~ IL cost el,UOv. I'D Upset unbaiauee and
anhiuye MIN or die trying. { gave hmm two
graph man out of TIE world in n days notice. 1
Went oack one evening, aud ielt bit sorry for
niil as he glanced up aud then Act has e, -
sturn 70 ms fotice Cdzele. L knew thal his
vie ana child were in OHIO On n visit aud
stepped w the desx aud ~r,le:
DErRorr. June q 1855
r.ssss tsissr- IA US hi PARTICULARS Of the accidens
oy WHOM MIA Ceorse a, iUr aud htsr IA Caty
"efs insanity Allied this afternoon. 81
4 ielt u bit sorry as L handed Il In not know.
ing oyt the man might liant dead away as 10
read the terrtoie news. Still 1 had Vowed
revenge, and I would not Iorego H. He re.
ceSeo the dispatch, wnistled softly as WAS his
~oat, ctalterea the point ol hIs zen a.oiig tue
words as he counted, aud then he drawled out:
dollar Anu twenty cent?, aud where shall
1 send the answer
"Did You read that dispatchs" asked Alter
looking al him ior half minute.
Yea
NO. "4o you %, know the parties'"
.lsnt your name George Taylor"
"le,, sir"
Aren't the parties your vile and dauphterY-
NO, SIR. They returned home this morning.
nan