Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-04
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Married His Friend ut the Other End Of
the Wire when He Found He Was She.

Married His Friend ut the Other End of
the wire when He Found, He Was She.
Telegraph operators frequently make
warm friends with each other with no
other means of Communication than the
insensate wire, and more than once friend
ships thus made have lasted for years
without either person having had SO much
asa glimpse of the others features. 1t is
not often, however, that courtship is car
ried on under such circumstances, but a
pretty little romance comes from the des-
ert which had for its sequel the recent reg
istration at a prominent hotel Of ~. j.
Stansbury and wife, jackson Springs,
CAL" The story is repeated by the hero
himself.
about year and half ago." said he,
81 was railroad agent and telegraph OPP
orator at a little station down on the des-
ert side of Yuma. The station consisted
of nothing more than big water tank, a
shed for myself and another for small
crew of trackmen. There for nearly year
Iput in the loneliest and the hottest time
that ever passed in my life. The ther-
mometer had a way of monkeying around
between 100 dogs. and $50 degs. above zero
on most days, and almost my only pleas
ure was found in talking over the wires
with the operators at various stations
along the line.
81 had never seen the operator at Ban
ming at that time, but he was cheerful,
jolly sort of fellow, and as time also hung
heavily upon his hands, we passed many n
pleasant hour in conversation over the
wires. We had sort of half arranged to
| get vacation together. and there was a
good deal of joyful anticipation-on my
| part at least-of the manner in which we
| should pass it. We were to go into the
| mountains and spend two or three weeks
| in hunting, fishing, etc. All of our plans
were arranged in those scorching and lone
| ly days, and we usually agreed in our ideas
| of the preparations, although there was &C.
casionally a little difference of opinion.
81 remember, for instance, that he said
| he was going to take along pair Of rub
Der boots for trout fishing, while l asked
him, What's the matter with your taking
off your shoes and stockings and rolling up
your pantsf But he said he preferred
boots, AS the time drew near, however,
he, for some reason that could not under
stand, backed squarely out of the enter.
prize, much to my disgust.
Finally he told me one day that he was
going to New Mexico to pass his vacation
and we anticipated considerable pleasure
in meeting each other during the trains
brief stop at my station. But ! did not
meet him at all, for when the train that
bore him arrived l was sick and uncon
scious with burning fever, the result OF
my long stay under the torrid sun.
Into the fever tortured brain there
sometimes creeps a semiconsciousness OF
the life about it, and so during the days OF
my agony l was vaguely aware of gentle
womanly hands and a kindly feminine
presence in my sickroom, and when | re
| INV NJ fnf he ,Nr.s. Il ~,
surprised to find fair and pleasant fac,
beside me. She said that she had beer
upon the train when was found stricken
down, and had staid to minister to m,
sore need. ] he idea may seem preposter
Gus, but believe the foundation Of my af
lection for r,y kind attendant had beeI
laid while the INCONSISTENCIES Of feve
was still upon me, and the affection grew
into the deepest love as she cared for M
during the days of my convalescence.
AFTER time ventured to tell her o
my love and to ask her il she wonld b
mine, but I was not prepared for he
answer.
John she said, do you really meal
that you wish to marry a girl that insist
upon wearing rubber boots and will not
rolf
Matt / said, for was completed
| DedUen linen II u6sneu upon me. On
was the operator at Banning, and !, like
fool, had always taken it for granted tina
she was man.
well, l am not going to tell how I cor
WINGED her that l wanted to marry hel
boots and ALL but did it, and, like Bark:
she was willin, and here we are on GU
wedding journey. The Southern Pacifi
has lost An operator, but calculate ths
| am ahead on the deal. Angelo
| Herald.