Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-29
HYPOCRISY EXTRAORDINARY.
Astonishing Duplex Conversation Of a
Pretty Observation-Disclosures.

New YORK sun reporter went into an
uptown hotel a few days ago to consult u
directory. Ii was at an hour of the day
when everything is quiet and still. The
only thing about the place that seemed to
have any lite at all was the telegraph in
s,iument. 1t was ticking away industri-
Ously. The pretty young woman who
ManIpula.es the mysterious thing was
working labOr,Ously. She was Receiving "a
telegram for guest OF the hotel. Her
pretty shoulders were tribe rounded az
sae leaned over her work, and her head
vas bent low.
The message was long and full of big,
strange words. and the operator who was
transmitting II seemed to be in hurry to
finish HIS pace was q tribe too fast for
the young woman and she was compelled
TO interrupt him constantly. Each inter
ruptIon, or break a. tho telegraphers
call 1t, apparently irrItated them both.
The sending operator went back to the
point indicated and started of at still
more RAPID pace. But before he could
make much roadway the young woman
would stop him again. Every time sne
broke she appeared to DO more out or
sorts.
The silent actions Of the two were SO
pronounced that the attention of the re-
porter, who was able to read the mystic
signals, was attracted. Finally the mes
sage was finished. The young woman was
III rage. The way she ratified the key
told this to the experienced ear. She 20.
X. d y the message, TO denote that 1t hod
been correctly received. The moment sne
had flashed her individual sign. which in
the telegraph business stands for the ope-
rators name, she snapped back this SEN
tence:
Say. have you time to eat O hard-boiled
egg?"
The reporter walked up to the little cage
which held the lovely creature, who was
flashing scorn. and sent Il telegram. She
displayed none of her spleen to him. but
talked in quiet. almost bashful manner.
Her language was that of refined, edu-
Gated young woman. One could never
have believed that the remark about the
hard boiled. egg could have cmaneted
from her. During the brief conversation
the telegraph instrument clattered ut
frequent intervals. The young woman
talked 10 the operator at the other
end OF the wire and listened to
the reporter at the same time.
From the expression on her face one would
never have imagined that she was paying
the sligh attention 10 what the little
brass instrument was saying. She talked
in a refined way To the reporter, empha-
sizing her claim To refinement by an art
ful. charming manner. 10 the operator,
with whom some other trait in her charac-
ter held "a conversation simultaneously.
she was Numerically opposite. The con-
versation ran like this:
Reporter To Young Woman: VIII you
kindly rush this message through!
Young Woman To Reporter with an art
fnl smile anda slight dropping of eyelids) /:
Oh, yes, sir; I'll hurry 1t for you. VIII
you wait for al answer?
Reporter to Young Woman: Yes, if it
doesn't take too long.
Young Woman TO Reporter: 1t will not
take long. Will tell the operator at the
other end that the gentleman Is waiting.
She called up the operator aud sent the
me sage but didn't say word to him
about hurrying it through. After she had
finished she looked up and smilingly said !:
lie SAYS that he will rush your message
right through"
Thank YOU" said the reporter.
The young woman then began TO write
rapidly. Very soon the instrument began
to call her. The Ettle white hand reached
for the key and the hthc fingers caused
this peculiar sentence to flash over the
wires:
"Oh, shut up q minute and give me
chance to land NASH"
Then glancing up ut the reporter the
young woman said:
II thought he had something for you.
but ii was mistake"
Reporter to Young Woman: Do YOU
fnd IL pleasant TO work in an hotel ONCE !?
Y. w. to H.: Oh, no, sir. On the con.
trary 1t Is very disagreeble. One is sub
jected to 50 much disc0urtesy. We hardly
dare to look up from our desk for fear
some one Will address us with Q foreign