Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
THAT 1ELEGRApH GIRL,

40 Il guest OF any of the old resi-
u.n's' sle first dawncd upon them as {;
e'esraph operator ut Clcrmont station
h 10 ma lady in such position was
littlc new to the old residents. Some
" ule elderly ladies' disapproycil. and
Thought 1t was not feminine: but tho
sehueMcn of the place declared it was
very nee position for Il girl who was
op,iged to support herself.
,Coloilel Buck, the richest man in the
sluee' SNOWY widower of forty-tiye
VIII plack hair and whiskcrs. q loud
.nlcc ana an imposing manner, de-
t , everywhere that it was most
auutoie OF the YOUNG lady to seek such
ipio! iicni; moreover, that she was a
peilect lady of good family, and the
most beautiful girl he had seen in all
his life. ' ''''" :" All
ne Invariably added:
,IeSen' company always excepted.
l'lules, when members of the gcntlcr
SEX were present But when he was
"ioiic WIN men the sentence concluded
WIN the words: without execution,
gentlemen; without exception"
No" we all know what weight the
noiu Oh an important man, who is sup
posed TO be Il judge of beauty, has with
otncrs. Before long every masculine
pehg IN the vicinity was repeating the
colonefs words, with variations, and
every feminine bosom was swelling
with Indignation.
VINO was this Miss Rashlcigh? they
asked themselves. that she should be
SET up before the ladies of old families,
whose grandmothcrs were beauties
ana mad had their portraits in ANIMALS ?
Inc ladies resolved to take no notice
Whatever OF that telegraph girl" and
carried out their intentions in the
stelhest manner. Even those ladies
VINO boarded at the Widow Markham
mouse, were simply civil
But Miss l;ashleigh did not seem to
care. 1he devotion Of the gentlemen
compensated for everything else, in hel
nina, and she certainly was a born
cOquette
there are women who have that sort
Oh success with mems hearts that some
men have with fish. They can catch
one when they pleaSe-no one clsC
KNOWS how. And you could scarcely
Dhme Il girl, sent to Coventry by hel
own sex simply for being remarkably
bcautlful. for exercising this power
since she possessed it,
>"li'''h lEli Sou Nuctlltf sic NOult
have done quite as she did under other
circumstances; but. as things were, she
had no rcm0rsc whatever
Whether 4 man was free or belonged
TO another girl did not matter to her
she Daitcd her hook for his heart.
And there at the telegraph office he
opportunity was immense The youn:
men were forever ''wiring" to som,
one; the crowd in the little office wa
astonishing.
AS for calls and bouquets at TIT
boarding house, description fails Ant
when the news that Cecilia and Alic
More had broken with their admircr
on Miss flashlights account Sprcat
through Clcrmont, Indignation was a
its height.
MIR. Charles 1'raftOn and Mr.. Edwil
barclay had been engaged TO tn
Misses More for nearly year The,
were charming girls, fine looking an,
spirited, and as soon as they had actu
ally been convinced that their suitor
had exhibited themselves amongst Mis-
Roses admirers, they dismissed them
Their example was followed by :
dozen others. and the number o
matches that were broken off in Cler
mont that summer was simply aston
fishing.
The young ladies all showed 1hei
spirit, and those who were not engaged
declined the attentions Of gentlemen
who hung around the telegraph girl.
They escorted each other about. o.
took their grandfathers or little broth
crs with them, Or were protected by {
maid.
The gentlemen were not invited any
where. They were actually tabooed
and their indignation was great indeed
However, at the telegraph office there
was still one who would smile upOl
them, and Rose Kashleigh soon became
what a WOMAN would if there were bu
one in a world full Of men.
The condition Of things at the end 0
the summer was this: The gentlemen
were utterly ignored by the ladies il
their social affairs, and every discarded
sutton Of them all dreamed of being re
yenged by marrying Miss Rashleigh.
She may be pleasant to others,
each said to himself, but it is TO III
she has given her heart. ! know it b.
alone together"
Call on me Sunday evening at
and l will give you my answer.
This was the note that Charles Trat
ton received one afternoon. He had OF
fered himself to the pretty TELEGRAPH
operator, in romantic letter, full o
quota tons from the finest poets. AM
now he said to himself that she woul
never answer his letter thus urles
she intended to accept him.
His heart beat fast. He adOred hel
Utter bli.s would be his if she were hi
wife, only he was very much afrai
that he would have bad time wit
his family. He WAS fond and proud 0
his mother and sisters. and it woul
be hard to be banished from the Iii
tie flock and made a black sheep OF
However, his bose that all were prais
ing" was too lovely to be missed, an
If she accepted him he would sacrific
the world for her. and think it wei
lost
Therefore, on Sunday evening, haV
ing taken great pains with his toilet
he presented himself at the door
Miss Rashliegh's abiding place, ant
sent up his card.
Ho noficad &C he CAT waiting in tn,