Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-07-27
LovEMAKlNe aY TELEPHONE.
Pleasant Experiences That Are Some.
times Fraaght with Danger.

Pleasant Experiences That Are so,ne
times Fraaght with Danger.
She had a dainty, delicately nurturet
little lisp, and he imagined she was pretty
Their friendship, which had Its birthda,
quite recently, was commenced under cir
cumstances conducive to display Of All
the phases Of human nature ranging from
intense disgust to perfect bliss.
He had been nagging away at central 70,
half an hour, trying to get 400. Failine
jim the attempt, he had allowed his temper
TO get the best of him, and from the depth.
of perturbed soul he had uttered word.
so objectionable that the wire fairly sizzed
as it transmitted them to the shellon girl
at the other end.
She was a new girl then, and she did NOT
get mad-he wished sfterwarti she had-bu,
answered in voice that his guilty con.
science told him was all a-tremble with the
throbbing of lacerated heartstrings:
'Oh, now, ! thay. that ith too bad. ]
can't help it, you know
The lisp told on him, and In subdued tones
and modified form of speech he ventured ia
suggest that it might not be amiss for her
to tell her name. To his surprise she
patched up her wounded feelings enough "a
answer, "Alith," and then he succumbed
completely to the charm Of that musical
.sth.n
From that time he has had no cause TO
complain of the girl at the central office.
Every morning he has asked her how he
looks; every morning she has answered, II
can't thee over the 'phone," and every
morning he has breathed forth volumes of
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back sentences fraught with similar SEN
timent.
On the anniversary Of their acquaintance
he told that he had been a blindfolded wor.
shipper at the shrine of beauty long enough
and that he intended to put stop to that
haphazard leaping in the dark that was
bound to land him sooner or later either in
a gulf of despair or ON the Elysian plains Of
hope realized. He wanted TO see her.
She chirruped out few remonstrances,
but he Sverruled them, and she arranged
the details of the meeting, which was to
take place at jackson and La Sale streets
at 10 o'clock. They were to wear white
roses as sign of recognition. He was there
on schedule time. She failed to appear. At
the end of 15 minutes his brow was bathed
in perspiration produced by the pillows OF
doubt and impatience that surged DER his
heart.
At half past l2 some one tapped him on
quired,
rs this John SMITH"
He had never had cause to be ashamed Of
his cognomen, and be said he was that in.
dividual. The owner of the voice was
tall, muscular man, dressed in cycling
suit and russet shoes. He wore white rose
Intuitively the anxious watcher connect
ed his interlocutor with "Alith,n - and the
very marrow in his bones took on a frigid
temperature.
you are the man who has been making
love to Alice over the telephone, aren't
you" asked the bicycle rider, ,edging nearer.
He said he was.
"Pve heard of you often. Indeed you
are about all have heard OF for the last
six months, and am getting tired of it.
When she told me about this escapade,
couldn't stand it any longer. I'd have you
know Pm engaged to that young lady my
self, and it's my bounden duty to see that
she isn't subjected to any more annoyances
from you over that telephone, and If you
ooAO W dppOiuS duubucE phttCc VI uieSIinH,
by Jove, Pip
He paused to consider just what course of
action he would pursue in case such thing
should come to pass. The young man ex-
ercised his imagination on the same line,
and the picture he conjured up was far
from reassuring.
Il guess you understand me-" his foe
added significantly.
The young man was too badly frightened
to understand much of anything just then,
but the look of warning in the others eyes
could not be misconstrued, and he signified
his willingness to let the whole matter drop
if everybody else connected with the affair
was.
His dream is ended. This morning he
pasted four new rules in the notebook which
is his constant companion. They are:
Avoid all hello" girls
Avoid girl that 1isps.
Avoid girls named "Alith."
Avoid bicycle riders. Chicago News.