The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-27
loveMAkINe BY TELEPHONE.
Pseasant Experiences That Arc Seme
times Praught with Danger.

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| F9ensant Experiences That Arc Somo-
| times Praught With Danger.
| She had deipty, delicately nurtured
| little lisp, and he imagined she was pretty.
| Their friendship, which had its birthday
| quite roosntly. was commenced under cir
cumsbances conducive to a display of all
the phases Of human nature ranging from
| intense disgust to perfect bliss.
He had been nagging away at central for
half an hour, trying 10 get 4T0o Failing
| in the attempt, he had allowed his temper
| to get the best OF him. aud from tho depths
OF perturbed soul he had uttered words
SO objectionable that the wire fairly sizzsd
as it transmitted them to tho hello" girl
| at the other end.
She was a new girl then, and she did not
get mad-hs wished afterward she had-but
answered In voice that his guilty con-
science told him was all a-trembie with tho
thrObbing Of decorated heartstrinQs,
"Oh. now. l thay, That it'll too bad.
can't help 1t, you know"
The lisp told on him, and In subdued tones
and modified form OF speech ho venturesi to
suggest that it might not be aIniss for her
to tell her name. 70 his surprise she
patched mp her wounded feelings enough to
answer. "Alith," aud then ha suocumbed
completely to the charm Of that musical
9Th"
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 ovec the 'phone," aud every
morning he has breathed forth volumes of
alteration, to all Of which she has lisped
back sentences frnught with D similar SEN
timent.
On the anniversary Of their acquaintance
he told that he had been a bundfolded wor-
shiper ut the shrine of beauty long enough
aud that he intended to put stop to that
haphalard leeping in the dark thet was
bound to land him sooner OF later either In
gulf OF despair OF on the Elysian plains of
hope realized He wanted TO 500 her
She chirruped out few rernonstrauces,
but he overruled them, and she arranged
the details of the meeting, which WAS to
take place at jackson and La Sale streets
at II o'clock They were to wear white
roses rs sign Of recognition. He WINS there
on schedule time She failed to appear At
the end of Id minutes his brow was bathe,l
in perspiration produced by the pillows of
doubt and impotence that surged Der his
heart.
the shoulder, and heavy bass voice in
Quired:
us this John Smith,
He had never had cause to be ashamed OF
his cognomen. and he said he was that In
dividual. The owner of the voice WAS a
tall, muscular man, dressed IN a cycling
suit and russell shoes. He wore a white rose.
lntuitively the anxious watcher connect
ed his interlocutor with "Alith, sand the
very marrow in his bones took ON a fngid
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 WIS
I've heard of you often Indeed YOU
are about all | have heard Of for the l,lst
SIX months, and | am getting tirsi of IT,
When she told me about ibis o.,capale |
couldn't stand 1t any longer I'd have you
know I'm engaged TO that young lady my
self, and les my bounden duty To wee that
she isn't subjected to any more aInloyauces
from You over that telephone, and il y,u
dare to appoint another place of meeting,
by Jovc, 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 Injured up was far
from reaSsurng.
IL guess you understand me-" his foe
added significantly.
The young man wis too badly frightened
10 understand inuch OF anything Just then,
but the look OF warning in the OF hers eyes
could not be misconstrued, and he signitieal
his Willingness to let the whole matter drop
if every body 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 AL hello" girls
Avoid girl that lisps
Avoid girls named 'Alith"
Avoid bicycle riders. Chicago News.