Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-11
A TELEPHONE RIDE.

"she hath lovely voithe," lisped Simp-
kinson Potter.
"And she must be handsome" remarked
young Gubbins, with knowing puff at
his cigarette. 1T has always been my ex-
perience that women with musical voices
are good looking"
They were talking about their telephone
girl-she who flirted with them so naively
over the wires.
"She ith quite young, too, y know" con-
tinued Mr.. Potter, picking a carnation to
pieces, "becauthe she confided to me that
she wathn't out yet. just fanthyl''
you fellows ought to warn your Diana
Of the crosswires' to be more careful, !"
growled Barker, head clerk and general
Diogenes in the famous law office of Last
will & Testament. "When his majesty
the senior partner called up the law
courts this morning, she helloed back and
wanted to know if that wasn't Charlie
The old man turned purple and threat.
ened to see the superintendent"
'She must have thought it was Charlie
Dennison," said Gubbins "They are get
ting to be great deal too thick of late,
and last night heard him ask her to go
out driving this afternoon"
bah Jovel" calculated Simpkinson Pot
ter. ''Of courthe she refused"
mo, she didn't" replied Gubbins, "be-
cause he said: No. 1000 Smith street. All
right, Miss Melerby III be there on time
speak for himself"
Mr.. Charles Dennison entered, arrayed
in clothes Of bewildering cut and wearing
al. - . - II.
reposed royal gardenia.
"My dear Charles" said Barker, 81
trust you are not going to do anything
rash2"
Dennison glanced around the office with
i'll concealed triumph. II am going to take
our telephone girl, Miss Mellerby, out
driving" he observed, giving every syl-
liable full emphasis.
To his surprise no one made any com.
ment on this intelligence. Gubbins looked
out of the window and Simpkinson Potter
placed his carnation stalk between the
leaves of a law book.
81 do believe" he said at last, "that you
knew all about it beforehand"
"All about what?" queried Barker "Oh,
yes. You have to take some girl out driv
ing. Pm sure we all sympathize with
you."
''Yeth, indeed, Charlie" exclaimed
Simpkinson Potter; "it'th beathtly nui-
thance, old boy, but never mind. 1t will
soon be over"
BE sure to get ON Miss Mellerby's good
side," said Gubbins. my experience is
that telephone girls are always deaf in one
ear"
Dennlson waited to near no more. You
fellows are just jealous" ne SAID and Few
minutes afterward they saw him driving
roam mare ana smart dogcart around
the corner.
Arrived at l,0oo smith street, Charles
Dennison found the house to be model
SUBURBAN cootage' looking sunhlly south-
ward and overrun with towering creepers.
just the place 1or young love, ne ro-
mantically exclaimed, as he hitched his
roam TO a fantastlc green dragon on one OF
the gate posts: wish 10 goodness Cub
bins and that iisplng idiot Potter were here
TO watch my meeting with Laura. had
oes'er not call ner Laura ao nrso, Dy the
way. Ihings that sound all rlght over
telephone wire may De quite startling
when one IS orought 1ace TO race" Here
Charlie opened the gate ana strode up the
short gravel pain. everywhere IN the
little garden he notlced the traces OF
womaifs tehoer care ANA yet," ne muir
INJURED, they talk about telephone girls
ohiy earring ior chewing gum anu nirea
ton.
HIS ring ofoughta Pheasant raced matron
TO Ihe ooor.
MRS: MeiierDy' Is IL notr asked Char
lie, TAKING OH MS naG With MS DeSJ air.
he hau a repesa.ioh ior aseuteness ana