The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-21
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Pheasant Experiences That Arc sosne-
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~scnt experiences That Arc Solne-
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She had dainty, delicateiy nurtured
Iletie lisp, and he imagined she was pretty
Their friendship, which had its birthday
quite recently. was commenced under cir
eumstances 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
hait an hour, trying to get 400. Failing
In the attempt, he had allowed his temper.
to get the best of him, aud from the depths
OF perturbed soul he had uttered words
80 objectionable that the wire fairly sized
as 1t transmitted them to the hello" girl
at the other end
She was new girl then, and she did not
get mad-he wished afterward she had-but
answered IN voice that his guilty con-
science told him was all a-tremble with the
throbbing of lacerated heartstrings:
"Oh. now, thay, that it'll too bad. I
can't help 1t, you know"
The lisp told on him, and In subdued tones
and modified form of speech he ventured to
suggest that 1t might not be amiss for her
to tell her name. To his surprise she
patched up her wounded feelings enough to
answer, "Alith," and then he succumbetl
completely to the charm of that musical
9TH"
From that time he has had no cause to
complain of the girl ut 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
alteration, to all of which she has lisped
back sentences frau9ht with similar SEN
timent.
On the anniversary of their acquaintance
he told that he had been n blindfolded wor-
shipper at the shrine of beauty long enough
aud that he intended to put stop to that
haphaaard lcaping In the dark that was
bound to land him sooner or later either in
q gulf OF despair or on the Elysian plains Of
hope realized. He wanted to see her.
She chirruped out few RESPONSIVENESS.
but he overruled them, and she arranged
the details of the meeting, which was to
take place mt Jackson and La Sale streets
at IL o'clock They were to wear white
roses as II sign of recognition. He was there
on schedule time She fniled to appear. At
the end of IS minutes his brow was bathed
In perspiration produced by the pillows of
doubt and impatience that surged DER his
heart.
At half pest 70 some one tapped him ON
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 snid he was TINT in
dividual. The owner of the voice was a
tall, muscular man, dressed in u cycling
suit and russell shoes. He wore white rose
lntuitively the anxious watcher connect
ed his interlocutor with "Alith," and the
very marrow i'll his bones took on a frigfd
temperature
You are the man who has been making
love to Alice over the telephone, aren't
your" asked the bicycle rider, edging nearer
He said he was
i've heard OF you often. Indeed YOU
are about oil / have heard of for the last
SIX months, and l am getting tired of it
When she told me about this escapade.
couldn't stand 1t 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 annoynnces
from you over that telephone, and if you
dare to appoint another place of meeting.
by Jove, rll"-
de paused to consider just what course of
actlon ne would pursue in case such II thing
should come to pass The young man ex-
ercised his Imagination on the same line,
and the picture he conjured ND 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 Inisconstrued, and he signified
his Willingness to let the whole matter drop
II 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 a girl that lisps.
Avoid girls named "Alith.r
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