The record-union., 1898-12-05

ploye of a. certain down town whole
sale house. There was the usual irate
Iather, followed by the ordinary God
bless you, my children The young
couple received a house Of their own
and the bridegroom was taken into his
father-in-law's firm, where he received
lucrative position. Meanwhile my
little schoolgirl disappeared, but three
days ago she came into the store,
changed all at once into a stately and
dignif1ed woman. There's nothing like
matrimony to transform girl In an
hour into a woman. She bought two
sheets of sticky fly paper, a box of per-
TUNED soap and a postage stamp and
started to go out. I could no longer
restrain my curiosity. Madam said I.
pardon my impertinenee, but what does
Weazies mean?' She was not in the
least offended, though she blushed as
red as peony. We laughed little
over II, and after a while she told me-"
WHAT 1T MEANT.
This druggist is a fatherly old soul
or sentimental turn. just the kind Of
man that a woman would be apt to
confice in. After considerable urging
during which the mixer Of medicines
engaged in a struggle with his con-
science as to whether or not he was
betraying professional secret, ne ex-
planned that "Weazles meant Il 90
love you, Charlie, and will never, never
desert you.''
1t appears that the young man, fully
aware of the opposition which his suit
was meeting with at the home of his
intended, and unable to see the lady as
often as he desired, had arranged that
she call him UP as often as possible
and telephone to him the assurance of
her steadfast and undying affection.
The woman who was just talking to
Nellie-was there any hidden meaning
in that conversations" asked the man
who had come in after porous plaster
and who had fingered on, out of in
terest.
<"Oh, no, that's square deal. Nelly
appears to be married and to have a
baby. She and this woman, Fanny, ap-
pear to have been old school friends.
Fanny has been trying for about four
months to get Nelly to come over and
spend the evening, SO far without sue
| cess, because Nelly's hired girl has al
ways just left her and she has no one
with whom she dares trust the baby.
Poor Nelly has not set foot outdoors a
single evening since the baby was born
Some Of these invisible voices at the
other end of the phone represent heart
| histories. You never see the takers and
you never even hear their voices, but
you come to know all about them and
| to feel interested in them. Mysterious,
| isn't it? You might call the voice,
could you hear it, the ghost Of the 9TH
er person. But it's even more unsub-
stantial than that. You might call
! this unheard voice the ghost Of a
! ghost
The druggist was getting quite poet
ical. Not even daily associations with
| squills, ipecac, cough lozenges and
dried catnip can take all the Senri-
ment out of truly poetical soul.
do you remember any other cases
! where cipher code, as you call it, has
| been used?' asked the man who came
in to buy the porous plaster.
Hum, yes, one-a very painful case.
A pretty, innocent-looking young wo-
man, the wife of a merchant thirty
years her senior used to come in here
about twice a week and telephone
Send me three boxes of peaches or
four five or seven boxes. as the case
might be. I used to wonder what the
family did with SO many peaches, but
I have since figured the thing out to
my own satisfaction. A <9ar ago the
woman eloped with musician who
played in second-rate theaters-in the