Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-03-10
A TgLEeRAPHIc wooING.

prised at finding himself deeply IN love
with girl whose name he did not even
know. 1t happened in this way Tom
was telegraph operator in the city,
but lived in a small suburban town.
As he sat in the train one morning on
his way in to work, he noticed among
the passengers who boarded the tram
at one of the stations a beautiful glrl
who entered his car and took the seat
directly in front of his The morning
paper had no further interest for Tom
that day. All the way in to town he
sat watching the girl in front Of him.
l shall not attempt to describe h'r,
Tom says she is the most beautiful
girl he ever saw. OF course be IS
preiudiced, but | must admit that |
have only seen one girl who surpassed
her. However, that has nothing to do
with my story.
What impressed my friend even
more than her beauty wa. her extreme
modesty-not the timid, huttering
kind of modesty, which is so easily I'M
itated bv the heartles. couuette. but
the strong, self-reliant kind, which
makes men keep their distance She
did not shrink from the sdmiring
glance8 bestowed upon her by every
man in the car neither did she en-
courage them. She simply ignored
them. A man who would attempt to
Airt with such a girl must either be a
fool or be gifted with unlimited as
sursnce. Tom was neither so he con-
tented himself with sdmiring her in
silence.
Week after week went on and each
day found poor Tom more and more
deeply in love. The unconscious OBJ
iect Of his alteration travelled on the
so,oo train avery dav Sometimes she
n.ar him and his eve, nearly de-
yorr.d bsr wonderful besuty, At
other times sb. sat at tb. other end of
the car. where be could only catch oc-
casiopaI oI;mnses of her past the heads
Of his fellow passengers. One day he
made GREAT discovery. Her name
was Helen, II. had heard girl friend
call her So That night Tom sat up
until three o'clock writing love letters
70 HaIan and tearing them up as fast
j.. he wrote them.
The next morning Helen again oc-
cnpied the seat lust in front of Tom.
He sat gazing at herand building cas-
ties in the air. Presently his mind
turned to the love letters be had been
writing and he began to frame a new
one. As he mussd, he idly fingered
the window catch, which made aclck-
ing sound similar to that of a telegraph
instrument. Unconsciously he spelled
ont the words of the letter.
Dearest Helen" ran tho message,
81 love YOU dearly. Say you will be
mine and" but he got no further,
for suddenly the girl turned in her
seat and looked him full in the face,
her eyes blazing with Indignation,
Then she turned back and seiziug the
catch on her window, clicked out the
reply:
How dare you?"
Tom was completely dumbfounded.
He felt ike jumping out OF the window
and ending his miserable existence.
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