Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-05
SAVED FROM SUICIDE
Only to Fall Victim to a Pair of Eyes
That Disappeared.

Only to Fall a Victim to Pair of Eyes
That Disappeared.
Chicago Times-Herald
She was telegraph operator, young,
pretty and able to pleasantly entertain
customers who nad a desire to hang
over her desk and talk after filing their
messages. Her Office was in coy
corner of a drug store, and the amount
of fancy work she did in week was
marvellous.
One afternoon a young man with a
sad, faraway look bent over the little
counter beside her and wrote upon and
tore up seven blanks. Finally he
handed her a message, and asked in
tones betraying the hopelessness Of de-
SPAR:
"How much'll that be-"
Instead of replying she read aloud:
miss Louise Montgomery, No. 4763
Dashley avenue. Unless you telegraph
at once recalling your decision never to
see me again l will shoot myself to-
night. GERALD"
Then she counted the words and said:
''Forty-one cents
While he was selecting the change
from a handful of silver she looked at
him steadily. He failed to find an extra
cent, and as she handed him back four
pennies she asked:
Are you the one who is going to do
| the shooting?"
| He blushed and replied:
mo. I'm just going to give her a
scare"
''Well, then, don't send this mes
sage she advised. do you know
what Louise would do with it,"
mo"
Shed show it around to everybody
she knows, and you would either have
to carry out the contract or leave town.
You can't make girl feel bad by tell
ing her that you are going to kill your
self on her account
WELL he asked, what would you
advise me to do?''
Don't do anything"
But l love her. l can't live without
her."
That's too bad What foolish girl
she must be-"
why do you think she is foolish?"
mot to be in love with you"
She sighed just a little and looked
| down at his money lying on her desk.
1t was at that moment that he noticed
how pretty she was. She was more
graceful than Louise, and her features
were far more expressive than those
of the girl for whom his heart had been
breaking.
do you think" he tenderly asked,
chat THAT if most girls were in her
place they would return my love?"
YES" she said, only little above a
whisper. How could they help it?"
Shall send the message?"
NO." he hastily returned, taking the
paper from her and tearing it to pieces.
1t was at that moment that the pre-
scription clerk walked around to
where they were and asked her if the
proprietor of the drug store had left
any word for him when he had left,
half an hour before.
She said no. and the clerk leaned
against the counter, drumming upon
| the showcase with his fingers and ex-
hibiting a disposition to remain.
After while Gerald walked out, and
as he left he and the pretty operator
exchanged glances that were more elo-
quent than words.
| On the following day he went to the
telegraph Office again. AS he turned
the corner and saw the blue and white
sign his heart gave leap and his
knees trembled.
| In a moment he was standing at the
counter, looking in a dazed, half con-
scious way at young man who was
receiving a message and breaking
at every other word, to have it repeated.
When the operator had succeeded in
getting the messaoge at last he stepped
forward to attend to Gerald's business.
Where is the young lady who was
here yesterday" Gerald asked.
"She has been transferred to another
Office at her own request"
! do you know where she is now"
mo. She asked the superintendent
| not to tell where she went, and as IL