The Worthington advance., 1900-04-13

NOt tDy long SnOt, Sal0 the Op'
orator, making way for O'Meara. 81,
was only rumor that some chuckle.
headed ass accepted as fact. She
has been back at work for two weeks
or more. From the manner in which
she has inquired about you every day
I should imagine that she takes or
interest in YOU"
When he sat down before the in
strument hin hand trembled SO that
he could scarcely form the dots and
dashes to ask:
rs that really You, Amy?'' II.
gave his own signal, 20. NJ
Eyes, Charlie, and I'm so glad yot
are well again." Her reply was a.
fluttering az his question had beer
tremulous.
Some of the operators in the New
York Office wondered at seeing q
young man sitting at an instrument
with tears of Joy streaming down hi
face, while in the Chicago Office there
was surprise because a girl was cry
ing and smiling at the same time.
When he recovered his equanimity
O'Meara said:
"They told me you were dead, ant
believed it. The shock nearly killed
me-"
1T was merely rumor, I'm happy
to say, but when I came back to worl
was greatly depressed at hearing yor
were so i'll. Now we will both be wei
and happy again"
II will never be thoroughly happy
my darling," O'Meara replied, unit
you are my wife. am coming out
there soon to claim you. May II"
| "Dear me! How can you wish Il
marry girl whom you have never
| seen?"
This was another instant of trem
ulousness in transmission.
"That's all righty' O'Meara said
"I'm willing to risk it if you are. I'v'
known and loved you long time, ever
if haven't seen you. Can come fo1
you?"
II may be so homely that when yo,
see me you may be terribly disappoint
ed. may have red hair and freckles
a cast in my eye and a terrible huml
on my back. Can you stand all that? %
"Yes," replied O'Meara, IF you coult
stand my bald head and red nose"
There was more of this pleasantly
and then Miss Davidson seriously
agreed to marry her distant lover. Afte,
many more conversations on the wir'
it was agreed that Miss Davidson ant
O'Meara should meet at a half-wa,
point, Pittsburgh being finally select
ed, where they should be married. Thi
course was chosen in the hope that th'
consummation of their peculiar court
ship could be accomplished secretly
thus avoiding the good-natured, bu
embarrassing, chatting of their fellow
operators.
But that wire on which they mad
their arrangements ran through tn
Pittsburgh Office, where there were au
tomato repeating instruments. A,
operator standing beside the repeat
ers one day overheard the final ar
rangements, heard the description eacl
gave the other by which to insure iden
tification at the depot, and told al
about it to the Pittsburgh operators
who thereupon determined to max
the occasion of the wedding interest
ing. A committee was appointed t,
watch the meeting of the couple ant
to prepare for reception.
O'Meara arrived at Pittsburgh da.
ahead of Miss Davidson, as had bee1
agreed upon, and was at the station OF
the following day when her train pulle'
up from the west. His heart was beat
ing wildly as he scanned the alightin,
passengers, and he was too preoccu
pied to notice that he was bein,
watched by half dozen young men.
Nor did he notice that he was oh
served closely by tall, bronze-haire'
and decidedly handsome young woma1
who had alighted from Pullman ca
and was standing in the shadow of
baggage truck loaded with trunks
There was smile on the young WON
ans face as she finally stepped for
ward and touched O'Meara on tn
shoulder.
"How dye do, Charlie?'' she cried
"Are you really Amy?" he cried
grasping her outstretched hands il
both of his. "You told me to look ou
for a short, curly-haired girl. with
limp in her left foot, and I gave yo
an accurate description of myself"
mot so very accurate, though" sh
laughingly replied. "You didn't te
me half how good looking you are"
1t was evident to the watchers, VIII
now came forward, that they were pre1
ty we'll satisfied with each other. Th
committee introduced themselves, an
announced that the couple were to b
conducted forthwith to hotel, where
at eight o'clock that evening, they wer
married. This arrangement was cal
ried out, and during the evening th
Pittsburgh operators and their wive
and daughters attended the weddfn
reception and supper at the hotel
Chicago Herald.
Keen Sarcasm.
"Bruddren and sistahs," sternly sal
good old Parson Woolimon, after th
collection had been taken up upon
recent Sabbath morning, "before th
hat was done parsed I expounded H.
request dat de congregation contrib
ute accawdin' to deir means, and
sho expectorated dat yo' all woul
chip in ~magnanimously.. But nov
upon examinin de collection, I find
that de concocted. amount contril
uted by de whole entire posse oh "
am only the significant and pusilla,