Middletown transcript., 1900-03-03

has inquired about you every day
should imagine that she takes an inter
est in you.
When he sat down before the iIistru
ment, his hand trembled SO that b
could scarcely form the dots and dashe
to ask:
''Is that really you. Amyf" He gave
his own signal, 80. M.
''Yes, Charlie, and I'm SO glad you
are well again" Her reply was as fiut-
tering as his question had been tremu-
lous.
Some of the operators in the New
York Office wondered at seeing young
man sitting at an instrument with tears
of joy streaming down his face, while
in the Chicago office there was surprise
because a girl was crying and smiling
| at the same time
When he recovered his equanimityy
O'Meara said:
''They told me your were dead, and
believed it. The shock nearly killed
me. +"
SIT was merely rumor, I'm happy
J to say, Sut when I came back to work
was greatly depressed at hearing you
were SO i'll. Now we will both be well
and happy again.
81 will never be thoroughly happy,
my darling" O'Meara replied, until
you are my wife. I'm coming out there
soon to claim you. May II"
''Dear mel How can you wish to
marry girl whom you have never
seen 2"
This was another instance of tremu-
lousness in transmission.
"That's all right" O'Meara said.
'1'm willing to risk it if you are. I've
known and loved you long time. even
if haven't seen you. Can come for
your"
ST may be SO homely that when you
see me you may be terribly disappoint-
ed. I may have red hair and freckles, a
cast in my eye and a terrible hump on
my back. Could you stand all that p
"Yes," replied O'Meara, ''if you
could stand my bald head and red nose. "
There was more of this pleasantly,
and then Miss Davidson seriously agreed
to marry her distant lover. After many
more conversations on the wire it was
agreed that Miss Davidson and o. Meara
should meet at half way point, Pitts
burg being finally selected, where they
should be married This course was
chosen in the hope that the consumma-
tion of their peculiar courtship could
be accomplished secretly, thus avoiding
the good natured but embarrassing
chatting of their fellow operators.
But that wire on which they made
their arrangements ran through the
Pittsburg Office, where there were auto
matte repeating instruments. An oper-
ator standing beside the repeaters one
day overheard the final arrangements,
heard the description each gave the 9TH
er by which to insure Identification at
the depot, and told all about it to the
Pittsburg operators, who thereupon de-
termined to make the occasion of the
wedding interesting. A committee was
appointed to watch the meeting of the
couple and to prepare for reception.
O'Meara arrived at Pittsburg day
ahead of Miss Davidson, as had been
agreed upon, and was at the station on
the following day when her train pulled
in from the west. His heart was beat
ing wildly as he scanned the alighting
passengers, and he was too preoccupied
to notice that he was being watched by
ho1f q do1on uoT7pu man
Nor did he notice that he was OBJ
served closely by a tall, bronze haired
and decidedly handsome young woman
who had alighted from a Pullman car
and was standing in the shadow of a
baggage truck loaded with trunks.
There was smile on the young wom
ans face as she finally stepped forward
and touched O'Meara on the shoulder.
Glow dye do, Charlie? ?" she said.
care you really Amy2" he cried,
grasping her outstretched hands in both
of his. "You told me to look out for a
short, curly haired girl. with limp in
her left foot, and l gave you an accu-
rate description of myself.
ttNot SO very accurate, though, . she
laughingly replied. "You didn't tell
me half how good looking you are .
It was evident to the watchers, who
now came forward, that they were pret-
ty well satisfied with each other. The
committee introduced themselves and
announced that the couple were to be
conducted forthwith to a hotel, where
at o'clock that evening, they were to
be married. This arrangement was car
ried out, and during the evening the
Pittsburg operators and their wives and
daughters attended the wedding recep-
tion and supper at the hotel.
O'Meara is now an officer in the sig-
nal corps and has distinguished HIM
self in the war with Spain.