St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19
SUFFER- 1891.
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BY LUCY BAKER JEROME.
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N ISIS Ellen Maher, telephone opera
NJ tor on the West Exchange, wal
first attracted to Suffer 1861 by {
CHEEKY little trick In the voice of thu
girl who used that telephone almost
to the exclusion Of every one else II
that house. Il was frivolous voice
bat musical. 1t had . little babyis:
tarn in it-such voice as Miss Ma
her would have liked to own, together
with tall figure. and beautiful red.
gold hair and large violet-blue eyes
Miss Ellen Maher knew her own lin.
ftations.
Such delightfully."- frivolous CONVEX
cations were these that Suffer 1851
used to carry on! Sometimes, in the
early morning before the rush of mar
ket orders had begun, she used to
catch little sparkling snatches Of them
The girl at Suffer 8G91 seemed to have
plenty of men friends, and they were
always talking about people whom
Miss Maher read In the society COL
umns of the newspapers; Of what they
did last night at Mrs. Swinnerton's-
or Of what was going to happen that
afternoon at the Bouton's coaching
party. Miss Maher would have liked
10 live like that, with big house and
q telephone all ones own in ones bou-
dsir. and plenty Of lovers. Not that
slae was envioaa Envy was not in
hor-until-
Now 1t came to pass in time thai
two certain numbers grew to be most
pessistent In talking back and forth
With Suffer 660l. OF course, there
were many others-voices Of chatter
sag girls-voices Of staid matrons-
but these two Miss Maher noticed be-
cause they were men. The first was
Ned 1901; the second Main As. Miss
Nahcr came to like Main As as much
a she disliked Red 1901. Main 40 had
Q fine, big voice. quiet and easy-the
voice which would 60 with a dear
stupidity and IN honorable character,
and fine, big frame-just like the
here in her favorite novel, Quite diff
ferent was Red 1901. That voice
Ifsped q little, and 1t talked too much
and too glibly. To herself she called
It a "girly-girly" kind of voice. II
there was anything Miss Maher hated
It was ''giriy-girly" man. She had
her own ideaafof what q man should
be. and they didn't 1t all correspond
to the mental picture she had formed
- Red 1901. With true femininity,
me Y as sure be wasn't mice" or good
enough for the girl with the pretty lit
tie voice which responded so brightly
to the call for 9utter S69l. and some
particularly Irritating quality In his
mice caused Miss Maher to believe
him merely an eliminated tailor's dunn
NV. In her sscret soul, she was firm
I, convinced that Red 1901 was bore.
Fut Main - telephone calls were
alxays promptly answered. and the
service betveen Suffer 1851 and Main
a was satisfactory in the extreme.
a. first Main = had rung up once a
veek: then. ~ easy and successive
.t.pes. Miss l1aher was called upon
"a connections twice, thrice, four
esmee weekly. At this point, the tele-
r1,ona service graduated into the daily
ssaee. and now, regularly at nine
c,c,ock each snorning, Miss Maher
<..,nded the juggling signal which an
.c,,rcad to Suater 1851 that a party"
vas on the lima
Thev usually discussed some ap-
.,.srtment for ne day. Listening to
s,,eaa plans for pleasure, Miss Maner
800 ..., to have : keen appreciation OF
80. ~. h,essines a Suffer 1851. Miss Ma
80 liked big men with grave, sin
- voices. she also liked outings
sstings such = these as she nearo
Sssrned-tc the cliffs. to the sea- OF
q the shaded woods among the Keen,
- smell of the pines. Main 40
1ssn,t seem q care for theaters' OF
49, ~. ~ balls. although the girl was
80 irving 70 get him to go with
oo,netimee. when they had ar
-. = drive. Miss Maher would
s.ns tham In the light English dog
- he used because the girl at suit
- aee1 liked II: the horses liftins
- oo est hiEh. and their hoof-oeats
49, .a a IT, hard roads. Oftener
9 ] 80 n...nread dem In the moonlight
- 1890 - nd q tho pale gilt
49,. !, the noon. Her favorfte heroines
y ,o.,red taeif best ~ moonnenI
"a s ...ld ~ hslp wondering how the
{ = cD 9. sneaar to01 1oald look. She