Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-10-27
SUFFER- 1891.
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BIZ LUCY BAKER JEROME.

IEISS Ellen Mahcr, telephone opera
M tor on the West Exchange, was
first attracted to Suffer 1851 by 8
CHEEKY little trick in the voice of the
girl who used that telephone almost
to the exclusion of every one else in
that house. It was frivolous voice,
but musical. It had little babyisn
turn in it-such voice as Miss Ma
her would have liked to own, together
swith a tall figure, and beautiful red
gold hair and large violet-blue eyes.
Miss Ellen Maher knew her own linn
itaticns.
Such delightfully."- frivolous CONVEX
sations were these that Suffer 8691
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 1851 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
to live like that, with big house and
a telephone all ones own in ones bou-
doir, and plenty Of lovers. Not that
she was envious. Envy was not in
her-until-
Now it came to pass in time that
two certain numbers grew to be most
persistent in talking back and forth
with Suffer S691. OF course, there
were many others-voices of chatter
ting girls-voices of staid matrons-
but these two Miss Maher noticed be-
cause they we're men. The first was
Red 1901; the second Main As. Miss
Maher came to like Main As as much
as she disliked Red 1901. Main As had
fine, big voice, quiet and easy-the
voice which would go with a dear
stupidity and an honorable character,
and fine, big frame-just like the
Zero in her favorite novel. Quite diff
ferent was Red 1901. That voice
iisped a little, and it talked too much
and too glibly. To herself she called
It, '''girly-girly" kind of voice. If
there was anything Miss Maher hated
1t was a "girly-girly' man. She had
her own ideas of what man should
be, and they didn't at all correspond
to the mental picture she had formed
of Red 1901. With true femininity,
she was sure he wasn't mice" or good
enough for the girl with the pretty lit
tie voice which responded so brightly
to the call for Suffer S691, and some
particularly irritating quality in his
voice caused Miss Maher to believe
him merely an animated tailor's dunn
my. In her secret soul, she was firm
,ly convinced that Red 1901 was bore.
But Main ass telephone calls were
always promptly answered, and the
service between Suffer 1851 and Main
45 was satisfactory in the extreme.
At first. Main As had rung up once a
week; then, by easy and successive
:. stages, Miss Maher was called upon
for connections twice., thrice. four
times weekly. At this point, the tele-
phone service graduated into the daily
stage, and now, regularly at nine
O'Clock each morning, Miss Maize,
sounded the jingling signal which an
nounced to Suffer, 1851 that party
was on the line.
They usually discussed some ap
pcintment. Cor the day. Listening t
these plans for pleasure, Miss Maize
came to have keen appreciation o
the blessings of Suffer 1921. Miss Ma
her liked big men with grave, sin
cere voices. She also liked outings
outings such as these as she hear
planned-to the cliffs, to the sea, y
to the shaded woods among the keen
Yrsinous smell of the pines. Main 4
+ didn't seem to care for theaters, O
hall. III, R'r1 VUn