Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-12-22
coURTsHIP ABOVE GROUND
Romantic Meeting Of Telephone Line
man and Kitchen Girl That Re-
suited In Marriage.


The top OF telephone pole Is surely
the last place where one would look tt
find Cupid exercising his entanglinl
wiles, but it seems that even there mar
is not entirely free from the danger o.
becoming the willing victim OF some
fair maiden's glances. There have
been wooings and coquettings In ev
cry other queer kind of place in the
world, but the first instance Of where
a man first cast glances at maid from
the vantage point of telephone pole
has just come to light. says the Chi
eago Tribune of recent date.
The hero Of this romance is line
man employed by one of the large tele
phone companies and the heroine
pretty maid whose sphere Of activity
was the kitchen of large restaurant
The first sight this couple had OF each
other was when the lineman swung
from HIS perilous perch on the tor
crosspiece and, looking into the kitch
en-, saw the maiden that was to trouble
his heart from then on calmly peeline
potatoes and singing at her work. For
O long time he stood and watched The
maiden stopped in her song and looked
up. Their eyes met; the die was cast
The interchange of glances was OF
the kind that are understood by man
and maiden when they instantly see
that through all the ages they were
destined to meet and love. The maid
hung her head and blushed, as maids
do when they meet the man OF their
heart. The lineman nearly fell from
his perch in his Joy. But he was diff
dent and she was shy. The next day
when he came to work there was the
girl at work in her usual place in the
kitchen. Again followed the shy ex-
change Of glances, the blush on the
maiden's part, and the shyness on the
part Of the man. The next day, how
ever, they were well enough acquaint-
ed, although they had as yet not
spoken to each other, to begin to carry
on conversation by signs. The man
took of his cap as he saw the girl In
the morning and she answered with a
courtesy. 1t was annoying. The girl
could not come out on the crosspiece
to visit him and the man, because Of
his work, could not come down to see
her
Day after day for a fortnight the
strange counting was carried on by
sign language with never a spoken
word or personal meeting to help the
two on with their wooing Neither Of
them knew the least thing about the
other-but what does that matter
when 1t is a matter Of the heart that
is concerned.
The maid was good to look upon
and the man brave. So there was a
meeting-the first meeting What
passed in this meeting is not for the
eye or ear Of the public. There had
been a two weeks wooing by sign talk
previous to the meeting and the two
had much to say. They, Of course, had
to ascertain whether the parties Of
the first and second part really meant
what they said when they told each
other things in dumb show, and find
out-many other things.
1t seems they further corroborated
their first opinions that they were
fated to meet and mate from the be-
ginning. There followed an ardent
months wooing in what was not sign
talk, repetition Of the old, ever new
story, and the city was the richer by
the price of one marriage license.