The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-20
party en- the wire. But it wasn't Cen

party en- the wire. But it wasn't Cen
i trails fault.
Instead of initiating the rather hasty
j tones of Mr.. Whitney, as does the aver,
/ age Central, or giving him a .Busy!' this
operator on. the other end Of the lire real
! ~ tried to set the cali fer Mr. Whitney
So sweet was her voice and SO charming
her manner that the impatient business
man at the other end was much i'm
pressed.
He got his party. ar appointment was
made and next day found Mr.. Whitney
at the hotel to transact his business. The
interview over. again hesoGght the tele-
/ phone Atthe switchboard sat d charm
ing young, girl MI Whitney gave her
the number he wished, and when he
heard her ask 1900 CortIandt' over the
wire, great light came over him.
Her Pretty Face.
At once he recognized the voice--it
was the voice of the day before, when he
| had been SO courteously treated over the
wire # the voice had pleased him, the
sweet-faced girl who gave him his call
delighted hill Mr. Whitney is 70 years
old. but he hash t forgotten the gaIlantry
of youth. IN the twinkling of an eye he
had recalled the incident of the day be-
fore. and the bIushing girl owned up that
it was her voice that he had heard over
the wire
Now. Mr.. Whitney is a man OF deeis-
ion He admired the pretty telephone
girl and he decided that it would be a
saving of time if he could be nearer
her when he wanted to use the phone.
1t isn't necessary to recount right mere
that perhaps there were other infiu
ences that caused his decision.
At any rate. on the very next day
there appeared on the register of the
Grand Union the name e. R. Whit
ney, Montreal. He took an expensive
suite AID the sAstor House knew him
no more
Devotion Itself.
Every day found Mr.: Whitney at the
Central Office of the Granu Union ho-
tel. Nobody could satisfy his wants as
could Miss Bennett They chatted
pleasantly enough while he was wait
ing for his calls and finally the day
came when the elderly millionaire ven
tured to ask Miss Bennett If he might
take her to the theater after her days
work.
II you meet my. father and mother
and they are willing" she said, very
frankly.
Nothing better responded Mr..
Whitney heartily. and that evening
found him a caller over in Greenpoint
at No. 213 Nassau avenue.
It was no mansion that he found.
Instead. Miss Benefits home proved
to be a very modest little three-story
wooden fat-house.
The Bennetts-father mother and
three sisters-1ived on the top floor at
that. Mr.. Whitney found further that
Miss Benefits two sisters, Alice and
Jennie. like herself were telephone OPP
orators. and that T. Y. Bennett, the
father of the three sweet-faced gir1S,, /
vas foreman in the Fleisehnann yeast I
factory at Greenpoint.
The First Theater Party.
There was very pleasant call, and I
at ten p N. Mr. Whitney went back
IL his hotel In Manhattan. Next even
ing q hansome cab dashed W p front I
of the modest fat-house. and out of It 1
stepped Mr. Whitney. Now. cabs are
MT over numerous in Nassau avenue,
1reenpoint. and the naighbors Wen-
1ered. They didn'te have long to won
Ter because out Of the house came
pretty Miss Bennett in her daintfest
iress ana vas handed into the cab by I