Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-10-05
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| COUR T SHIP
OF A BASHFUL,
YOUNG MAN ,
BY VIRGINIA NILES LEEDS
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" DUNG LoRING is diffident chap.
For civ pnnnthc he has haeu trying

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L For six months he has been trying
to propose to the only girl in the world.
but to be in her vicinity so puts him OFF
his head that his tongue becomes glued
TO the roof OF his mouth. II is most dis
tressing. and he is losing flesh. AS he
is bold as lion at a distance, he con-
eeiyes the idea Of telephoning.
'Hellol give me 1444-Longacre! No.
four-four-Longacre not Lack
awanna-Longacre! Yes, l444-Long-
acre. Busy? Oh, the deuce! Well, but
be sure you do; you don't always re-
member to. (He writhes for Is min
utes) Hello. Central, is l444-Longacre
through yet? Then why didn't you tell
me? Don't talk to me like that or I'll
report you to the managers office.
Never mind repartee; just give me l444
Longacre. Hurry up, l444-Long-ls say,
can't you give me that connection?
Hello, is this l444-Longacre? want
Miss-not 1914? What the dickens is II,
then? Well. asked for l444-see here,
Central, are you going to give me that
number before report you to the man
ayers Office? | don't care for your ex-
planations-give me the number. Hell
10. is this l444-Longacre? Well, |
want to speak to Miss Blossom-Miss
Pansy Blossoms she in? Very well,
III hold it-Hello. Miss Blossom
Pansy? How well | know those sweet
and dulcet tonesl This is Arehie-your
Archieoh, don't pretend you don't
know; I'm sure you do! Your own
Archie, If | may say SO. | called you up
because | have something important to
say to you-the most important-and
you know what a bashfnl chap am. |
have been trying so long to say IL. but
couldn't muster the courage. You didn't
know | was so bashful? Yes, unfortun-
ately it's true. but now that have you
at the end OF the wire am all keyed up,
and please don't interrupt, but just let
me have my say-whats that? ! don't
quite catch it-but never mind, I'm
started now and beg you not to stop me
once ! get going. | adore you, Pansy-
you are the only girl IN the world-even
to have at the end of this line sends
thrill through me that no one else
could effect at much closer range. For
six months | have been trying to say
this to you. but my emotions overcame
me, and once when | was near il that
sandy-haired. snub-nosed maid of yours
appeared at the door with the tea things.
and | could have consigned her to
thousand demons.
mo; not through yet!-get of the
wire will you, Central?
Hello. are you still there. Pansy?
All. that blessed little squeak tells me
you are! No. please don't attempt to
stop me. it's no sort of use must pour
out my very soul into the repeater or
the receiver, whichever the thing is,
and | beg you to hear me in patience
to the end You are the joy of my life
-yes!-What?-joy Of my life o "
There can be no possible happiness
without you and If you don't give me
some little encouragement, | can't 90
on living-oh, that heavenly little CUR
glel DO you feel the thrill that runs
along the circuit from me to you? No
one else in the world could give me such
1 long-distance thrill
See here, Central, will you stop in
.erfering? What's that? | don't care
I il is-what difference does IL make |
% you II | choose TO talk here all |
light? Your business is to let me
nave the wire Now, get off will you? |
and I'll thank you not TO listen, either. |
Hello. hello, 1444-Longacre? Are |
you still there. Ii was that confound- |
ID Central that butted in, but I'll re- |
lort her TO the manager If she does |
I again. and If catch her listening I'll |
10 the same. This conversation is for |
'our pearly little ear alone, and | can |
ust see that pearly little object glued |
o the instrument listening
title ear. how should love to be near
enough to imprint a-Did you hear
lnything through the phone? That is |
yhat I'd like TO do to the little ear.
ind here's another and another. Did |
on get them? I still beg you not to
Interrupt me, Pansy You see how
immingly I'm going il. and il would /
a pity to stop me nowl Let me tell
.ou how adorably lovely / think you
re and how every thought OF you
nakes my heart beat TO madness. To
.scend your doorstep makes me trem-
le, and even to have that snub-nosed.
andy-haired one open the door sends
n electric shock all over me. Pansy,
his is love-the real thing-no mis-
axe about it-and Il is what | offer
GU. here through the instrument.
)ont say you will have none of IL:
hat would be too utterly crushing to
ny hopes My uncle. the one in the
luntry, has Just very kindly died and
eft me tidily fixed, so / would not