The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-09-05
LINE IS BUSY"
y. Telephones in Constant Use.

.mers wife within.
7 yter>? | want Mis- Peters
-vl' is that you, Maria? Well
lnted to ask you if the Simp
uuey was on fire. What? 0
When? Yesterday? Well
arm done? Dear mel aim
gad? Lucindy called me u,
and said she was pretty sur,
: thought you'd know fol
IN awfully sorry. What
III be over this afternoon
{ boarder now, you know
? abashed Spectator gave al
cough, and the farmers wife
-rI conversation to an enc
& III"
Try sorry" explained the Spec
. lid not mean to listen.
aelp it," He glanced accus.
t. open doors.
mars wife regarded him kind,
ATS all right" she said,
e ~urprised. I'VE all listen.
Int you listen? l heard
-ls go up just then, when |
ing. There's lots of people
Anow about that chimney.
Of course
we're puzzled, and the Spec
-- doubtless were puzzled too.
Led when he got up to his
ralized, with a stir of pleas
uosSibility of charm in his
stigations.
3 days later the Spectator
ing far in among the hills.
of a grassy hollow, when
a lonely house; and at once,
-u his custom, he developed a
st. \ tall and angular mid
oman, with a serene, strong
..yt him from a wonderful
lumber of pink and blue
ator is fastidious about the
A,er, and prefers it from a
. but the tin dipper leads
ayard intercourse, whereas
mbler adorns the path of
courtesy. Therefore he
led and drank: then accept.
the shaded porch for a few
st.
rul situation you have" he
triy.
j IS, s'pose So" his hostess
sting a brief critical glance
c ng hill. Used to be purity
metimes.
~ the Spectator was be-
4 hopefully inquiring tone,
rs interrupted by a spasmodic
N the interior of the house.
Whir. Whir! The woman
rs 10 her feet, involHntarily,
iHlt: then remembered the
IAN interest which she had
. lbiu sight and touch in the
Z spectator, hesitated, wa
ament between the two at
I'd finally, to the Spectators
TX down in her chair again.
amy Perkins number" she
d. over in jerks hollow. |
Mis- Matthews is callin'
sre whether she's goin' to
less from the blue sample
They was talkin' about it
! got real interested"
Il be very pleasant for you to
-e-ephone come and put you
teh with your friends" the
marked, sympathetically.
Well" the woman con
tile wistfully. 81 wonder
eall them friends. | amt
YES on Jenny Perkins. We
ri of us get out very often.
IS if l did know her real
g nearin' her talk so much.
x right in before | knew it
Miss Perkins, you must re-
1t blue fades aWfully.' She
surprised, but she didn't
urube she's sort of a friend"
tator's heart was moved
1t the Woman's tone. Pm
nters are hard for you," he
her face frightened brave
r7phone makes such a lot of
you never would believe. l
l7eI sometimes Just buried
loW | can take down the re
time | want to, and be right
ist of things. Lots of winter
We don't do a thing, Silas and
r; there aud listen. We take
lstenin' and repeatin' to the
II we hear. Only sometimes
TO laughin' SO he can't talk
nd then | lose lots and I'm
yer did know anything like
ne Joe Parks and Susy Dale
10 get married. The bell there
n all day long. But there
convenient thing about it
son who was called didn't
r Hrst ring she couldn't be
all. for all the receivers were
lie line. l should think they'd
Oh not to make telephones
5 awful announcement. Once
En-. out in his masterful way,
you people, put up your re-
mt you, central, call again.!
was listening, too, then?"
tor inquired.
curse. Susy Dale is her
jrsldes, central takes an in
Is all. She's a real nice girl;
|tr name. She gives us the
eport and the correct time
at noon. We amt never
cur lives before just what
IS
rtator would have supposed,
hat he would find himself
'gusted as well as amused at
feyelation of the possibilities
-.ephones. But h e came down
a thoughtful mood which
with amusement, to be sure,
prompted him once or twice
t lay his hand on a telephone
eSpectful seriousness. Very
~ whole institution seemed,
y and brave and sweet, reach
raw little lonely lives every
K to their kind.
cToWded rush of the central
lot only the people we know
is, not only the words ad-