The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-15
A Wireless LOvemaking.
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Kimball, aged thirteen, is her best
friend. Frank lives half mile down
the road from Hester's. Franks fad
Is electrical knicl<knacks, Of which his
little bedroom is full You can't get
into It without ringing an electric bell.
Franks latest acquisition is one Of
those new short distance wireless tele-
graphic machines. He has it rugged in
q lounging space on the top of the
house, where there are chairs, a table
and q wicker sofa, all under an avn
ing. He has learned to send messages
to Hester Temple, half mile up the
road, who also has n machine-hc put
1t up for her-and she replies to them.
MY automobile will be here next
week. Father says so It's a dandy"
Frank telegraphs. "What lovely rides
we shall have" Hester replies. 1--WE
can run away together" And get
married. Won't It be splendid?" "How
old will you be when I'm twenty-oneT
"I'll be twenty-eight." That won't be
so much difference as there is now,
will it?" No, it won't be very much"
est In the matter.
One fine summers day recently
Franks grownup cousin, Clarence Dav-
enport, an electrical engneer-science
runs in the family-came TO his uncles
to spend his two weeks vacation. In
the morning he went up on TO o'the roof
TO lounge and smoke. The first thing
that caught his eye was the wireless
machine. lie went up to It and ratified
the key a bit. In moment there came
! message. as that you, dear bOyY
Davenport replied that IL was. 81 un-
derstand that your cousin has come up
from the city" Gle has" as he
nice" "Nlce doesn't express It; he's n
| Jim dandy" Handsome" "A per.
feet Apollyon." whats that?" I
mean Apollo" "Ohw "How long Is
he going to stay" 1.-TWO weeks. What
makes you take so much interest in
hlm?" "Don't be jealous, dear; l won't
| desert you for any one else" There
was pause. Clarence, who wondered
as to the age of Franks sweetheart,
asked. "Whats your birthday?' "Why
| do you ask?' 1--WE got n present for
YOU" "Ncxt December" Glow old?"
Twenty one" "Do you know what
I'm going to do?" "What" I'm go-
Ing TO marry you before that next birth
day" If it had been a telephone in
stead of telegraph Clarence DavCn-
port would have heard a merry laugh.
What he did hear was, "Vcry well; I'm
agreeable" "Is it promise| Ger
tain, sure" "See that you don't so
back on It,"
Frank" said Clarence little later
chow would you like to go to the city
and spend a week or so with your
aunt?'
"And go to the shows and such
things"
Eyes"
I'D like II bully"
The next day Frank was sent tC
town. Before leaving he tried to say
goodby to Hester, but there was q
connection I'm his machine missing, and
he failed. After he had gone Clarence
called up Hester and cOnversed will
her for an hour personating Frank
he told her that his Cousin Clarence
was regular crackerjack. Clarence
was going to take him TO the city ant
show him all the sights. Hester tOlt
her correspondent TO be sure not Il
go without saying goodby, whereupor
Clarence asked her il she would give
him parting kiss. Hester replied tina
she never kissed boys after they wer,
thirteen, and he being thirteen and ;
half she must decline. But he pleaded
hard, and she promised to give hin
just little bit of n one.
Every morning for ten days Clarenc,
called up his correspondent. She ask
ed him why he never came over to se
her, and he always had good excuse
Finally he told her he was about TO =
TO town with Cousin Clarence ant
would go over the next afternoon I,
claim that parting kiss. At the tim
appointed after glance at the miro
he strolled up the road. On reaching
the Temple home he sent up his car
TO Hester. She came down somewha
surprised Mt seeing him instead o
Frank. He said that he had intende
to give himself the pleasure of callin
before, but had been resting.
"And where is FrankI" she asked
"Frank went to the city nearly tw
weeks ago"
"You must he mistaken. He ha
been talking with me by wireless ever
day"
I'm sure he has not been at hom
for ten days"
The lady looked puzzled.
POSSIBLY" said Clarence, "you ma
have a friend in the spirit world or !
the flesh who has been talking TO you,
Hester looked half frightened an
, blushed.
"Have you promised him anythingi
Hester blushed some more.
"a kiss?"
She REDEEMED like rose.
"To marry him?"
, Her face grew positively scarlet,
"Heaven grant that you have not
: ghost lover who has been talking
. | you through the ethereal blue and VIII
will carry You off to spirit land"
, Suddenly an idea came to her. III
eyes snapped ominously. Then 81
turned, Juno-lille, and swept out of I'll