Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-12
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TELEPHONE GIRL HAD
TRIALS,-AND REWARDS
Chicago News:)

You've got a snap" said the cir
from Central If / had it as easy a
you | wouldn't make any holler No
on your life Even if you can't reat
more than three of four pages of
novel without being interrupted. Ant
the folks amt like the general public
N.Y. The way nine-tenths talk to you
is a fright Honest, it's no wonder
that a girl gets a crouch after She,
been on the job for a while. You
amt got no idea"
Maybe | amt" said the girl from
the private exchange. I'D like tt
know who was tellin' you that
though"
Well, you amt When I've got ;
party switched on to you he thinks
his troubles is all over. He dom
care so much if you do connect hin
with the wrong department He!
broke into the buildin', and that's
somethin' Then on the out calls, yol
know who's maxim 'em an they dom
dast to get too gay unless its one O.
the bosses. It's different with the
general public When they ring III
they've got the notion that there's
a fight on their hands an they're go
to make bluff strong enough tt
scare you right at the start. If yol
don't quite catch the number the
first time they boiler SOS you car
hear them, whether the lines work
in or not, if they amt more thar
two or three miles away. It's aw
full
Think I don't know anything abou
q know you don't. You've got t.
try il before you know It's Say
~hy don't you take the cotton out o.
your ears?'' ooh, | don't need Il
boiler, don't /? Well, | think | dc
to make you hear anything. Now
listen: | want numblety numblety
double mum mum. l want it quick
too, if you know what quick means
Come closer to the phone? Tn
right up aginst it now What do you
want me to do? Swallow it?"
It's fierce the way they do talk, >
said the girl from the private ex-
change.
You get used to it after a while
said Central. You can't do anything
about it, so you might as we'll It's
when they're decent that l get q
shock. There's one party that gives
me call two or three times a day
an he talks to me just like he would
to any other lady I'd like to get
Greenleaf 1886, if you please he said
Ii | tell him that the line is busy
he says Thank you Then he'll wait
couple of minutes before he rings
again, and says, I'll have to trou-
bic you to call Greenleaf 1886 again
if you don't mind Well, you bet
that man gets his number just as
soon as | can get it for him now. If
there's any trouble on the line [ don't
leave him to guess about it, either
l tell him when | get 'em I'll take
the trouble to do it,
Sure" said the other girl.
Il didn't at first" asid Central.
when he first gave me a call I
wasn't feeling any too good.
thought to myself, 'I'll see how long
you'll last with your if you please.
l thought that I'd have him crazy
inside of fifteen minutes. Did I?
Well, he was as sweet as pie. Thank
you very much for trying he says
I guess I'll have to give it up Hon
est, felt ashamed of myself
Maybe he likes your voice. sue-
gested the girl from the private ex-
change.
Don't you never think So said
Central. He knows my voice now.
anyway and there hasn't been one
time that he's tried to get gay. I'm
Central; l amt little one or ANYTHING
like that. There's lots of that kind.
but he's a gentleman, that's what he
IS. | just like his style"
What's his name?" asked the girl
from the private exchange.
How do you suppose l known
/ thought he might have made a
long distance
nothing.
DO you think he's married?"
No; he isn't married" replied Cen
tral, absent mindedly. AT least. !"
she added, as the other girl giggled.
I don't think he is. | don't see
what there is to laugh about
suppose he'd call up his wife some
time If he was, wouldn't he?"
How should I know?"
Well, he hasn't talked with any
woman over the phone since rye
known him, said Central I'll swear
to that"
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