The Washington times., 1909-02-13
Should Have Machines At
taChed That Would
Give Change.
NICKEL IS LACKING
WHEN ONE is WANTED
Anne Tells of Her Trials and
Tribulahons Trying to
Send Message.

= The other night" said Anne. eft
was necessary that I telephone TO a
friend at once OF course, we have a
telephone in the housewife has not in
these days2-but it's a pay telephone.
and ] had no scent piece Outside it
was raining great guns and the wind
was bowling, and the nearest drug
store was eight blocks away. I know
this doesn't sound true. as drug stores
are so plentiful but il is
When I found there was no nickel
piece I'm my purse, I went to the matron
who keeps the boarding house in which
/ live and asked her II she could let
me have cents.
she said certainly she could. and
counted cut five pennies. bat after I
had explained. she took them back
and prOfessed TO be inc0nsoIabIe that
she could not accommodate me.
Just as / had finished my little talk
with her a masculine boarder passed
through the hall and 1 asked him IL he
could lend me cents.
He replied amably that the smallest
sum or money he had 10 his possession
was 5-dollar note, but that I could
have that and welcome
Naturally 7 refused so handsome a
loan and veutured TO inquire of the lady
from the second floor front. who was
seated in the draWing-room, II she
could, for the space of a few hours.
let me have d nickel in order that I
might telephone a very important mes
sage 10 a friend
SHE replied with some hauteur that
SIZE was from Kansas City No, and
bother with small pieces OF money.
ana she always gave all the nickels
thai came her way to the newsboys.
Begins to Grieve.
AT this i was faln 10 sit down on
tho lowest step and grieve InconsoIabIy,
bur just as ] had commenced this IN
terestuE experiment a nice chap came
down from his room to play bridge
with the kaus as City lady and some
other people in the parlor.
Now, he has never been formally
presented TO me, but We have sat In the
same dlnins-rOOm three times a day
for about six weeks running. and
1ell that that gave me liberty 20 adj
dress him.
Can you lend me a scent piece"
said !, without prologue.
Bless me- i hope So he responded,
and put his hand down in his trousers
pocket and brought forth "a handful OF
money lu that careless way men have.
I'm the handful were dollars. half
dollars, -5-ceEt pieces. lo-cent pieces and
pennies. But the small coin that i so
earnestly desired was not present.
BE- Perhaps IL YOU ask her, shell trust
you be said suddenly.
Who viii trust me, and for what?' I
aske stupidity.
" The telephone gsrl-for the nickel
' ON / exclaimed, and hope sprang
again In one human breast Then L
FASTENED 10 tie telephone and spoke 10
the operator i'm my most soothing aC-
cents ] explained the situation and
asked heE If III would not be possible 90
allow me TO telephone and pay her next
DAY l said If she liked / would open
charge account with the telephone com
pany and paw II at the end Of the month
for all the uickelz which ] had not had
wueu I wished 90 telephone.
No Credit.
We'll you might have thought ] had
asked the operator 10 aid and abeC me
ia committing AN assassination. she was
SO surprised and naughty My request,
she said, was most irregular. and she
would switch me on 10 Information
which she did uitA a great deal more
suddeuuess than she does usually when
J ask for that mysterious person
B.. Information said that she had new
er trusted any one for a uickeTs worth
OF conversation, and She never would.
so long as the world held.
while I was talking To her young
uaLIIu came through the hail and
stopped % inquire what was the matter.
When the young man and J. talking TO-
Eetler. had explained. sine said that bier
little son owed savings bank and I'm
that bank there must Dee o. nickel. and