The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-12
ESTABLISHED 1876

ally stopping to attend to such official
work as came up, and the further he
proceeded the more convinced l was
that he was masculine l, who was
supposed to be the man in the case,
made the effort of my life to make
love after the manner OF man.
"Eulalie," l said-this was the name
g1ven-'I do hope that shall be able
to see you when you come Though
we have never met my heart has gone
out to this girlish creature with whom
have been corresponding. So different
from US men. If the tenderness you
expressed over the wire has so affect
ed me when see you, hear your sweet
voice, look into your gentle eyes,
shall love you just too much for any
thing
please repeat those last words"
came over the wire.
1t occurred to me that "just too
much for anything" was not a mascus
line expression. bit my lip. Then.
instead of repeating the words, I said.
II shall love you q thousandfold."
noticed after this that for awhile BIZ
was very cautious In what he said ant
that several of his questions seemed Co
be framed with a view of drawing It
evidence of whether was feminine or
masculine. l must have parted them
successfully, for he resumed chatting
with me in the former vein and making.
love very nicely. Occasionally he
would forget his cue and do it as a
man would make love to woman. At
such times, confess, was much
pleased with him. defy any woman
to be Indifferent to virile yet delicate
expression of love. even by one she
doesn't see and over wire, and I
found myself listening to the song Of
the siren quite rapturously. Moreover,
| was well satisfied that 1 had lulled
completely his suspicious.
! occupied Johnny Brayton's place at
the station at intervals for a week and
fortunately made no blunders in off,
ciaI work. One day / told Eulalie that
Johnny had so far recovered that /
expected to be in constant attendance
at my Office and asked when she he)
would make her proposed visit to L.
He appointed day at II noon when
he would appear at the station. I
asked her to describe herself so I
would know her. and she said she
would wear a bit of blue ribbon in her
corsage. l kept the whole matter a
secret from Johnny that might enjoy
the scene between the two when they
should meet But at the appointed day
and hour / asked Johnny to go on an
errand and took his place in the ticket
office. At IL noon exactly a nice look
ing young man, with blue ribbon in
his buttonhole, entered the station and
came up to the window On seeing a
woman rise to meet him his counte-
nance fell. AS soon as he recovered
himself he improvised a question as to
when the next train would pass going
west Controlling my features. re-
Piled and asked him If he wished a
ticket He said he was expecting a
friend on the train. Then he started
to leave the station. He was passing
out of the door when with pencil
raped Johnny's call for his sweet
heart on the board on which tickets
were passed He turned quickly and
saw me laughing at him.
"Are you
"Oh. yes, I'm Johnny, or, rather, his
substitute. I presume you are Eula-
he."
"You vixenT
He came up to the window with an
expression of shamefaced, pleased sur
prise.
Johnny was Ill lately" said, land
took his place In the Office. He asked
me not to give him away If you called
me up, and didn't. / discovered that
you were footing him and turned the
tables on you"
THANK you very much 1 am the
gamer by your having done So"
There was admiration in every fea-
ture Of his face as he said this, and
did the proper thing for a woman to
DO under the circumstances-I lowered
my eyes.
The rest Of the incident is a love
story so like all other love stories that
its telling would be mere repetition.
Besides, 1t would not be considered be-
coming In an elderly woman whose
eldest son is twenty-five years old