Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-06-05
By Telephone
By OSCAR cox

to hear 1t. I've called you up to ask II
| you think I'd better trim my new pink
silk with lace or some other material
| Satin? Think that would look we'll
\ Lighter or darker shade? Oh. a con-
| trasting color. Maybe you're right
| Yes, / can call around and talk II over
with you. Four o'clockl can't do
that. I'm engaged
Interruption In a mans voice: "Drat
these party wiresl Girls. can't you
settle the matter and have done with
it7 There's a man here met with an
accident and bleeding to DEATH"
Miss Mary Arnold gets the wire:
'fDid you hear that horrid man who In.
terrupted you Just at the moment when
you were telling me Of your engage
ment? Robinson7 What Robinsoni
Obi He's connected with Robinson's
department store. You haven't given
me the name Of your f'ance. Speak q
little louder. Everything you say Il
twisted In with everything else you
say. and l can't hear any Of It on &C
count of that horrid huzzing. Loudeni
oh. his names Louden. is it?''
interruption In q mans voice: Ia
dies. permit me to announce to you
that the man for whom | wished to
call doctor Is dead While you were
INDUCING In your stupid talk he bled
to deathg'
A voice: who's bled to death?'
Another voice: 81 wish II We're that
coufounded Loudel those two gossip.
ing girls were talking about"
Miss Mary Arnold speaks with Doro-
thy Twinkle.
rs that you. Doll? Yes? Piaineri
Can you hear me nowf All right
Have you heard OF the dreadful trouble
that has come upon poor Helen Sping-
ler7 Nor It's perfectly dreadful She
recently became engaged to a Mr..
Louden or Louding or some such
name, and they hadn't been engaged
but a short time when he met with an
accident Cut an artery or something
and
Central Central. Central, Can't
you call OF those long winded womeni
I'm due 10 catch train at o'clock
and must get a cab and reach the sta
ton all within twenty minutes"
Miss Dorothy Twinkle TO Sadie Good
rich. "oh. Sadiel Have you heard
what has happened TO Eliot Loudeni
No? He is deadS Not red-dead Bledi
Yes; he bled TO death. And just after
his engagement TO that pretty Helen
Spingler. Isn't II awfull Yes, the
one your brother George has been at
tentive to. supposed 1t would be
match. Is George very much cut upi
Hasn't heard what--the engagement
or the ACCIDENT Well. 1 never
A cutoff.
George Goodrich Is called by his sis.
ter and comes to the phone. Please
give me 36S4 Yves. 1854 w. Twin
kle is the name. No. not Wrinkle
Twinkle Neither Wrinkle nor Wrinkle.
but Twinkle. oh. never mind the
name Give me the number.
rs that you Miss Twinkle7 Yesi
Sadie was talking with you about
something dreadful that has happened
when she was cut Of. Would you
mind telling me the particularsi Thank
you" Listens for some time tntentiy.
You say that Louden bled to death
before doctor could reach him7 Two
brutal men monopolized the wire7
Wouldn't they give IT up to save a
hfe7 The monstersl How does Helen
Spingler take It? Inconsolable7 Umphl
wouldn't trust her. She'll have an
other fellow before the years out
She's fickle as the wind"
Helen Spingler speaks to Mary Ar
mold: MARY. why didn't you meet me
yesterday at Robinson'sf l was there
promptly and waited an hour by the
glove counter. Didn't expect met
You mean You didn't hear the time
and place Of the appointment What
calamity? Louden7 Who's hei My
fiance bled to deathl What are you
giving meY' Listens for some min-
utes "Merciful goodnessi And all
this grew out Of my asking you to
speak louder and that horrid man
butting ini Just think Of it! All over
town. Do try to stop It By the bye.
I've settled on the trimming for my
dress. I've decided on lace. What
kindf Oh. some mother brought from
Brussels! Very expensive. She brought
1t In when they used to pay the In.
spectors IS and get all the trunks pass
ed free Goodby. Be sure to correct
that ridiculous story about my engage
ment and the rest Of it"
"Of course ! will What miserable
things these party wires are. Just a.
one settles for a nice little morning
chat with a friend some one who has
. toothache must telephone his dentist.
Sometimes he gets the wire: sometimes
be doesn't Then another person win
wildly call on bis butcher for a dinner
that has been delivered at the wrong
house and party Of guests waiting.
How unreasonable people are When
any one else has the phone | am per
fectiy willing to wait till he gets
through. Not she gets through-he-