The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-08
EYES AND
VOICE
By r. RAY BAKER

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Roscoe Bates was one of the points
of the queerest love triangle on rec
ord. At least Roscoe had never heard
of its equal.
He was In love with two young
women. Nothing remarkable about
that, you will say; it's more often
that way than not. There's no dis
putting that. The fact that he was In
love with two girls-or thought he
was-was not the remarkable thing
about Roscoe's romance.
Here's the thing about 1t: One of
the girls Roscoe had never seen and
the other he had never heard speak
and he could not tell which of the two
was the more desirable. AS for that,
though, 1t looked hopeless for him in
either case.
Roscoe was better acquainted with
"voice" than with eyes" In fact, he
did not know Eyes at all. Voice. OF
course, was the one he talked with
over the phone, and Eyes was the one
that worked In the same building with
him. He had tried in various ways to
meet her. but unfortunately the girl
was employed In an office entirely sep
arate from the one In which he had a
desk, and he had not been able to ind
one among his fellow workers who
knew any of the girls associates.
Eyes had smiled at him when he
met her on the stairway for the first
thOa
quently when he met her. which was
frequently, she had greeted him the
same way. But 1t was just a friend
ly, comradely smile-not the invita-
tiOn-to-a- filtration kind-and he was
gratified 1t was that way. Roscoe had
liked the girl from the start, and dur
ing the months he saw her come and
go from the building he became con-
vinced that he loved her-or would
love her If he had half chance. How
ever, he was quite the opposite of
forwardness-not exactly timid or
bashful, but rather reserved. you
might say.
Roscoe's acqualntanceship with
Voice started year back. 1t was a
case of "wrong number" The girl was
calling up n newspaper Office to get
the baseball scores-for 1t developed
she was "fan"-and had become con-
nected with Roscoe's desk instead. He
was "fan" hinlself, and had the
scores at his tongues end, so he fur
nished her with the desired informa-
tion.
Then he took one of the boldest
steps of his life. He told her he would
give her the scores every day If she
would call him up; in fact, he offered
TO call her. but she refused to give her
number. She accepted his invitation
and soon they became quite friendly
in their telephone associations, which
at first dealt mainly with baseball
''dope," but later widened their scope
to other subjects, although never de
scending to the plane commonly
known as Kidding"
Roscoe fell In love with the voice
not in silly way, but seriously. He
was a sentimental youth and the nov
city of the situation appealed to him
Still, he was handicapped by his re
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age. or whatever the missing ingredi
ent might be, to ask the girls name oil
seek to meet her.
Thus matters stood when two
months later he began meeting Eyes
and he went up In the air. so to speak
Eyes eyes were as beautiful to lool
upon as Voices voice was to hear. anC
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fit in with his ideas Of the Ideal.
Roscoe was not particularly hand
some young man; still. he had his at
tractive features, one of which wa
his immaculate appearance, while hi
features were clean-cut, and he had
couple of dimples that stamped hin
as having a genial disposition. Yes
1t was entirely possible for girl Il
get In love with Roscoe at first sight
although he did not fiatter himself OF
that score and did not suppose tina
Eyes gave him more than q passln
thought.
As to Roscoe's voice, II had tone
that were pleasing enough; at least
there was no harshness connects
WIN MS speech. ne reah1eu' ho"
ever, that 1t possessed no enticin
qualities. and he labored under no dc
iusions that Voice had fallen In Low
with him or was more interested tina
one enthusiastic baseball fan Nigh
be interested I'm another.
About the time Roscoe had decide
he cared the most for Eyes, posslbl
because she was more tangible tina
Voice. and perhaps because of hi
fear that Voice might be quite the OF
poslte of beautiful to look upon, an
maybe because Eyes seemed the NOR
elusive. one of his fellow worker
came to him with this discouragin
information:
81 found out who that girl In III