The Tomahawk., 1920-05-27
EYES AND
VOICE.
Nv r. RAY BAKER

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Roscoe Bates was one Of the points
of the aueerest love triangle on rec
ord. At least Roscoe had never heard
of it's 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 dls-
putting that. The fact that he was in
love with two girls-or thought ne
was-was not the remarkable thing
about Rosc0e's romance.
Here's the thing about it: one OF
the girls Roscoe had never seen ana
the other he had never heard speak {;
and he could not tell which of the two
was the more desirable. AS for that
though, it looked hopeless for him III
either case.
Roscoe was better acquainted with
"Xoice" than with Eyes" In fact, ne
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
desk, and he had not been able to ind
one among his fellow workers VINO
knew any of the girls associates.
Eyes had smiled at him when he
met her on the stairway for the first
time some ten months ago; and subse-
Quently when he met her, which was
frequently, she had greeted him the
same way. But it was just a friend
ly. cOmradely smile-not the invita-
ton rehabilitation kind-and he was
gratified it was that way. Roscoe had
liked the girl from the start, and dur
ing the months he saw her come ana
60 from the building he became con-
WINGED that he loved her-or would
love her If he had half a chance. How
ever, he was quite the opposite or
forwardness-not exactly timid or
bashful, but rather reserved, you
might say.
RoscOe's acQuaintanceship with
Voice started a year back. It was
case Of "wrong number" The girl was
calling up newspaper office to get
the baseball scores-for it developed
she was "fan'-and had become con-
nected with Roscoe's desk instead. He
was a "fan" himself, and had the
scores at his tongues end, so he fur
nished her with the desired informa-
ton.
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 a silly way, but seriously. He
was sentimental youth and the nov
city Of the situation appealed to him.
Still, he vas handicapped by his re-
serve and could not muster the cour-
age. or whatever the missing ingredi-
ent might be, to ask the girls name or
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 look
upon as Voices voice was to hear, and
he felt that either of the girls would
fit in with his ideas OF the ideal.
Roscoe was not a particularly hand
some young man; still, he had his at
tractiye features, one of which was
his immaculate appearance, while his
features were clean-cut, and he had
couple of dimples that stamped him
as having a genial disposition. Yes,
It was entirely possible for girl to
get in love with Roscoe at first sight,
although he did not flatter himself on
that score and did not suppose that
Ewes gave him more than a passing
thought.
As to Roscoe's voice, it had tones
that were pleasing enough; at least,
there was no harshness connected
,, with his speech. He realized, how
ever. that it possessed no enticing
qualities, and he labored under no de-
luslons that Voice had fallen in love
with him or was more interested than
one enthusiastic baseball fan might
he interested in another.
About the time Roscoe had decided
he cared the most for Eyes, possibly
because she was more tangible than
Voice, and perhaps because of his
fear that Voice might be quite the op-
posite of beautiful to look upon, and
maybe because Eyes seemed the more
elusive, one of his fellow workers
came to him with this discouraging
information:
II found out who that girl in the
rec coat is. f1er names Pearl Dfxson
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