Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1920-09-03
EYES AND
VOICE
By r. RAY BAKER


&C. 1890. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
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 girIs-or thought he
was-was o the remarkable thing
about RoscOe's romance.
Here's the thing about It: One of
the girls Roscoe had never seer and
the other he had never heard speak {;
and he could moi tell which Of the two
was the more desirable. AS for that,
though, 1t looked hopeless for him in
either case.
Roscoe vas better acquainted with
"Voice" 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 q
desk, and he had not been able to find
u 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
time some ten months ago; and subse-
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-
Characterization kind-and he was
gratified 1t was that way. Roscoe had
liked the girl from the start, and dur
Ing h months he saw her come and
60 from the building he became con-
vinced that he loved her-or would
love her If he had half a chance. How
ever, he was quite the opposite Of
forwardness-not exactly timid or
bashful, but rather reserved. you
might say.
Roscoe's acquaintanceship with
Voice started a year back. 1t was q
case Of wrong number" The giri was
calling up a newspaper Office to get
the baseball scores-for It developed
she was a "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 a sentimental youth and the nov
city Of the ~situatlon appealed to him.
Still, he was handicapped by his re-
serve n 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 were as beautiful to look
upon as Voices voice was to hear, and
ne felt that either of the girls would
In with his Ideas Of the ideal.
Roscoe was not a particularly hand.
young man still, he had his at
tractive features, one of which was
his immaculate appearance, while his
were clean-cut, and he had a
couple Of dimples that stamped him
having a genial disposition. Yes,
It was entirely possible for a girl to
loNV Win NUSCOe Ut uTSt Slgnt,
although he did not fiatter himself on
that score and did not suppose that
Eyes gave him more than a passing
AS to Roscoe's voice, It had tones
hat were pleasing enough at least,
there was no h%arshness connected
his speech. He realized, how
ever, that 1t possessed no entlcfng
qualities, and he lahOred under no de-
'usions that Voice had fallen In love
him or was more interested than
enthusiastic baseball fan might
interested in another.
About the time Roscoe had decided
cared the most for Eyes, possibly
)ecause she was more tangible than
Voice, and perhaps because of his
ear that Voice might be quite the op-
oosite of beautiful to look upon. and
maybe because Eyes seemed the more
n Of his fellow workers
to him with this d~lscouracinp
Information:
u found out who that girl in the
ed coat Is. Her names Pearl Dixson
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