The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-27
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Eyes and Voice.
By p. RAW sskE

tx points of the quecrest love tri
angle on record. At least Roscoe
mad 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 dlsputing
that. The fact that he was in love with
Two girls-or thought he was-was
not the remarkable thing about RIOS
GOES romance.
Here's the thing about IT: One OF
the girls Roscoe had never seen and
the other he had never heard speak;
ana 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
voices" than with eyes" In fac.
he did not know Eyes at all. Voice, or
course, was the one he talked with
over the phone, and Eyes was the one
mat 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
separate from the one in which he
had desk, and he had not been able
3 70, r'ta nrs among his fellow workers
VINO knew any OF the girls associates.
Eyes had smiled al him when he
met her on tho stairway for the first
time some ten months ago; and sub.
sequenuy when he met her, which was
frequently, she had greeted him, the
same way. But II was Just a friendly.
comradely smile-not the invitation.to.
as.,tiIrtation Rtnd-and he was gratIfied
~ was that way. Roscoe had liked the
girl from the start, and during the
months ne saw her come and go from
tns Dullding he became convinced that
ne loved her-or would love her If
ne mad half a chance. However, he
was quite the opposite OF forwardness
not exactly timid or bashfuI, Int
rather reserved, you might saw Uu'
hoscoe's acquaintanceship with
voice started n year back. it was a
caSe OF wrong number. f" The girl was
tI lg up a newspaper office to get
me baseball scores-for It developed
sae was .fan"-and had become
He was "fan" himself. and had the
scorrJ at his tongues end, so he
nation. N''ti Gu iiiiof-
Then he took one of the boldest
sGeps OF his life. He told her he would
i've her the scores every day If She
ou ua1, can him up; in fact, he offered
nnmha a ners put she refused TO give her
.lI nper. she accepted his invitation
sna soon they became quite friendly
tnelr telephone association. which
s ~, nrst deaJt mainly with baseball
aope, but later widened their scoDe
20 oLIner subjects, although never de.
sr enuIng TO- the plane commonly
Roscoe fell in love with tho voico
not In silly way. but seriously Ue
was sentimental youth and The nov.
siIy OF the situation appealed 10 him
stu, he was handicapped bv his rc.
4 serve and could not muster the corr.
sgs, or whatever the missing ingrcdi.
IN IL 4.
seek to meet her VI
mus matters stood when two
mouths later he began meeting Ewes
ano ne went UP In the air, so 10 sneait
Eyes eyes were as beautiful to IoOK
upon as Voices voice WAS to hear. and
e.s isle tnat either OF the girls would
~ IN with his ideas os the idenI
roscoe was not particularly hand.
some young man; still. he had his az;
sractlVe features, ore c; which was hi,
Immaculate appearance. while his fen.
lures We're clear-cut. and hn had n
couple OF dimples that stamped him as.
having genial disposition. Yes. If
was entirely possible for a cirl IN Got ~
N ioye with Roscoe at first sight, al.
tnough he did not flatter himself ON
mat score and did not suppose that
Z thought. P''s
!, As to Roscoe's voice, It had tones
mat were pleasing enough: at least
there was no harshness connected with
MS speech. FIe realtEeG, however. that
possessed no enticirg qualities, ann
ne labored under &c decisions thai
voice had fallen in love with him or
was moro interested, than one enthu.
ed In another
About the time Roscoe had decided
ne cared the most for Eyes, possibly
because sne was moro tangible than
voice, and perhaps because OF his fear
that Voice might be quite the oppo-
maybe because Eyes seemed the more
elusive, one OF his fellow workers
came to him with this discouragfnc
information:
u have found out who that girl in
me red coat is. Her names Pearl
plHsoh anq she's in Dearborn's office
upstairs. But you haven't a chance,
KOS. Shes already in love with a
Fellow; met her chum last night, and
: she told me So"
Roscoe was diheartened. but bright.
ened up when he learned that the next
sIternoon-was TO be half holiday and
he would have his first opportunity
OF the season to witness a baseball
game.
Roscoe owned a small roadster
which had not yet passed the crank.
Ing stage, and in this he motored 10
.f TIC DoLl 81 JULIUS. me game was so
exciting that he forgot. about his love
affairs, and after its termination he
fingered to discuss with an umpire
with whom he was acquainted a tech.
Meal point on ruling that had arisen
during the diamond conflict.
When Roscoe left the grounds the
crowds had vanished. all except a girl
in red coat, who stood outside the
gate looking about as though in
search Of some one. She was Eyes,
and she smiled with them when she
saw Roscoe.
Roscoe's heart beat violently as he
approached her, amazed at his own
temertty, lifted his hat and inquired:
Can be of service?"
u don't know" she replied. I'm
: looking for my aunt. We got separat.
cd in the crowd and I'm afraid she's
taken the trolley car thinking / also
was on It, and there isn't another car
for half an hour"
IN be glad to escort you home In
my-my alleged automobile"
I'll be equally glad to ride in 1t, l
assure you" she told him sweetly.
Soon they were buzzing along the