The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-07-28
EYE, AND
By r. RAY BAKER

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&c. 1879. By Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.)
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-0r thought he |
was-was not the remarkable thing
about Roscoe's romance.
Here's the thing about 1t: One Of
the girls Ros-oe 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 find
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
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 friend
", 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-
WINGED that he loved her-or would
love her IL he had half chance. How
ever. he was quite the opposite Of
forwardness-not exactly timid or
bashful, but rather reserved. you
might say.
Voice started a year back. 1t was a
case of wrong number" The girl was
calling up a 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 a "fan" himself, and had the
scores at his tongues end, SO he fur
Inf
ton.
Then he took one Of the bodies
steps of his life. He told her he woult
give her the scores every day II sh'
would call him up; intact, he offeret
to call her, but she refused to give he
number. She accepted his invitation
and soon they became quite friendl.
in their telephone associations, whicl
at first dealt mainly with baseball
dope" but later widened their scop
to other subjects, although never dc
scending to the plane commonl
known as "kidding."
Roscoe fell in love with the voice
not in a silly way. but seriously. H
was a sentimental youth and the nov
city of the situation appealed to hin
Still, he was handicapped by his n
serve and could not muster the cou
age, or whatever the missing ingred
ent might be, to ask the girls name {
seek to meet her.
Thus matters stood when tw
months later he began meeting Eye:
and he went up In the air, so to spea
Eyes eyes were as beautiful to loo
upon as Voices voice was to hear. ar
he felt that either Of the girls wou
fit in with his ideas Of the ideal.
Roscoe was not a particularly han
some young man; still. he had his q
tractive features, one of which vi
his immaculate appearance, while b
features were clean-cut. and he had
couple of dimples that stamped hi
as having a genial disposition. Ye
1t was entirely possible for girl
get In love with Roscoe at first sigf
although he did not fiatter himself I
that score and did not suppose tn
Eyes gave him more than a passil
thought.
AS to Roscoe's voice, it had ton
that were pleasing enough; at lea
there was no harshness connect
with his speech. He realized. no
ever. that it possessed no entici
qualities, and he labored under no
lusions that Voice had fallen In 10
with him or was more interested tn
one enthusiastic baseball fan mig
be interested In another.
About the time Roscoe had decid
he cared the most for Eyes, possit
because she was more tangible tn
Voice. and perhaps because Of
fear that Voice might be quite the
posite of beautiful to look upon. a
maybe because Eyes seemed the mt
elusive, one Of his fellow work,
came to him with this discourage
information:
NJ found out who that girl in
red coat Is. Her names Pearl Dtxs
and she's In DearbOrn's office !
stairs. But you haven't chance. r
She's already In love with a fellt
1& no. chrvsn last NIGHT and