MORNING ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1912.
I He Was Fooled I
t But He Rather Enjoyed It
i By JANE C. SCARBOROUGH
When I was a girl, having to earn
my own living I decided for teleg
raphy." There wasn't so much type
writing done at that time as there is
now, or perhaps I should have 'gone
into that. I'm glad there wasn't, for
a telegrapher's position such as I se
cured after I had learned to be an
operator was much pleasanter and
easier than hammering a typewriter.
I was located in a small town in a
railroad station. I had nothing to do
with the railroad telegraphing. 1 only
sent and received messages for the
public.
The station agent nt where 1
was employed, had his own instru
ment in the ticket olHoe. I being at the
other end of the station. He was a
volatile sort of fellow, but kind heart
ed and obliging. He did me a great
many favors in one way or anoth
er, on one' occasion when I was ill
attending to my duties in addition to
his own for several weeks. There
was a great deal of flirting going on
over the wires between the men and
women operators and Johnny Brayton
was doing his full share of it. He had
several girl operators "on a string," as
he called it, whom he had never seen
and would often entertain me by re
counting the conversations he had
with them over the wire.
One morning he came down to the
station looking very ill. I told him
that he should be at home instead of
at work and he replied that some one
must be in hi3 office to signal trains
or there would a terrible confusion
and an accident might lie the result.
However, about 10 o'clock in the
morning most of the trains had passed
and the road in our section would be
comparatively deserted till 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. I persuaded Johnny
to go home till then and he felt so
bad that he finally consented, since
EE TURNED QUIOKLT ANI SAW MB LAUGH
ING AT HIM.
I could hear the clicking of his instru
ment from my booth and vice versa.
After giving me instructions to last
me till his return in the afternoon he
was about to leave when he paused
and said:
"If any of my girls call me up don't
say I'm not at my instrument It
might get me into trouble."
"What shall I say?" I asked.
"Oh, say 'He's very busy just now;
I'll call you later,' or something like
that"
He was too ill to say any more, and I
didn't detain him further. There was
but little doing in my department so I
took some embroidery I kept for dull
hours and sat with it in the ticket of
fice. I had often relieved Johnny for a
half hour or so selling tickets, and for
tunately on this occasion I had nothing
else to do in his behalf. As for stand
ing off the lady operators with whom
he had been involved. I had only to at
tend to one. About an hour after he
had left me I heard a suspicious call,
something unusual. Fancying it might
be from one of Johnny's girls and pre
suming that Johnny in replying simply
repeated it I answered it in that way,
whereupon I beard nothing further. I
sent a messenger boy to Johnny to ask
the reply to the call, and he sent it to
me, suggesting that I say that he was
out to lunch when the call came. I did
so, and the lady said over the wire that
she was intending to visit L. and would
be pleased to have Johnny call on her.
But her aunt, with whom she would be
only for a few hours, was very prudish
and suspicious, and perhaps she had
better see Johnny in hi3 office. I asked
her in Johnny's name whn she intend
ed coming to L. that I might be sure
to be in the office. She said that she
might come the next day. To this 1
replied that I (Johnny) was feeling
badly and might at any moment have
to put a substitute in my place, re
maining at home myself. Her answer
to this was that she could make her
visit whenever she liked and would fie
fer it till I should inform her that I
was well and on duty regularly since
It might be ery embarrassing to give
herself away to a substitute. She
seemed very solicitous about Johnny's
health, though I mnldn't understand
how she could reall.v lie anxious in tnt
case of 'a man she had never seen. She
seemed inclined to keep up the conver
sation, and I feared that if I tried to
shut her off she might suspect that
some one was telegraphing in Johnny's
place, so I let her go on, occasionally
taking the initiative myself. She said
that she was having alinos nothing to
do, and time hung heavy' on her hands.
I asked why she 'didn'jt have some
needlework in her office, as 1 had seen
woman operators do to occupy theii
leisure hours. In reply she asked me
i what kind of work I had seen them do,
! and I suggested hemstitching. She
; said she had done some of that and
wished to do more, but she couldn't get
any worsted.
! Worsted! What kind of a girl was
i this who supposed that hemstitching
j was done with worsted? Then it
flashed upon me that Johnny's girl was
I a man. Some young fellow was amus.
inc himself at Johnny's expense. While
I would be reluctant to play a part in
' the case of a woman. I had no qualms
! of conscience in fighting this man
i with his own weapons. Johnny was
I my friend, and I didn't propose to see
I him fooled.
) "I thought," was my next move,
"that hemstitching was done with
j thread."
j "Is that so? On what materia!?"
"Oh, some white stuff. Linen. 1 sup
i pose. Being a man I don't, know
j much about such things."
i "And I, though a woman, have never
i been taught them. All my time has
been given to telegraphic work."
This rejoinder didn't serve to change
my opinion that Johnny's ladylove
was a man, and I was not unwilling
that he should be duped instead of
Johnny. I let him talk on, occasion
ally stopping to attend to such official
work as came up, and the further he
proceeded the more convinced 1 was
that' he was masculine. I, who was
supposed to be the man in the case,
made the effort of my life to make
love after the manner of a man.
"Eulalie," I said this was the name
given "I do hope that I shall be able
to see you when you come. Tnough
we have never met my heart has gone
out to this girlish creature with whom
I have been corresponding. So different
from us men. If the tenderness you
expressed over the wire has so affect
ed me when I see you. hear your sweet
voice, look into your gentle eyes, 1
shall love you just too much for any
thing." "Please repeat those last words,"
came over the wire.
It occurred to me that "just too
much for anything" was not a mascu
line expression. I bit my lip. Then,
instead of repeating the words, 1 said.
"I shall love you a thousandfold."
I noticed after this that for awhile he,
was very cautious in what he said and
that several of his questions seemed to
be framed with a view of drawing out
evidence of whether I was feminine or
masculine. I must have parried them
successfully, for he resumed chatting
with me in the former vein and making
love very nicely. Occasionally he
would forget his cue and do it as a
man would make love to a woman. At
such times, I confess, I was much
pleased with him. I defy any woman
to be indifferent to a virile yet delicate
expression of love, even by one she
doesn't see and over a wire, and I
found myself listening to the song of
the siren quite rapturously. Moreover,
I was well satisfied that I had lulled
completely his suspicions.
I occupied Johnny Brayton's place at
the station at intervals for a week and
fortunately made no blunders in offi
cial work. One day I told Eulalie that
I (Johnny) had so far recovered that I
expected to be in constant attendance
at my office and asked when she (he)
would make her proposed visit to L.
He appointed a day at 12 noon when
he would Appear at the station. I.i
asked her to describe herself so I
would know her, and she said she
would wear a bit of blue ribbon in her
corsage. I kept the whole matter a
secret from Johnny that I might enjoy
the scene between the two when they
should meet But at the appointed day
and hour I asked Johnny to go on an
errand and took his place in the ticket
office. At 12 noon exactly a nice look
ing young man, with a blue ribbon in
his buttonhole, entered the station and
came up to the window. On seeing a
woman rise to meet him his counte
nance fell. As soon as he recovered
himself he improvised a question as to
when the next train would pass going
west Controlling my features, I re
plied and asked him if he wished a
ticket He said he was expecting a
friend on the train. Then he started
to leave the station. He was passing
out of the door when with a pencil I
rapped Johnny's call for his sweet
heart on the board on which tickets
were passed. He turned quickly and
saw me laughing at him.
"Are you"
"Qh, yes, I'm Johnny, or, ratherchis
substitute. I presume you are Eula
lie." V,
"You vixen!"
He came up to the window with an
expression of shamefaced, plepsed sur
prise. "Johnny was ill lately," I said, "and I
took his place in the office. He asked
me not to give him away if you called
me up, and I didn't. I discovered that
you were fooUng him and turned the
tables on you." -
"Thank you very much. 1 am the
gainer by your having done so."
There was admiration in every fea
ture of his face as he said this, and I
did the proper thing for a woman to
do under the circumstances I lowered
my eyes.
The rest of the incident is a love
story so like all other love stories that
Its telling would be mere repetition.
Besides, It would not be considered be
coming in an elderly woman whose
eldest son is twenty-five years old.
HONESTY.
Let honesty be the breath of thy
soul and never forget to have a
penny when all expenses are paid.
Then shall thou reach the point of
happiness, and independence be
thy shield, thy helmet and crown ;
then shall thy soul walk upright nor
stoop fo the silken wretch because
he hath riches nor pocket an abuse
because the hand which offers it
wears diamonds. Franklin.
Not Likely.
Mrs. Morton (angrily) Tommy Hor
ton. what made you hit my little
Johnny? Tommy Horton He struck
me with a brick. Mrs. Morton (more
angrily-Well. never let me hear of
your hitting him again. If he hits you.
you come and tell me. Tommy Horton
(sneeringly) Yes: and what wouldyou
do? Mrs. Morton Why, I'd whip him.
Tommy Horton (in disgust) What!
He hits me with a brick and you have
the fun of licking him for it? Not
much! London Answers.
THE C6NVICT
His heart wasn't bad;
He was just a farm lad,
Wanting some money to take Cynthia
Bell
To the circus at Oroville,
So the boy. fell.;
He blackened his soul,
For he stole, yes he stole,
A set oi harness; he th'ot he could
get
(Enough for the circus)
Three dollars for it.
"This is burglary,
In the first degree,"
Said the court of justice; the noble
judge then
Gave an untutored boy
"Twelve years in the 'Pen' ' "
Twelve years prison blight!
O God is it right
That one man holds such power for
unmaking of men
To ruin young manhood
By years in the "Pen''?
When the' boy gets out,
Will he "face right about,"
And live a clean life, tho' branded a
"Con,"
With a start of five dollars.
And the clothes he has on?
The above incident occurred in Cal
ifornia and may be found related in
Donald Lowrie's story My Life in
Prison. Is it an unusual case of the
punishment exceeding . the crime?
According to the Evening Telegram of
November 9, 1912, Judge McGinn on
that day sentenced William Wilson
to life imprisonment for holding up
and robbing a grocer of $27.
' MARY NEWTON BADGER.
BILLIARD INVADER FRQIY! AFAR
Koji Yamada, Japanese Expert, Will
Compete In New York Tourney.
Koji Yamada. the Japanese expert,
will play in the 18.2 balk line ehainpioji
ship tournament which will begin in
New York Nov. 11. Mr. Yamada is the
only foreigner in the tournament and
also probably the youngest of the eight
entries. He is only twenty-four years
old and has been playing billiards only
five years, but his performances have
been excellent, and good judges who
have seen him in action think the Nip
ponese crack stands as good a chance
as anybody of winning first prize
The Japanese player learned the balk
line game in Germany. He played
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KOJI YAMADA, JAPANESE BFLLIAKD EX
PERT. against Adorjan, Kerkau. Poeusgen
and Cassignol in Berlin and made an
average of 25 for 2,000 points at 18.2.
"My father," said Yamada recently,
"has a billiard room and restaurant in
Tokyo, and I learned the game there,
but on small tables with big balls and
with four balls on the table. They
don't play the three ball game there,
although a good deal of billiards is
played in Japan. I've been playing
about five years, balk line for the last
two years only, not taking up balk line
until going to Berlin."
Yamada will be not only the young
est and the foreignest but the smallest
player in the tourney. He is only five
feet two and one-half Inches. He
brought with him three cues, very or
nate affairs, but none the le'ss capable
of coaxing points from the ivory.
'LEFTY" FLYNN A SENSATION.
Yale Back Field Star Is Talk of Foot
ball World This Season.
The immense promise of "Lefty"
Flynn, Yale's star halfback, as a scor
ing power for Yale becomes more and
more evident as the big games draw
near, and if his faulty technique, his
punt muffing, his missed signals and bis
fumbles can be checked and cured he
gives promise of proving the most re
markable character on the American
gridiron this season. He has- been
known as "Lefty." but his correct name
is Maurice Flynn. His home is in New
York, and he was prominent in gram
mar school sports in New York city for
two or three years. He finally went to
the Pawling school, where Tad Jones
took him in hand, and he became a re
markable interscholasrJc athlete. He
went to Yale a year ago and, although
he was barred from taking jiart in class
athletics last season because of some
scholarship technicality, he gave sev
eral exhibitions showing his promise.
He cleared the bar in six feet 1vo
inches in the high jump, leaped twenty
three feet in the broad, ran the 100
yards in ten and two-fifths seconds,
threw the hammer 150 feet and shot
forty-three feet He is one of the best
left handed pitchers In the east accord
ing to his work at the Pawling school,
and he should shine on the Yale track
and baseball teams in the spring, as
well as on the football eleven this sea
son.' He is now punting sixty-five yards.
Pretty Full.
"McLush has been arrested for drunk
enness and wants you to bail him out"
"Bail him out!" ejaculated Colonel
Pepper, who had heard the remark in
distinctly. "Good gracious, is he that
full?" Exchange.
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