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But on Sunday afternoons and other quiet times she holds down the whole job alone for hours at a time; and when I go up to her citadel and ask her to jam a toll call through forty miles of barbed wire and miscellaneous junk to Taledo by sheer wrist and lung power, she entertains me as follows while I wait: "Yes, indeed, I'll get your call through as soon as I can, but the connection's Nmbr awful Nmbr bad to-day Nmbr They're not at home, Mrs.
If you hurry, you can stop him as he goes past. He left about five minutes ago Nmbr Gee, Paynesville, you gave me an awful ring in the ear then! No, you can't get through, the line's busy. Well, you'll have to wait. I can't take the line away from them Nmbr Oh! Oh, pretty well. My ear's all full of taffy wait a minute Nmbr Nmbr No, Mr. Martin, there hasn't been any one in his office all day.
I think he's gone to Chicago Hello, Sam wait a minute, Sam Nmbr Nmbr Hello, Sam Say, I'm all alone and jumping sidewise. G'by, Sam Nmbr. Oh, Mrs. Lucey, is Mrs. Simms at your house? Tell her her husband will be home late to supper, he's gone out in the country Hello. Hello. Hello, Taledo. Is your party ready? All ready Nmbr." That is a fair sample of Carrie. We couldn't keep house without her.
Simmons; they went to Paynesville Nmbr I'll ring again Nmbr Hello, Doctor Simms, Mrs. McCord told me to tell you to come right out to the farm; the baby's sick Nmbr The train's late to-day, Mrs. Bane, you've got plenty of time Nmbr I can't get them, Mrs. Frazier. Horn, will you tell Mrs. Flint when she comes home that Mrs. Frazier wants her to call her up?
Nmbr Now, Jimmy, you haven't waited two seconds. I know you're anxious to talk to Phoeb, but she isn't home; she's at the cooking club Nmbr Cambridge, do see if you can't get through to Taledo. I've a party here that's in a hurry Nmbr. Bell, I'll call you quick as he comes in his office; I can see his door from my window Nmbr No, Mrs. Bane, the doctor's just gone out to the McCord farm.
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