A Tale of the Telephone
Not many weeks ago a New Zealand - 1 lady who had trusted her agent "»ot " wisely but too well" was in his oluce endeavoring to collect some overdue interest and dividends. The discussion , was lively on both sides, and asking to be excused for a few moments the gentleman left the room very hastily either to make reference to a book, or relieve his overtasked feelings by a little blasphemy. During his .brief absence the telephone bell " rang out a wild alarm," and the lady, applying her aural cavity to the instrument, received some very interesting information. On her agent returning to the room — smiling and debonair — he was pleased to notice that his lady visitor was about to take her speedy departure, so he bade her. adieu with effusion. In half an hour from the time of hearing the telephone give its unintentional, but friendly, •warning, every deed, document, or other valuable security of hers, was .withdrawn from r her agent, safely deposited in the hands of a .respectable solicitor, and thus removed from all immediate danger. When "the inevitable crash came she was
safe, and now she wears next her heart a * small toy phonograph as a charm against «yil spirits and dyspepsia.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 67, 23 November 1889, Page 3
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210A Tale of the Telephone Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 67, 23 November 1889, Page 3
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