Show r In Love With a Voice D By 11 II LOUIS RA I tr- tr I. I Copyright M V An snuggled ecstatically down tuning among the pillows while the closing clewing strains of the lo love e duet from frum Faust filled tilled the small limon rams Outside gray gruT slanting lines linos of 01 rain beat blat dl nally mally at nt the window and ond an un eerie wind howled s io led In the treetops Hat But to Marie recovering from long Ilium the world orld s seemed full of warmth and cheer But Dut you mustn't Imagine that It W was merely the Faust music which wa was bringing the rose roee color to to the girt cheeks and the shine to t her pansy IMy eyes Marie W wa was Jf waiting for the end of the song anc and the voice of t the e an air That For weeks Marie Morle had hod heard beard It dally as It u ran through the programs t t come corne or Introduced the radio perform perform- ers When he talked to tD his unseen audience au BU Marie Morle pretended that he was speaking freaking to tier her alone absurd little Ittle game lI lightened the racked pain days Being III In a R bOil boarding riling house with only the services Ies of a 0 municipal nurse nurle has Its lonesome moments The Ihl Faust song long ended The voice vole deep began egan deep resonant pleasing pleating Ma Marie Marte n rte rie smiled stalled listened and ond when It hod signed off settled down for a n nap It was n It somewhat hilt wan but plucky Ittle tittle Marie who went hack to her business of being stenographer on th the twelfth floor of the the great grent Insurance l' l o How Itow long Ing the hours h ur seemed set until she could toss on coat cont and hat In h a I dash for home In time to hear tear not necessarily the dinner music Itself It it- spit self but the announcement thereof I If as frequently happened some other announcer was on the Job Marle Marie Matie Ma Ma- tie rie was wall was as disappointed as any ony girl whose lover loer has hns tailed failed to keep a atry try tryst t. t Silly Of conr course e but many a man manor manor manor or woman has fallen fallEo In 10 love with a picture and surely a n voice can be as as indicative of the person person behind It At any rote It satisfied fled Marie and tired her tier Imaginings Fancy being a asked ked In that lovely pleasant way May I 1 bring a guest home for dinner dear nave Have you seen leen the news In the paper paper paper pa pa- per sweetheart now How lovely you yon oak look this morning my darling I IThen 1 I IThen Then one afternoon there occurred In that storied many building where Marie was employed an Incident which proved revEr that where there Is smoke there Is always fire Marie busy buy In her twelfth floor domicile once or t twice sniffed with her perky little nose hardly realizing she was doing so lO Then she he noticed that the other girls tIrl were sniffing mauling also their heads lifted suddenly And then the office boy poked a white face In at the door Sent Int to tell you girls girl theres there's no I danger but youre you're to leave by elevator elevator eleva eleva- tor tIr nine right ofT of oft He ne ran hi his words word together and went on to the next nest of of- flee fice Not 1 arly frightened Marie lock locked d her hr desk took her wraps and went out out Into the corridor Heavens heavens- what fearful amount of smoke pourIng pouring pour- pour In Ing up 11 the stairway I Her lIr throat t heInn hegan began he- he nn I gan to sting and h she pushed forward forward with the rest She Rhe found herself Jammed Into ele Ill elevator vat vator or nine with a n number of men man and girls nod and tl the descent began Suddenly Sudden Sudden- ly ty there was wal n a rather terrifying drop droll n q 1 lurch I and a pau pause f. f And An then the miracle happened A olce votee deep rc resonant pleasing ramp came from the tilt man neatest nearest Marie arll Quiet girls Theres There's no danger dancer See e we are are r n nn Maile did not know It for she 1 had fainted When n she he came hack hirk to conscious consciousness ness tlell Marie Marte orle found herself out In the gloriously fresh air She he stirred a n little anti felt the roughness sl of some someone's someone's ones one's coat against her fame face 1 tN That t voice Marie opened her pansy eyes ey Yes Tes he hE was nil all that III the voice ne Implied d Oh es tes thank bank you ou she said In a n thin little tone I I 1 1 lime have been III She hp struggled to 10 get lIt down and he placed her gently on her feet Perhaps you will be hI kind kiTH enough to let leot me ml take you 1 0 home went on nn the voice olcE You Tau see lee were we're wre not exact exactly unacquainted I I. I work In the rl roon next to yours and Although I dint dont ex expect 11 pet peet you to r recall the fact tact r tva tint n q traveled up and down In the together a great grent t many times I t hav ha m III my car car nr t Rut nut Marie was hardly listening as as nl wave wa upon wave of disappointment swept over oust her hr If what he hI said I was 1111 true true and and she did dill remember r seeing him him hI he could not possibly hi hithe he hethe the owner of the real Voice Poke Rut Put slip she must say something its HB very ery good gOOl of you ou ou she hesitated I If It wouldn't he too ton much trouble Sits She h lifted her hr pansy eyes gratefully and 1 the tuna man looking Into them regIstered regIstered reg several things he felt It would he hI premature pr to say ay Presently the they were WE're threading their thel was 11 Il swiftly through the truffle of lat late afternoon and I Marie er very verj much a asif nil as If she Ihl knew v that thai tier her pansy eji eyes s ha had done donl their dill duty was condoning he hede her de dt desertion of ot the original Ideal she herself her her- Perhaps was saying to tn self elf the man behind that voice wn was stoop shouldered and ond cross eed To You over can 1111 tell IIII |