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Show ELCCTfllOITY AND LOVE, nsw lb former Hit U1 to Cheek the Cciurio nt Ilia La(tar. Here I a variation ot the old itory tt the true lover and the cruel partnL A prefjoseeealng young woman, living In the vicinity of Seventh and Talker streets, be a "steady," and alto a father. The latter does not approve of the former, and Is at no pains to disguise dis-guise hi sentiment In the matter. When expostulated with for receiving the vbilts ot the yonng man tho heroine protested that he came merely as a cuius! cui-us! caller Hut the old roan was eui-plclout, eui-plclout, and ho summoned to hit aid an electrical worker At either end of the parlor tofa. underneath the cuihlon, contact plate were fitted In such a way that the weight ot the person over each ono ot tho palm of plates would close an electric circuit, ringing a tmall gong In another anoth-er part of tho dwelling. Tho peculiarity peculiari-ty of the arrangement was that both pair of plate had to be brought Into contact In order to complete tho circuit, cir-cuit, and thbj could be effected only hy two persona occupying the tofa. When the objectionable llomeo made hi next visit everything wai terene until about 10 K. when the old folks tup-poiedly tup-poiedly had retired Then tho tell-tale electric butter went off. and the old gentleman with startling alacrity presented pre-sented himself at the parlor door. What ho saw ..hocked hi old-faahloned notions no-tions of propriety, for In hi youth young people were not permitted to sit without a large and yawning space between be-tween them, and thlt particular pair of young people at very close together. Indeed The employment of modern science In this Instance to darn up the course of true love was n signal iuc-cv. iuc-cv. The poor girl, according to Hi neighbor, I training on plain bakert roll and let water, while th tueklea lover declare that "the old man chucked such a acare Into me that a, mogul locomotive couldn't drag me within a mile of the houtt." Philadelphia Philadel-phia rtecord. |
