Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1902 — Are You There? [ARTICLE]

Are You There?

If a story told in M. A. P. be true in all particulars there exists a man who has cause to regard the telephone with an unfriendly eye. It is related that one evening when Prince of Wales, the King was at a public dinner at which he was to apeak. During the meal he told an equerry to send to Marlborough House for a book, to which he wished to refer for a fact. The equerry gave the necessary instructions, and the hotel manager rang the royal residence up on the telephone. After he had made himself understood there was a pause of many minutes. He rang again, then again, until at last, losing all patience, he literally shouted: “Are—you—there? What In the world do you mean by keeping His Royal Highness waiting? Can you find the book or not?” To bls angry expostulations came the quiet answer, “We are vsry sorry to keep you waiting; we are doing our best to fin 1 the book, which shall be sent on at once. Please tell my father this because he is so particular.” Tableau!