Then she threw the switch, rattled an impatient reply, and waited, listening to the rapid clicking of the sounder.

Her eyes and her mouth hardened as she read.
"Cad!" she gritted under her breath.

Her fingers were spiteful as they clicked the key in answer.

She slammed the current off, set up the "out" notice again, kicked the desk chair against the wall, and came back to the "parlor" breathing quickly.
"I think it must be perfectly fascinating to talk that way to persons miles off," said Evadna, eying the chittering sounder with something approaching awe.

"I watched your fingers, and tried to imagine what it was they were saying--but I couldn't even guess." Miss Georgie Howard laughed queerly.