Excerpt from Seasons and HolidaysSusan has questioned great deal whether to invest the (to her) large sum of twenty dollars a year for a telephone or not, but, finally, being a born' gossip, and the agent being wise enough to discern it, she cannot resist, when told that there will be twelve parties on the line, all of whom she knows, and that she can hear what any of them say at any time by simply tak ing down the queer little thing called the receiver.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.