he desk.
'Give me purple six double-nine,' he said, in quavering tones, and
his weak form trembled as he spoke. Nimbly worked the fingers of the
uninitiated telephone girl, as she struck a peg in the switchboard and
quickly rang a bell. A voice at the other end responded promptly, and
the bookkeeper wiped cold beads of perspiration from his brow before
he answered. 'Is this Jones & Company?' he almost shrieked. 'Yes,'
came the reply, full and clear, 'this is Jones talking.'

"A dull thud followed, and, when the other clerks rushed in, they
found the old man lying still and cold, his right hand still grasping
the receiver of the telephone, which had fallen to the floor beside
him, and a smile of the most transcendent happiness they had ever
seen, upon his faded lips."

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