A Long-Distance Call From Jim

Bess Streeter Aldrich (February 17, 1881 – August 3, 1954) was an American author. Streeter was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
A Long-Distance Call From Jim
And how it shook up Centerville
TO ELLA NORA ANDREWS, calm, unruffled, serenely humming a gay little tune, gathering her school things together—her "Teacher's Manual of Primary Methods," a box of water-colors, and a big bunch of scarlet-flamed sumac—came the sound of the telephone.