Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-07-06

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F0UR HUNDRED MILES UP STAIRS.

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/ Heading about electricity, lightnings
and the telegraph, the other day." said
Uncle Peter, "reminded ieaof xsusn1bus
story once heard, when was in Eng
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l 1t seems there was a newspaper in the 4
city Of Glasgow, IN Scotland. which en- =
ployed a London correspondent. The cor i
respondent made 1t his duty to gather the /,
news every day and send il to Glasgow J
every night by telegraph. y, sses5s - o. sgr Y
/ He made an arrangement with the op-a
orator at a certain Office, by which news
was sent to Glasgow at q reduction by the !
year. y 9s sss y asa sasFs ssgsa
/ One night he arrived at the lower door
at the foot of the stairs leading up into the
telegraph office. The door was locked, 4
and he could not open it.. saa
| The telegraph office was way up tosthesa
top OF the building, in thesixth story. The
operator had a bed there, to which he re-l
tired promptly at three o'clock. and Il was
now half-past two. n .e5esa.l
The operator up stairs yawned and 4
looked at his watch. .Jinkins won'tcon1c ]
to night said he; Il may as well 60 to (
bed" And there was poor Jinkens all the y
time pounding away on the door at the
footsof the long stairs, unable 10 get in.I
/ Whats the row." said a policemen
coming along. s.s..9 4fa.a'7. y sshs
| 'I'm locked out" said jenkins. Here
| I've got bach or the nf0sf Important
news for my paper--a murder, three fires
| and riot-and the door locked in my
tface, and / can't get in. What will
do es aesa 9s#t *@a'ts2e aa8 saal
| So the policeman begun banging the j
| door, but Jones, the operator, up in his
office, was as unconscious OF the ,tumult i
| as if it had been in the moon, He was
whistling to himself and yawning prodig-
iously. y.gGl'sa lazsSaR "a b aasils anl aei.
.tWhy don't you 60 to some hosher hof-
flee 2" asked the policeman. s saw.,..s, ~.
'No authority to use any other line"
tsaid the correspondent. "Ah rve got it r.
he added, and before the policeman could
ask what it was, the excited Jinkins dasll-i.
ed off down the street as if a mad dog
was after him.
| Jinkins rushed breathless1y into another
telegraph office, six blocks of. 60 g. sa8ia'
I II say said he.to the operator. tim
lima tix. Got news to, send off inside Of !,
half an hour, and the stupid operator at
my office has gone to sleep, and can't
get in-and-and-a -and-r a s.#ai Ssaasi
swell, that is a fix" e l su9a
'..Tell you what I want, 7 said Jinkins-
enueaVOf1nE TO catcn MS Dreatni IL want
you to telegraph down to Glasgow, and
ask the operator there to telegraph up here
to Jones, and bid him come down stairs
and let me in.m .d4 ,s.st,,,. u fssa sts d
The operator, roared with laughter at
this, but went at once to his instrument,
and began rattling away at great rate. =
4 This is the message he sent:
.Glassgow. Wake up Jones', Staten
X. Tell him, Jinkins at the foot Of the,
stairs, can't get in" aa,&s,.es r,isa 5ls,,s,s.
| Jones was looking at his watch again,
and concluded that he had better put out
the lights and go to his little bedroom
across the way, when elatter, elatter, went
| his instrument. eses \, ~avsa ~ e,,4s,
! There's Glasgow calling, me-" said
Jones; and hurried to his Instrument and
ticked off. "Whafs wanting?r ,57Fwia0
Back came the answer: i. II lsha7q 8tdus
"Jinkins down stairs door fast--.et him
in."
| OFF went Jones down stairs with rush /;
and at last the anxious Jinkins goa up and
sent off his news. hglfi3ob "a n aTa sssa
$50 you see how man sent a message
through solid door, and up four pair of
stairs, four hundred miles around, and by
way Of Glasgow, and within twenty min
utes. N si ssJ f96t fsiAaeia 3Ea'
Wasn't that four hundred miles up
stairs?" 80. st.i a.