The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-04-08

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Reading shout eloutfioi h. lirhtS N
and tho telegraph, tlie otlisr tiRv.D ~
Uncle Peter, g reminded nat, M act,rid
story 1 once heard. when I was In End
| It seens there was u newspaper In Iii,
city Of Glasgow, in Scotland, which e,I,.
pioyed q London correspondent, Tb,
correspondent made it his duty TO pathe,
the news every day and send It to Glts.
gov every night by telegraph.
. Hs made an Agreement with an opera.
tor at % certain office, by which his new,
vas sent to Glasgow at reduction, bS
the year. ~ !. 4 I; ,..,.. ,'''' -.
One night he arrived at the lowe,
door, at the foot of the stairs leading IN
into the telegraph Office. The door was
looked, and he could not open It.
The telegraph Office was way up To
the top of the building, in the sixth
story; The operator had q bed there, to
which he retired promptly at three
O'CLOCK; Uo and it was now half-past two.
The operator up stairs yawned and
looked at his watch. Jenkins won't
come tonight" said he; "I may as we'll
go to bed" - 20 =
And there was poor jenkins all the
time pounding away ON tho door at the
1oot OF tho long stairs unable tn pet n,
Hillo up there n he cried, fookino
at the window of the telegraph of3ce
that glowed with light. aHillo! Jones
Somebody has locked the outside door
and I can't get in -.
What's the row p: said a policeman
coming along.
!" I'm locked out, said Jenkins. aIere
I've got q batch Of the most important
news for my paper-a murder. thres
fires, and a riot and the door locked in
my face, and can't get in. What will
So the policeman began banging the
door, but Jones. the operator, up in his
office, was as unconscious of the tumult
as If it had been in the moon. He was
whistling to himself and yawning pro-
digiously. e
-" Why don't you go to some hother
Office ?" asked the policeman!
! "No authority to use any other line, y
said the correspondent. @"A Ah.I I've pot
it" he added, and before the policeman
could aak what 1T was the excited
Jenk nkins had dashed OFF down street as If
q mad dog was after him. s. "A 80:
Jenkins rushed breathlessly into an
other telegraph office, six blocks off.
!. ~" 8 L say! said he to the operator, :. I'm
in =. flx Got news to go off inside of
half an hour, and the stupid operator at
my office has gone to sleep, and can't
get in-and-and- land ---''1 gf,l'.'s
Well, that is a fix
"Tell yon what I want" said Jenkins.
endeavoring to catch his breath, at 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 l"'c Is 3'& q, I. ss.-ss
The operator roared with laughter at
thls, I ;but vent at once to his instrument
and began fatting awayat a great rate.
This is the message he sent Z { Il :: 4
!. Glasgow. Wake up Jones, Station
NJ; tell him Jenkins at the foot of the
can get in. y IS &:
Jones was. looking at his watch again.
and concluded that he had better 3 ,,,Its
out the lights and go TO his little bed.
room across the hAllway,Swhen clntter;,
,latter went his instrument. iS n ~.
There's Glasgow ca ling mo. 2 said
Tones, and hurried to his Instrument and
licked 8 81.
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! Back came the answer .$;SS ;s;;S
Jenkins down stairs cor fast ffas -2-go
ct him in asEJs " z,
Off went Jones with q rush down
Itairsi threw open; the door and at last
he anxious Jones got up; an sent Of
lis news. . 81
30 you see how o. man; sent q nlessaaa
through q solid door and ,np four lpaaiir' '6f
tairB. fonr hund cd miles around and Il
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