Middletown transcript., 1871-01-14

and was sent TO an unimportsut station ia
the opposite direction from Avonvillc.
called Stuart. ! was also upon railroud
aud as We travel free upon them all
roald Wi, my sister at N--every Sun
day. If | chose 10 do 50 l felt her ab.
scuce very furclbly now, but ns | had be-
come quite self.sus,aining in my fifteenth
year could stand il better than had ai
first supposed
Mr. Howard ran down occasionally 90
see how | was getting along. and used
his Influence aiming the citizens for max !.
ing my stay there plcnsan, and agreeable.
| My greatest trouble wns thu rudcnrss Of
elder operators over the line. and lay i,
dawn here NJ n maxim that operators have
less patience than any other profession Of
men. Still. never wavered. but did the
best cnuld aud ns near right as possible
! heard from Duly occasionally be vas
ias, becoming " sound operator. in fact.
was sanguine of accomplishing il IN six
months. | was somewhat anxious about
hi- mors-. concluding from what few re-
marks could elicit from him, that be was
rather " fast Ilis lrttvrs were always
pleasant however. aud were my NEST vel
come visitors About twelve months af-
ter taking charge Of Stuart. Duly told me
he was going 10 N. as Mr. Howard
considered him competent to work in TIM,
"tiire, aud IN u few weeks. sure enough.
| heard him over my line forwarding and
receiving tue most lengthy kilograms al
the rate Of forty words per minute.
| was not cnvious Of Dnllys success.
but on the contrary resolved to emulate
him. aud &c, the place in n -, which
Ar. Howard had long promised me; how !
ever ! was doomed To remain at Stuart
until my seventeenth year, a, which time
| WI. considered fair " souuder.' and
was called in the main Office believe
Ibis was the happcst even, Of my life; in
decd. | had worked hard and deserved the
promotion ! was not by any means the
! ,a.st operator IN the room: in fact, there
were several better ones. beside Daily
~ha could copy faster writing and more
irgihly than myself Tho operators were
rather inrlincl ~ regsrd my arrival as an
uuofatiop. thinking me-. 10 douh,, f..
/ sqred .li.idaal bnt ,nnu proved TO them
/ ll!gi could easily do what was required
II me- aud will here do Mr Howard
the ilstioe 10 say that be neysr advanced
hi. ifieud. I'll. u, they rendered them.
selses H4fthy Of pF4Gnliag
bully had talea rnans with sesc.a
more Operators. aud from what | could
fatn. ahd if1m what | aftarsari saw. 4
aarame convinced tia, he WIS leading We
l.. IL | /.
bc managed 10 live 80 well IN the salary
ae WIS lheu getting | never yeniarea Il,
,eman>irafe With him but auee. when ha
seemed II be 50 much hurt and annoyed
lhat never seLtgrei 10 do 81 again
ap.leci that he aitrrward treated mc with
mara AZ les Reserve, aud eventually with j
marked cpnluess. don't knoN how VIC
esased ta 20 together, but W. have all bad
.neh experiences, and there i. 10 necessity
| nj pafiifalafl1ine Suffice il In say that
he look a table in the nuter end of tn,
foon, aud ! seldom spw anyihing Of him
hough | knew lin. IL be lsad:nr the sam,
Will. rockies. lie. Mr. Howard spoke I'd
ne about !, "nee. Whfn ipll him v ha1
| h3i dime aud The result lie seemed ii
f =
| INV tin, h. was di,plcasel alsp Fol-
i've Ut six mouths IL vrBt IN this why
eine zach other very seldom. and thrl
With scarcely any recognition
Onr morning ! was surprised to ace him
ilier coming iutn the uiilcc, walk dirccily
IL NY iahle anl slt lawn Is me saw
lhat h. bad been drinking, aud was con
| sig!rrahly excited
Willmarr." laid he, I've come Il,
TIL ,an ra1d.hye.'
j" My. bully. ynu are not going away
Nhnl an snn mean 2
!" ie-. nm going llls morning son
ltienl Mr. Howard. Ia. ordered me ba |,
a that miserable hale nj Aspnsille :
=. ku4w Mr. Howard i friend %
Saur-. bully. aud will nn, ip anything Lu
ahai i, tight "
:. M. sal he, :. Howard i, vii
:" bully. ynn mu.i not speak ef MIR
! Inward in that manner Ii ynn have ~
nia. ,repe.t l.r yourself. or gratitude fol
hi. many kindnis-rs, think you had bet
ttr not talk Ia me
Very WE'LL sail he extending hi
hnnl. whirb refused to iukc
"Will ypu no, tell ms goodbye. Will
uorc? Yen know ! always liked yeu.'
:" No." replied. !" not unless you apql
ngizr for the insult ypu bave offered Mr.
Howard and myself
Very we'll. aud he went down stairs
| never kneg from whnt cause this ha,
been done. hu, am satisfied from wha
has since occurred. that Mr.. Howard wa
aware Of snme crime which he had con,
mtted. and va. endcasoring 70 shield hi,
iram the law was appointed chief op
erator pot lnpg after iaai occurrence. an
had To exercise n general supervision of NJ
tho lines that led into the office hn
been holding this position over year
when the sad events occurred. which
have to relate. Mr.. Howard had been al
sent for several weeks. on an inspectio
tour. and was expected bsck on this even
ing, | remember TINT bis wife vas yer
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