The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-04-22

fOfcc oil hablt, l arose anu cSkeu niin
TO be seated. While he turned To
comply succeed in conquoring my
lagitation TO somo extent. Ho drew
u chair noisily forward, and sitting
down threw open his coat, displaying
10y 50 doing heavy navy revolver
stuck in his belt Then he freed his
mouth of quantity of tobacco juice
and spoke
Young fellor,' said he motioninp
with his head towards tho battery
"thct thar mccheon il what yer call q
tellygrnm. /, s'poso ?"
Well I answered, with q faint
smile, intended to be concliatory
that's what we send kilograms by.
"Wal, ! want 10 senda message to
a friau1 o mine out in Cchoo. tell
yer aforchand | han't got no collat
eral But kinder guess you'd bet
ter trust mo, young fellcr." (IIcro
he laid his hand significantly on his
belO. "lll fetch it in ter morrow OF
its convenient
| FASTENED to say that the charge
could just as we'll bo paid at the
other end by his friend
"umph Plasuoy little you'll got
o jim, | reckon. Howsumicvor,
lporcecd.
"What is the message, and TO whom
is it to go :"
II want you to tell Jim Fcllcrs. of
Cohoc that the bull quit her las
night. aud ther shcopll DO close on
his heels
As ho delivered this sentence he
looked at me as # he expected me 90
be- mystitied. But ] Thought it best
Inot to appear 80, and soid carlossly :
Il suppose You are dealer in
stock and this is your partner Ah,
sir, the telegraph helps YOU follows
ont of many Il sharp bargain"
/ "laas. he answered. slowly. ovi,
dcntly pleased with tho way took It.
"laas, that's um I'm scnain' down
n lot o stock, Bought it dog cheap
over III Gcncseo, Yesterday. Purity
lot as ever you SEQ
turned to my instrument. What
was to be done Though ours wps
II railroad Office. we often sent husi-
ness messages; and ifI did as usual I
should probably get rid of my un-
welcome visitor without further
trouble. But in the short convcrsa.
ton with him / had somewhat re-
covered from my first alarm and /
now conceived tic idea of attomp'ir"
] the "ns''vro ogP6ol ialaried operator
.., -, s.s'O ,mOhgn money 10 mar
~ in the spring. Five hundred
dollars would do me great deal Of
good just now-to say nothing Of the
eciW of thing. But how was it to be
accomplished I Here l was alone in
the depot with II man big enough to
whip his weight in such little men as
l was several times over. Any at.
tempt to secure him single handed
was not thought Of But could | not
excuse myself, and going out fasten
him in ? No. for well knew from
the distrustiui look in his faco that
any proposal of mine to leave the
room would be peremptorily object
cd to 10y him. What then
Why, simply this, Iwould telegraph
to the down town station. But alas,
That very day the connection be-
tween the two offices had been cut
for repairs, 1T was seldom used at
any time Of course. But what of
that? 1t was only n question Of II
few seconds more time.
All these thoughts went through
my mind with the rapidity of light
ming ~ l went to the battery. Lynch
regarded me from the corner Of his
uncovered eye with u. suspicion that
made mc shake in my shoes. As l
sat down he arose and came to my
side.
Look u hero, young follor,' he
Missed i'll my ear, and his breath was
sickGning with tho fumes of liquor,
"perhaps you mean fair enough
hope ye do, for yer own sake, But !
don't understan nothin' bout them
tellygrams, and jist tell ye thai
yod botior be squar'-for by the
Eternal God cf you go back on mo,
IN stretch you on this ycre floor as
stiff as ever did II man yit T. and !
felt tho cold muzzle of his revolver
ON my check. Perhaps my voice
trembled a little, but was still un-
moved in my resolution, as l replied;
Never fear, sir; III tell him all
about tho stock" He muttered
something TO himself, and still re
manned standing over mo.
I You hava heard no doubt how
much character and expression d
telegraph operator can put into his
touch. Why, there were dozons OF
different operators communicating
with our Office, and l could tell nj
the instant, without ever making O
mistake, who it was signalling, You
could tell il u man WAS nervous from
his telegraphing just as well as yor
could from his hand writing, The
call that sont hurrying across the
State 10 Council Rluiis, must have
ruug out upon tho cars Of the opera
tor like u shrek.
sc. Is. Are you there p was
! what l asked, and almost instantly
came back reply in the affirmative
Then with a trembling hand ! rat
tied OFF my message; 'For the love
u IL Cd inlonrnnh in nnr ln,un torvr