New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01

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slender stock ot. q sledss. rs ssstss1 ~
those OLE yik;pgs xsfe Eethsr pfo2e 90
.sav sSss ssSs 4ssss e s.a aes sss up
Nations; races hays their Ehy thpiS PEI
down ID the aOid World, they asre recon
str ucting here. Basnefe Ten dtiveishK ou
an exisfehoe over 'this piseEa6ls4 0achins
tapping il - would . yoaug sniss hAr plan,
keys, when heoviest aDOfe stnrdy TOT
should b mines Cane ill such 1eebl'
work! 6Dmetimee," md here be gsve BIZ
| instrumrnta contemptu0us flip with BIZ
finger which thrsitened to sms sh tho eboa,
bnttens, ''sometimes I swish this right ant
Of mine might shrisel, What it vents b I
sledRo to weld, some mighty work to do
eomething - carve and Whack, somethipt
that would make theWs and muscles stant
ont in tension, till they sDaDped Jus
here stOod sghast 1t bis excited manner
The man was in an agony. and thu express
sion of his face was terrible. The calm
quiet repose about hin had al gone.
WAS not . fu0e or fret; but - If som'
p-nt-up gsysrr of energy had suddenly
burst forth; he seemed 90 shaken to BIZ
very heart. A WAS wondering what woul(
be the next phase Of bis temper, wa
Father pleased that the machine befOrt
him commenced working He seemed Il
be paying decided attention to the com
municati0n. Suddenly, with IN explosion
ho cried out: THAT COMPOUNDED woman a
the other end of the line! She says some
TINES she can not make out my messages
and that in case anything should turn ~
of importance, / had better repeat it.
know her WAYS; anything disagreeabl'
about these numbering railroads she al ways
announces in this way. She wants to spart
my feelings before breaking the news t.
me'
1T is not surprising, Mr.. Thor" ven
tured TO remark, that there should b.
some difficulty in disappearing your mes
sages, at least in certain of your moods
when you take delicate Geographic instru.
m-nt and convert it into an anvil, using
your finger az if it was Thor's nallet."
He smiled at this, and replied, "rhe old
blood. You know the old stories, thenl"
Now his machine worked of q long mes
sage 1t WAS an important one, evidently.
Ne when he had written it down l heard
him signal to repeat it.
"Please listen, Miss Brown. The woman
at the 9TH sr end is nervous and hysterical,
as usual. You might as well at once be let
into the secrets of these two railroads., both
of which are shamefully mism anaged.
Somtimes. if it were not for prOmptness and
decision on the part Of the telegraph peO-
pie, passengers would be murdered in the
most Wholesale way every day in tho week.
BE good enough To put down in pencil what
comes. will call it out for you-Smoil to
Thor. Down train ffteen--n0, eighteen
minutes ahead of time. Ksttr,dgs, the en-
gineer, said to be intOxioAt<d or insane Re-
tain him ii D0ssibio-it-but-hOwe
Here something like an oath escaped Mr.
Thor's lips. "Excuse me" he cried, .'but the
woman Is SO provoking" just then the
81 .chine began again, and he eoutin ned,
Thank goodness, some one has pushed her
aside, and has her instrument now, and
here comes the message, straight. Write
1t down in INK nov, Miss Brown; there will
be no corrections to make" And be called
out 10 me rapidly 40 follows: G'Fe =
''Kettridg e- crazy drunk; 10 armed and
desperate There will be . smssh. Have
teiuRraphed all along the line to people st
etataonss to jump the train and choke the
william. 1t he reaches Thor, he may stop
If 90, take him yourself. O'Bryne. his fire
man, jast in with ankle spraiued, Kettridge
heavtd him of toe tender. Conductor new
hand, and . skunk. Watch out Get de-
pot hands to help yOu. Shoot him on sight
ii necessary. Ii he gets by Thor he will
smash Into the express, which, though in
structed to back. is too tar rhis wav 70 be
av-d on single track WATKINS 81
As read il over, my heart WAS in my
mouth Mr.. Thor whistied moment then
came to me, and resd the message which
had transcrib bed on An office blank y G&tr
"G0ud hand, quite leeible, h-1.o-t him"
he spelled it OUT mot quite - plain as I he
rest; fault Of the pen,, dOubtless;" then he
carefully blotted the paper, and put IL In
irswer. Now he went slowly to = closet,
md opened it. Il shuddered, - / thought
ae might have some weapon there. He did
AXE something Carefully from shelf: it
in a 49, Ie WAS xtnroar anuaaf than
ind the room was getting tritie dark
There wes slight snap, and started to my
~, thinking it WAS percussion cap. Mr.. |
Thor was lighting . match, which fi,ckefed |
Or moment, AID Presently he applied it |
0 pipe.
please nov take the instrument and do |
OF be too quick, Or in The least bit hus- |
rred; Thor must not lose reputation |
ust say" and here he blew steady cloud |
smoke-"You do not mind my smoke
ct say
This is tantalizing. Mr.. Thor" 1 cried,
Ow quite beside myself. "What-what
,all say?'
Thor to smoil: We will do our best.
THOR"
"We-wfr: exclaimed, "what can do"
"Why, shu, yourself up in your closet, if
,u want to, and criticise my map there.
ou shake your headl l wish you would
y studying out the l,caiitie3 you might
wise for me q place tor . grand female
diversity, or q pantheon
'rbis il tr,fling. sir" said, as Jumped
. and walked the off in an agony of
lsp-nse There was q large clock hung
D on the wall with now suddenly &C.
Tired the power OF licking and its beats
sounded through the room.
"Agitat.d you are, and triae nervous,
R,..r no auiA ,v h. ha I
G ont; then seeming % be aware of my
'ndit'"n he remarked, II am brute; l
10. it, but Can not help It," Here he
,ened his closet, aud made a running in.
-ntory of lis contents. "A violin sixteen
,lurut Of agricultural reports, demij I'm
&C d soiution Tor ba tel:es, aud a bottle
patent medicine. Wish could pour it
'~n Ket ridges throat; it might do his
lsiDess tor him Suppose we reason this
1t i tie Providing he is running under
iuli bead II s,ehm, 1T will take fully tif-
en- minutes for him to get here. That |
ock Is right to halt minute or go. If
ID now only the absolute time of that
all! We must find that ont some way
ben it starred on this race. All! here |
mes something from Twoboys."
With palpitating heart read q #, :Kat-
dge's train just passed, tearing through; |
Ives ali open Wafch out for him. Oaly
d time to move construction train on sid
:. Have started engine after him. Look |
arp. Time-six forty five.
"MANDLY."
'Goodw cried Mr.. Thor, '.there are some
Ia TO 60 on. Then he may be here three
nutes sooner than we ex pected" looked
the clock. which now indicated some five
nute-1oefore seven.
The intensity Of sound-as you may
Ve been taught, Mss Brown, for l sup ,
SO your scienttic requirements are on q :
r with your historical lntormatlon-the
ersiiv Of sound Is ut times very much in
-aseu, aud ut other times seDsibly dimin-
ed, hy sudden atmospheric changes, ana {
looks as II We were going to have .
iudrr storm These stOrma mOs flv cOma |