The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
Hsw Tin O'xeilie LearErd 20 Telegraph
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THoss who have visited the Gas
Works =; Fort Waync. Ind. and par
ticularly Colonel Edgrriou's laboratory.
need nos be told 81 his accomplish.
ments in various branches al ART AL
science. One day before i.aring Ne~
Orleans for his home IN ihe West. he
said ,oOSeilie:
Nov you want aiclegrafh from the
Office 10 the works IL Will save YOU a
mar who must constantly b. running
back and forth"
This. be /, remembered. was before
the ,r~amp-saving telephone had been
perfected.
Yes" said Tim. I've have been
thinking of putting up / nbbnn-priniina
machine
Hang the printing m>chine.' sld
the Colonel who scorned h use =
such childish things Get yourself =
REGULAR Morse instrument AMI learn 3
send your W messages anal read y
sound"
Three months hal elapsed when Zig
er,nn returned To the city ON bnsincs~
and he took occasion TO see hDw thug
were getting on n; the Gss Worts
After looking about he said. in has qutk
way:
"O'Neille. how are you pTogrcsiHg
with the telegraph
..Oh. very well" said Tim. trcmbtag
a. in the presence OF n master. we ran
communicate slowly.
Let me try YOU" said Edgeron:
looking about him ~ IL for some printed
matter. as an expert will when abor; 70
send messages on trial.
"Uold on, | will get you the morning
Pcryuue," timidly suggested Inn,
shaking all over. and moving toward
another room. g.,
Never mind. this will do" said
Edger,on. rs be picked up = volume OF
Shakespeare which happened To he ~
inc near. sit over there and take WHIST
l send"
Tim. with paper and pencil. obeyed.
Bv a remarkable chance. which can
never be explained. Edgcrton opened
the book at the play Of "Hamlei,' and
his ewes fell on the first speech Of The
Ghost .
Are o ready over there asked
the Colonel.
.All ready" said Tim.
And then the Colonel commenced TO
sound:
a-m-t-h-y-"
This came very slow. according Ia
the supposed capacity of the listener TO
read. Tim had il down. and then
came:
Fa-th-rs-spirit
Doomed
care you taking me?' asked the
Colonel. looking a~nxiously in Tins
direction.
81 am" said Tim.
And he was. for every line of the
Ghosts speech was alive in 1im's mem
ory. He has PLAYED the part a dozen
times when Judge G.. II. Braughn. G.
+. Buck. Esq, and Others had appeared
rs Hamlet at amateur entertainments.
But of this Edgerton knew nothing.
He was ONLY sending words for Tim 10
read. and ~ Tim kept on writing Ed
oer,on increased his speed. Tim had
lost all connection with the sound Of
the instrument: but he knew what 10
write and he kept on writing. Edger-
ton grew more AMI more astonished as
he sent faster and faster and faster
until he reached a speed seldom ex-
celled by the most expert operators.
LET me see what YOU have writ
ten" demanded the surprised Edger-
ton. rs he finished the speech.
He looked from the book to the pa
per. and from the paper to the book. as
if he could not believe his eyes: but
there it was on Tins sheet word for
word. the speech written rs he had
sent it.
This is something wonderful" said
the astOnished Colonel. "You must
have given your whole time TO this
"Yes. sir" said Tim, al have stud
led hard"
.sStudied hard! ] should say so.
Why, sir. / don't know Of a better oper-
ator in the United States than you are
to-day"
At that stage of the proceedings Tim
did not have the face To confess how
~shamelessly he had imposed upon the
Colonel. After receiving such compli-
ments for expert work. he could not
give himself away and acknowledge
that he knew next to nothing about tel
egraphing. He has never told Edger-
ton to this day, and never will, of the
ghostly trick played on him.-E. o.
Ptcdyune.