The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-08
mands interview tomorrow. ten a. m. Ap

mands interview tomorrow. ten q. III. AD
point place Of meeting. Answer a eGcc,
please. st. Malo. AETHIn FsMrss..
Turning 10 the operator he induced that
Official. by brides and limitations OF the lni'
p9rtant nature Of the business. TO rush
the messages with display Of energy tll;.i
aroused the woadermcnt of the apathetie
receiver at the central office in Paris.
/ II was now nearly eleven o'clock. The
answer from the London bankers, % Fair.
fax expected. came Immediately.
.Ordcr attended to at once
Half-past eleven twelve = half-past
twelve and, finally. enc o'clock struck.
That message must not miscarry.
Fairfax ordered it repeated and returned,
again. from the Paris office. with the as.
sGrancc that il had been properly delivered.
And. finally. he wired the banking firm
Of lie Toilet & Co, asking why Ncbbitt did
not reply.
In 4 few moments, two answers were
handed the impatient young man: one from
the central telegraph Office at Paris, the
other from lie Follct 4 Co.
According TO the former, every thing had
been properly attended to; the second said,
curly:
Answer delayed. Mr. Nebbitt sailed to-
day IN his steam yacht Norma from Havre
for America
Fairfax's face grew white with dismay.
But his discontinue was only for q mo-
meat. Lost in thought, he arose and began
pacing tho floor
The operator watched him curi'nsly. ad-
rirag the puck Of the man and Wonderin &
what would be his next move.
In moment Fairfax formed his plans.
lie Follet & Co, it was evident, were ex.
tre,nely negligent and impairment 1t was
necessary that they should receive some
rcprinlaaa. Time was short. 1t was now
gong on toward two O'Clock, and matters
We're fast approaching Climax
II rendered Nebbitt that service in the
| Almeda affair Of 'S3. and shall enter com
plant against You for neglect of duty My
business is Of great importance. If Nebbtt
| didn't sail direct for America, repeat my
| first message 10 every port where likely to
touch. ere leaving for good Also, rcpca,
Havre and ask if positively sailed. Spare
no pains or money!
This message had the desired effect.
The operator at st. Ialo now became In
tensely interested; those in the Paris cen
trail office actually cxerted themselves I.
| speed the messages, TO the detention Of 9th
ers. and earlier ones. Most clearly, Thu
man was in earnest, and earnestness gen
orally awahens sympathy.
About u quarter Of three came the mes
sage.
| "Havre says sailed this q. m. positively
/ Then another idea coming to him. Fair
fax cursed himself that he had not though
of il before. He again telegraphed u
! Toilet &, Co:
If Sebbitt sailed direct for America. hi.
steam-y yacht must be soon of Cherbourg
Wire some shipping company there t
charter and send ont Immediately q tug
intercept him. and give telegram"
BY this time the Paris central office. tn,
office of the banking company and tn,
smaller offices along the telegraph line
were thoroughly excited: as for the oper
ator az ST. Malo. if these last MESSAGES hat
failed TO reach Mr. Sebbitt, he would hav,
torn his hair from very ycxation and disap
pointmcnt, SO bent was he upon Fair
/ fax S success.
Paris soon rerlicd:
"All done az you say. We await result
with interest
The hands On the dial marked ten minute.
past four. No reply had come.
IF any message comes before six O'Clock
| tonight, send it to me ut once. Hold nj
that come after that for further orders,
was his parting injunction.
| So saying. with firmly closed lips. but evi
dent disappointment, he mounted his hors,
and had begun his headlong dash, when
yell from the rear caused him to turn hi
head.
There stood the youthful operator, dane
| ing up and down in the exuberance of hi