San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-12
AN ELECTRIC THRILL.
SINGULAR STATEMENT Or AN txPE-
RrcNCeD OPERATOR.

re Receives from Some Men a Sense Oh
Dreamy Pleasure in Taking Their Mes
sayes--Others Have the Same Feeling
when Taking His Morse"
am not scientluc man. 4 nave never
stuuiea pnysloIogy. a know little Oh the
theoretical science oil electricity. 4sotwltn-
stanuing the last CONCESSION 1 am teie-
graph operator, anu nave Deen one Tor the
last elgnteen years. ra-.i
v, aat nave Undertaken TO 90 Is SIMPLY
70 maze pam, unvarnlsnea statement OF
certain iacts growing out OF my knowieage
OF practical teiegrapny wnicn appear to me
Observation-Disclosures lncreulDle-and 70 ass
an explanation OF them.
Early In my experience as a teiegrapner
came TO notice tnat at certain per1ous q
peculiar anu unaccountaDie ueiignt accom-
panieu tue performance o. my WORK, wnlie,
genera,iy spea 6ing, 1t was lrKsome enough
20 me, young operator. 30 frequently
ant SO suu.en.y uiu THESE remarxaoie tran
sltlons IRON iaool to ueilgnt take pace
tnat 4 oegan to ask myseI LOT an expiana-
tion OF the mystery. as . #r-n M
me most plauslDie tneory appeared 70 oe
either that 4 was ieenng particularly well
wnen 4 iounu myworK source OF so mucn
pleasure, an. the contrary wnen IT became
II Ksome, or That All uepenueu upon toe eni-
cheney or ueIIclency OF the operator at the
otuer emit OF the wire. Dut soon tue nrst
nypotnesis was proven to pe lalse, anu not
long alterwaru the lastly oil the seconu was
aIso estaDnsneu. -.,........
A PELuLIAR DISCOVERY.
Une Jay iay on cot In my ONCE, i'll
WITH country lever. hearing the once call
istaggereu TO the instrument anu answered.
ne enort Almost causeu me to iaInt. my
puLse Dounueu anu my neau tnropoeu with
acute pam. DuJ, to my utter astonlsnment,
, lett wonueruIIy oetter the instant 1 oe-
gan receiving the message. was even
tempteu alter taxing the train oruer TO
SEM OIL nan uozen messages accumu-
Iateu since morning, anu wnIcn nau not
oeen TRANSMITTED because on my lnness; out
again, to my amaZement, 1 nau no sooner
touCueu Jne Key tnan became utterly IN
capacItateI. nay neau Jnroooeu worse tnan
ever, anu again lett mysen aoout to Ialnt.
mus vanIsneu my nrst theory.
not long alJer the lncluent Just reiated
ulscovereu these FACTS: Irst, lt Invari-
aoiy iIiIeu me with ueugnt 10 receive from
Lnat particular operator wnose "Iuorse"
nau Temporarily cureu me OF the 1ever, out
TO SEM to nim or to any otner operator
was to experience onIy UNIFORM amount
OF Iaoor, uImInlsneu or increased py orui-
nary circumstances.
oeconuIy, the operator in question was
by no means q goou one. in TACT ne was
quite new TO the business anu was what is
Snown as pug" AS compared with
oIuer ana DeJter teiegrapners on the same
circuit ms wriJIng was aoomlnauIe lie
sent NcIousIy last, ulu no spacing, horned
nus letters DauIy, anu iacReu Unat LrmneSs
anu steauineSs OF STROKE so essential IN care
IuI anu lnteuIgenJ WORK. mus 1, In COM
mon VITA al VINO worried with nIm, was
oongeu TO guess at mucn that he sent,
WINE lJ never IaIIed TO put me to my
trumpS TO Keep up with ms ligntnIng speed.
anu yet there InvarIaoIy came over me
Lnat sense Oh dreamy pleasure, so ueugnt-
luI, so strange, so opposeu TO every atten-
liant conuIJlon or circumstance, whenever
II became my fortune TO receive from MIN.
Anu so vauIsneu my second theory.
One uay saIu to MN over toe wire, 1T
always MAKES me Giau 10 take YOU
40 you mean Ity" salu ne.
answered. alurmatlveIy.
RECIPROCAL PLEASURE.
"The more am / pieaseu," ne replied,
''since all the others curse me- And do
you Kuow," ne continued, "tnat | find
pecuuar anu unaccountaOle pleasure in
from von2 nave been an the
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