St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-15
THE WIRES STORY.
And She Waited Happy for the
Train to Come aIonD

And She Waited Happy for the
Train to Come Along.
New York Sun.
1t was little railway station far back
in the country, but less than 200 miles
from New York, where two roads
crossed each other. Barring the click
of the telegraph instrument in the little
coop of an office, not sound could be
heard to break the unusual quietness
OF the summer day, which was Just
who had changed cars, and were wait
ing for their respective trains, whiled
away the time as best they
could. Two of them had their
thoughts buried in novels. The third
found recreation in what the Gathering
lips Of the electric sOunder had to say.
1t had been long time since he had
listened to the tattle of telegraph
wire, and the familiar sound fascinated
him. He heard distant stations report
the passing of trains, and employees nd
officials communicate with each other.
The pretty young woman who occupied
the little coop was busily at work writ
ing. She paid no attention to the in
strument. On the third finger of her
left hand she wore modest little gold
ring, set with small diamond.
Finally the Sounder stopped its ever
lasting clatter. The ouietness was be-
ginning to get oppressive. when the
Otd-tfme operator rusty ears heard the
sounder click out the letters ''Pf" twice
and MINT once. He saw a smile creep
over the face of the young woman, and
then heard the click back. al" 1t was
the operator at M calling her, and
she was answering him.
sc rQupu a minuta ~ ,y9S IA chad hapLy
over the wire.
The old-timer pricked up his ears in
stantly. He knew that the operator at
M had something.to say which he
did not want his chief at the other end
of the wire beyond P--t to hear. So
he had. asked the young woman to
ground the wire and send his secret
into the earth after it had reached her
ears.
..I'll be over on No. Z, Jo," chartered
the SOunder.
"Pll expect you.' she licked back. y.
"GoOd-bye; dom forget to take ground
off" 10 answered.
Iii" the young woman repll ed, which
Siguified that she would not forget.
Then the Sounder began to rattle with
the business of the road again, while
the young woman busted herself with
putting away ffer work and preparing
for the reception of favored visitor.
She glanced at the clock frequently and
anXiouSly.
''Os, os, os." finally rapidly ratified
the sounder to attract the attention of
the chief, mo. on time, Mn"
The young woman smiled and settled
herself beside her instrument to repeat
MINIS" report for him. if the chief
should accidentally have let it slip by.
She always did this for the young man
who had given the ring TO her, as he re-
ported the train just as it pulled out of
his station and then caught it on the fly.
Promptly on time the engineer of No.
7whiStled for the crossing at p. The
three passengers gathered up their
traps and went out upon the platform.
The young woman stood just within
the doorway. The train pulled
slowly into the station. The con-
had sad expression upon his
face. He led the syoung woman
into her little office. while the train
hands lifted covered Stretcher out of
the baggage car and carried it into the
waiting room of the little station. The
conductor hurried out and gave the sig
nal to the engineer, and the train pulled
away, leaving two train hands behind
with the Stretcher.
They were to have been married
next month";" the conductor said to the
old timer. He waited to report us out,
and in attempting to board the train
slipped under the wheels. poor fellow"
A year later the old-timer had occa-
sion to.stop at the same little station
again. There was strange face in the
little telegraph coop. The young waman
had died Of consumption the new oper a.
tor said. The conductor of No. z
attributed her death to broken heart.