Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
AN ELECTRIC THRILL
SINGULAR STATEMENT or AN exPs.
RtsNEeo OPERATOR.

ne Receives trom Some Men sense OF
Dreamy Pleasure In Taxing Their Mes.
sages-othrr- nave the same Feeling
when Taxing His Morse"
am not scleutlnc man. nave never
ktuuieu pnysioIogy know nttie oI the
theoretical science OF cIecuricIty NotwItn
stanuIng the inst confession 1 am test.
Rrapn operator, anu nave Deen one Tor the
Last eighteen years.
" nat nave unuertaken 70 40 is slmpIy
10 MAKE pam, uuvarnisneu statement ul
certain iaCts growing ont ul my Knowieuge
ol practicai tcsegrapny wnicn appear To IN,
neutrality-suspicious. lncreunD anu to ass
an explanation ol them.
n-ariy IN my experience as a teIegrapnei
4 came 10 notice that nj certain perlous
pecunar anu unaccuuntanIe Leugnt accom-
panIeu the performance o: my WORK, WINE,
generasy speaking, II wa, irEsomc enough
10 me, young operator. 90 frequently
anu SO suuuen,y ,.Iu these remarkaple tran
sltlons from iaooi TO ueugnt taNe pace
tnat ocgan to ask myseu iot an eXpIana
ton ol the mystery.
ne most plausI Otc tacory appeared 10 oe
euaer tnat 4 was iccnng particularly wen
wncn ! Iounl my work II source "a so mucn
pleasure, au the contrary wnen II became
IIksome, or tnat aII uepenueu upon tue eui.
cheney or ueacIency OF the operator AZ the
utncr emu Oh the wire. i1ut soon tne IIrst
nypotncsis was proven 10 ne Iaise, anu not
long aIterwaru the Iaislty OF the seconu was
aiso cstaDnsneu.
fEcuLlAH DtSCO, Tia.
One uay / Iay on cot IN my once III
with country Ieycr. nearing the once eail
lstaggereatotneI instrument anu answered..
Ine cnort almost catlSe, me to iaint. ny
puise uounueu anu my ncau tnropDe,, VII n
acute pam. Dut, to my utter astonisnment.
leit wouueriuIly better the instant o,a
gan receiving the message. was even
tempted aitcr taNing the tram or,,er 10
senu on nali d .ozan messages arcumu-
lated since morning. anu wnIcn nau not
oeen transmitted because o. my inness; put
again, to my amazcmcnt, nau no sooner
touched lae Key inan became utterly IN.
cap,scltate.i az ncau I tnrop,,et, yyors,. nan
ever. anu a.,ltu l,It mys.,t apotlt 10 inlnt
,,nu. ,ti,t.n,,, my urst tncory
NOT iona, amer I'M, ,uc,ueut iust re;atel
,,tsco, crr,, tnesp turrv I,r.t \ ,nv,ri,
any l,,ie,i me vItn ,iet,,,nt "a receive ,rn,,,
mat pnrrIcu,nr op.rntor ,yno.e :. iorsc,,
nnu temporurtt, rIrr,i me q, to,. t.v.r M,
10 SEM, Ia nm or ia any oruer on.rator
\ as 10 experience oD,, i unnorrn amount
on tapor. ,,,minlsnc,i or tprr.ase,, nv or,,i.
uary CIRCUMSTANCE,
Secop,.iy tbr oprrutor m oua.,;on w.s
j, no mean. 4 l,,pu on. IA mo, ~ was
utnta p.,>, ~ ~, p,is,nas. NM; ,,.s,. ,,n,,, 4;
.uoy;u us a .n,u., F" A. counare,i vi, n
o,der anu Dettcr trfryrapners on tbe same
circuit nis ,,rnin,, wn. nno,ninan;c IL
sent ,icious;y NIL I'LL, ~ .nar,ng forme,l
his letters ba,,iy. an, Incs,,i rnnt ,irn,ness
anu sf,a,,,uess oi stro,,,.,., essential i'm ,,,re
fnl and inte,llgent wors luns 4 in com.
mon with hi yun war.e,i win, h;m ,,a.
oniilse1 10 .yupsa m n,icn tnaf he con-
yyniIe IL never iaiia,I "a r,t N, :, ~,
tru,nns tn I,,,.n nm ,,,t,, nia i;yh,uin,, y,,,j
Aud yet tnpr. lnyar,1fIv ,,,p,. nycr ma
thar ssns,. ~ dreamy rl.,sura u ,iaIi,,s,-
fpi so strars,n -, n,,,os,.,I =, ..,..r,, -,
dant conditien or Circumstance wnencver
h became my fortune "a r.ceiy. from hi,,
And so vanished nv s.cond tbeory
One day / said 10 INN over no ,vire ~,
always makes me glad 10 take Won .
"Do you mean IT." said he.
Ianswere,i ninrmatiyeIy.
RECIPROCAL pLEAsuRE.
'eThe more am / pfease,i.n he replfe,l
"since all the others curse me And do
YOU know" ne continued. .that I lind a
peculiar and unacrountable pleasure in
4
uoint of telling, Won 50 more than once -
That night i wrote To him. describing
nv feelings when Receiving from him and
asking an exchange of confidence. In his
repIy. which was promptly received he
said: ''NYhen Won are sending | tingle all
over. IL is as il were electrified !"
some fifteen wears have passed since then
and | nave during that time worked in
n,.n,, offices a,,I ,,,;tt IA hu,iroI. ~ -,
tors have IearneJ tb,, ,,v carIv trianJ
"tbe nInr, y i not tbe n,,Iy ,,au Ly ,,a,,r
whom h has "mad. n,a gInd ~ ,aEe i,
Wb.nsycr I exnsricnca mi snh,f. go,
ton ~ nIo.snr. arl s,inn,,lus !, i ,.hiI.
r,ce;,,;,,a, ncy,.r ,yIiI. sa,,,Iin,, and grn,,,
al ausrstnr .vha ;nyarially feels ! enrr,..
s,on5;ng sensation ,yhilo raceiyins fr,n,
no
Ibo,,,,, b,. .,,,,
or ,b.,er;as - r,yar l., a~,,I,r.,,n, ~ ~,
sac,s s,,,,at ,t,, No. ~,
- 81, ~ - -
" dsN " "e'esi '"''' 'iie' FuS s''t'S'S ~ aid
which attracts people to each other and in.
Simultaneously makes friends OF them, caus-
! ing them to thrill with Measure wlPnpyRF