The Irish standard., 1896-11-07

But SuppOSlng they come OUT W1ys
then what q asked Brick, eagerly.
/ was anused ut the enthusiasm of
the boy.
! 81 ..grhe tugs win follow the racers over
!. two sides Of the triangular course" I
III answered. 1--WE shall be able to see g
good deal OF the race from shore. ]
!. shall telegraph some sort of5a story
{ from Nasesirk. n But the men on the
i tug will have the important work to do.
Their story will be the principal thing,
Z !. and our duty will be to get that story
red-hot at Navesiuls and hustle it into
the telegraph office. :"
Az 80. griek,, didn't say a word until we
reached Long Branch. changed cars and
were speeding along up the jersey
coast to the towering highlands OF
Eavesink. He had been watching the
ocean all the time.
I'm worried he blurted out.
''.Why? 81 ..
ss@ 9.."sBad sea on. There's been storm
~ for the last four days, and the surf is
rolling III as high as house
Well, what Of it?" I said, to draw
i him out. -
,@ss bad to land boat from the tug, if it
! comes i.
S !. Don't worry. Wen manage it. /" | said,
and "Rrick" relapsed into silence.
8 b. was early when we reached Nave
; sirk-too early almost for break fast. [
declined the lads invitation to go UP to
his house, and found my way to little
hotel, after leaving word at the tele-
graph office where dispatch might
reach me. 1t was only seven o'clock
then, and a couple OF hours'sleep would
do much to freshen me for the race.
,s, Two hours later Navesink was bus
+, ting with excitement, the countrymen
fronrinland, and the fishermen from up
and down the coast were climbing the
jutting highlands to get a good look
out point from which to catch glimpse
of the racing yachts
The office boy drew apart from the
crowd, and presently I saw one of the
girls join him. They sat on the sandy
beach talking earnestly. / could see
'sBrick" drawing with a stick in the
clean, white sand, and knew he was
"explaining the situation
"Who's the girl?" asked him when
we got back to the telegraph office.
ooh, she's an old friend of mine" re-
piled Brick" blushing redder than his
hair. 49,,
My qaizzing was interrupted by the
operator, who handed me a telegram
from the city editor. thread:
ITO Davis. Navesink: Long Island man
says race will go Jersey way. Be on the
watch. Send In stories Of weather. water
and description OF coast for Introduction:
Minute you get copy from tug file first half
at Navesink. Send engine with last halr
to Long Branch Navesink. important
point. Try wires every direction.
~ wYLIE:"
The little telegraph, office buzzed with
excitement. I. dashed off a batch OF
telegrams; one to the city editor in New
York. Then short telephone message
to our man at Atlantic Highlands, far
Their up the coast. At that point
Eager, Fenno and Rice were expected
to leave the tug if it put ashore, jump
on the special railroad engine which
we had engaged, and bring the copy
down to to Navesinl<.
'Wait an hour telephoned, land il
you see nothing of the tug have your
engineer bring you down here"
To Long Branch telegraph office the
wires clicked that late in the day the
operators must expect rush of BUSH
ness. They must be prepared to send
thousands Of words to New York for
the afternoon papers. From all these
points the answer "All right" came
back.
Click click-click click-the telegraph
instrument was bringing me some word
from New York. "Read it as it comes
from the Instrument said to the OF.
. orator.
"Nlan at Long Branch says the surf is
running high, hard work to land boat
from tug if it puts in. Do you know
the signals in regard to the Hunt gun 2"
The clicking stopped.
"No,'' said j to the operator, who
transmitted it to New York.
From New York came: "They have
Hunt wreckng gun on the tug. If you
cannot get a boat to them, and they
cannot land a boat from the tug, they
will use the gun. It will throw pro-
jectile with a small rope attached to
the shore. Pull the rope, and they will
: rut the copy in a tight cam on
the other end. You can phil it in easily
These are, the signals adopted: Three
.ong whistles on tug mean we are GO
ing to fire the gun. Clear space on
= shore, and designate with flag where
we shall aim.' You must answer by
waving flag to right and left. Three
! short whistles from the tug mean 'Ail
81 ready. Look out 7"
!: The operator wrote out the city edi-
tors, telegram. and the boy read it with
/ glee, e.
4 !: nd Il Your gun fails YOU asked
s. -. 3 .'.,ghat them"
s.;s we are dished, defeated, disg1aced,
Il done up!n I replied. ...s
Up to the lighthouses on the High
:. lands of Navesink. all around the pla-
] teau on which the lights rested, the
spectators were peering out through
their telescopes. Far off to the north
east we could see two tiny white specks
on the line where Sky met water. Az
the seconds heightened into minutes
and the minutes into quarters of Al
hour. the white specks grew less tiny.
Now they were assuming shape Now
they were sails. At last they had act
4 rally shaped themselves into the great
ri Ri nainsails 81 the 1siigilant and the Val.
kyrie. .S y y
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