The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-28
WHY SHE TAINTED.

use OF every modern impFoyementin the
mechanical conduct Of his nermous BUSH
aess has. amUngother appliances and as.
sistanis. several monographs in his or
Zee. Into these machines he is wont e.
rec3rd his thoughts whenever there Is
rush aad all OF his steRographers are
busy. Any letters he may wish "a die
tate at sych times arc spoken into the
machine. a boy removes ami preserves
the cylinder Vi record and later a clerk
takes it. places it in another machine.
Naich she puta ia operation, and as the
words odthe lawyer pour forth in metal-
lie verisini,'itude transcylhes them with
Z typewriter and has ,he letter ready
Tor signature at the pleasure Of her en-
ployer,
lt is a wonderful time-saver and has
been highly successful IN his Office under
consideration. but mechanical accuracy
AN, at times. come too near perfection.
There being no brain behind the ma
chine. ii repeats merely what has been
spoken 20 II. and any inaccuracies Of die
ton come forth with the cruel candor Of
a parrots speech. Generally there are
merely minor corrections 81 language
20 be made but occasionally the legal
man Is called upon by a puzzled type
writer to unrayel a mysterious sentence
or phrase which the faithful phono-
graph has repeated 60 her precisely as 1t
was dictated 10 il by her employer
Loog familiarity with his moods. Ian
guaga and tone Of expression has made
particularly valuable a very couscien
tinus aud paingtaking young woman
operator in his office and he has come
to DEPEND upon her to unravel without
assistance his most abstruse phrases
when repeated ID her hy the phono
graph Seldom has she failed to sustain
ber Well-earned reputation in this line.
but it recently happened that she had
to admit defeat and cry kor help
The judge" as he is known TO his u.s.
soeiates in both business and social life
one Sunday wandered aGcla during tn,
season when the golden rod blooms at
It's best, ala had the misfortune to con-
tract from its pollen blown hither ana
thither By every vagrant breeze, one Of
those severe colds in the head generally
kaown as hay fever BY uIghtfall he
had fully developed case, and by Mon.
dag morning he was even q little worse
lie was In pretty bad humor when no
reached his Office, and a large pile OF In.
porsant letters requiring his Immediate
personal attention did not improve hin
mood With desperation III his man
nef he turned to his phonograph ana
started the mechanism determined to
aaish his labora as quickly al possible
2nd escape. Letter after letter he took
from the pills and, with practieed eye.
grnsped it's contents and hurled hts reply
into the receiver Of the buzzug instru-
ment every rafting sentence being In.
delibly carved In the waxen cylinder by
gHe sharp and sensitive metallic point
which responded to the slightest atnos-
pherle wave Which mis- vocal chords
drove against the diaphragm.
He worked as never before, and in an
hour had accomplished more than he
usually accomplished in an entire fore
noon. The last letter answered. ht
caught up bis hat and with the curt iE-
formation 70 his secretary that he was
| til and was going home To stay until b.
got we'll, he left the Office
Then came the accomplished type
writer who had never yet failed to an
4 ravel the lawyers most complex lega
/ sentences from the phoncgrarh ant
have the letters ready for his signature
4 Baintily, yet with confidence. she picket
up the machine and carried IL into he
own private compartment behind Jap
anese screen Sine made her typewriter
ready placed a nice. clean sheet oY pape
4 on the roller aud turned on the phone
graph. II began 70 speak Her hand
we're poised above the keys and he'll
there while tho vicious machine rattle
On In what seemed TO be a horrible con
glomeration Of poor English, Tagaloguc
Chinese and Russian
Her face at frs Expressed innulsitiye
ness. then wonder, then woFriment He
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deer. and her bosom heaved with a
emotion too deep for expression Ye
the machine jabbered on with fiendis
regularity, and the typewriter's hand
remained in mid air. not once RESPOND
ing to the ong-accustomed habit Of II
terpreting the words In type as theyfc
In wave sounds on her car. Then for
moment look Of desperation cam
over her pale face She cashsd her han
forward and touched the lever TO sto
The hideous racket The last act ha
been the climax Of her emotions. an
she gave one dospairing scream an
faiated.
Men anu women rushed 10 her con
partnent. They saw at once that ~
had lost consciousness. and applied u
: usual remedies. She Don revived, ar
dreamily opened her eyes. In "a momel
! the horror Of what she had heard +
cured TO her and she cried.
"The poor Judge IL crazy! The he
J. mas driven him mad Listerl'
(. she reached forward. turned back q
4 mecha nism 20 the end Of the cylrdc
+ then started the machine while her Il
Tow toilers listened And this Is VIII
thy heard.
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