The evening world., 1909-02-02


reached me. four OF them giving oe'
scriptions OF persons wanted ny
Scotland Yard. l was ready 10 Tlhs
the stewards bell when shadow tel'
ACROSS the door. | mad heard tha'
Secretary Taft was one Of the biggest
men in the United states and instantly
guessed that, like other great events
he was casting hts shadow before MIN
I arose. stepped quickly to the oooe'
and sure enough there he was, sn'I-
ing a greeting with the remark
Good morning, sir. you're the WIRE
less man, aren't YOU
bowed. replied that l was ana IN
vlted him into the cage" lie squeezed
through the door. Then he looked at
me sort OF puzzled md confess was
facing an enigma. too. There were no
chairs about sufficiently built TO ac'
commodate HI
He saw my ..scomhture, opened Wide
nj, mouth in hearty laugh ana
souatted down almost instantly on the
eide OF my bunk. | waited TOT al
recommending crash. but It didn't come
Then made myself comfortable again
Isent two messages for him
Gets a Message for TAFT.
A, he sat there discussing the DIS
tance the ships system would carry l
rot the boats call. It was O message
re,ayed from New York and came very
,.,ntly The sparks began to ny as l
rave the return flash and the secretary
AT there. his eyes glued to the re-
.s,ver about my ear. The message was
,or him. As I began TO write, l said :
.-rhis 4, for you. Mr.. Secretary
well. we'll, you don't say. And from
x,om7 What Is the matter nowT
There was some irritation In MS voice
h spoke as II he half expected 70 re-
,sivs adyices to 80 into some other cor
~. ~ tho world and scatter the doc
time Of love and good will toward man.
Wind. Anyhow, he patiently waited uhu'
had It written. .,d
Eis severe mien at once vanished, ana
IA It's place the sun seemed 70, 70 come N 1u
crE news service asking for state.
.,snt On tho Philippines. He foldeo the
Message and placed 1t in his pocket re-
marking: r.. ,.sd IA he
~ newspapers, but wireless INKS me
Sssp blue sea with the, devil, and there's
no betwixt any more
Taft Learns tho Code.
Than he laughed again. and hnaliy re-
mari sd that the boys n are sho Eg0s s.ate. tie.
anyno"t, ,s Sons' We had plenty Of time
~ ch.t explained the Continentai
cods system and the meaning OF Z. =,
IAN ships) and Of the now Wori9-wIta e
&c. q. 3, tod him OF ,@,. C' t -, q On
~ nsrpetrator, who was myself, II
~s' r IKE . .h,s' out one day, with F. green
sy.rat95 He S s..n re WESy o SGyhs whsp
was W. "a" awake. had been up for twenty,
I've hours steady on heavy commercial
business when I 'frst shipped with Mar
ooni. Before retiring Impressed upon
So mind tho meaning s 81 ads S seqs
.Sss In A case like that. and that quick
/ Judgment often averted horrible sea
Before retiring arranged tho tape 80
that It would print, &c; Q, p a dozeT
times as soon as me s,s no int %9u h.svy
Humber. II was probably ten minutes
sftsr that I was rolled out OF my bunk
on the floor, felt pail OF water delug-
Ing my face and clothes and some one
shaking me much as terrier hemu.es
doii baby. was "a sore as hornet.
Joke Turned on Binns.
I ,umped up, wiped my face, whirled
nboilt like a bowling dervish and was
about to plant feet and hands all over
the thoughtless youth when my eyes
met his. He was shaking and trein-
hing. His hand pointed TO the tape.
His eyes were wild and fixed on mine,
saw he was speechless. ran to the
tape and saw long line OF paper bear
ing the letters &c, Q. D., G. Q. D.. C. Q
Half asleep stll. tumbed into the
chair now thoroughly imhued with the
fellows terror and forgetful entirely Of
my attempted Joke. He stood over ms
like fiend shouting in my ear:
Quick, Jack. give him an answer
he can't be far away. Hurry. man. fol
Gods sake. don't lose n second"
In a tlry I was bombnrdlng the ali
with Hertzian waves II must have heer
fully minute before ! awoke sum
oIenty to realize that the Joke was or
me. Well II You could have seen tht
President-elect laugh. OF course. Their,
was no accident, hut | didn't explain L
believes that some freak OF wireless.
brought that call.
Mr. Taft inspected each OF tho In
struments. listened TO the dots ant
dashes OF a message which we received
in another ships zone and asked m,
OF myself and my experiences. II,
seemed particularly Interested In tn,
story Of the six months put In a
Crookhaven. near Clifton. on tho south
west coast OF Ireland. where the biz
Transatlantic station Ia located.
TAFT nesrs OF q hero
At CrookhAvsn we wers nf,ee,
miles from the nearest tramway, thiYt,