The Washington times., 1910-05-05

them. 7 won't tell YOU which DO you
understand all thatZ Halo, EaTIh-
The operator wrote down the words
with a feeling Of grounj sinking under
meath him The cynical part OF MN
was urging him. as he wrote. 10 TegttId
the thing as a joke; but some magma
tive sense strongly induced him 10 con-
..Jove.~ he said. as he read the mes
age through after the voice Haa
ceased. II can't stand this. I'm going
10 send for more brains than I've sol 10
Then he teIephoned TO the city editor
or a newspaper on which he had WORKED
/ in the telegraph room. lie knew lne
man personally but when ne lOlO MN
OF the incident, in a half apologeJlc,
half excited voice, the editor lausheu
uprOariOusly-
Mac" he said. patronizingly. for
heavens sake. go home and sleep %
on Don't stay in theofiCe and MONKEY
with the Instruments in your condlJlOIl-
But Mae was so obviously intense an"
persistent and talked so nationally tha'
the editor listened again
send a wireless TO BayOnne or any
where on the coast Mac urged, with
great HearueSrneSs. and II they say they
haven't received wireless telephone mes
sages. which they don't understand, then
talk 70 me rs If I had EN-. but If they
admit having received them. send one
OF the boys from the STAFF Up, and also
any electrical authority you can chase
up tonight. and they'll hear something
as mysterious as ever i heard IN my
"AU right. Mac" said the editor
-pOl-la tuTeGIv y
Evidently the editor found something
/ worth investigating af-ei he had con
suited the other wireless stations in the
I New YORK zone, for shortly afterwarC
/ he telephOned again, In a more excited
I voice
! 'T'm sending I'D Jones and Elverson
/ the big electrical man, whom We iOunc
I Just leaving banquet There must ~
/ some good story in this thing Don
t keep them too long I want the stor,
I for the first page"
re presumed IL was some interest
/ ing new development Ia wireless sci
{ euce, nothing more But the operator
( was not satisfied that IL was nothing
! more. for about every ten minutes the
+ Halo, Earn call came in on thJ
! receiver
/ The elect -fcisu- who was the coun-
I -Ty'S famous genius AT electrical com
l uuuicatiou OF every sort. was only
/ curious and skepuCaI when he came.
Hears Macs Story
/ He listened patiently 10 Macs story
I with the suggestion OF a sard0n.,
Z smile oU his lips. and then went @
( work 70 suter-oEate for himself all tn,
/ wireless stations All OF them report
J ed actual telephone messages bu
I even this did not satisfy him that The
{ operator were not having a ll-rle 1un
/ so he questioned two transa1lanti,
/ liners which had Just reported 10 SANDY
/ Hook. and when they reported tn,
! same thing i5entically he got 10 worl
/ iu earnest
He was just preparing 20 ask elf
I den-Over on the other half OF tn
! world-ab0ut II. when once more tn
( hiEh-frerUencv current destroyed ~
1 erythiuE but fits OWE message
/ Halo. Earth. Hal D, Earth
/ EMERSON who haG every mechant
! cal possibility Of the wireless at hi
/ fingers end. sat staring AT the coils
1 his hand on the large brass key. VIII
/ a look OF profound smaZement gath
4 eruE or his face When the vofC.
/ ceased he sent his message 10 C1ffdel
{ with considerable eaEeTness- CIffdel
I replied that its lines were working