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YOL. XIV.
NIGHT OPERATOR.
BY JOHN E. BARRETT.
.-
The night operator at the Oreton
t ,iHc© cf the Western Union L ole-
gr.iph C‘ inpoiv «'dS dozing over his
desk, when Earnest Saxe—a tall,
handsome young merchant, who was
accompained by messenger boy
named Andy Smith, familiarly known
as Tiie Sparrow—entered hurriedly,
* n<1 bru-ithing quickly, as if after a
. ard run.
News was coming in slowly for the
orning Paragon, a ltiiig hours had
earit-d th man at ar J ke\.
He an effort to shake off
sleep, luivVeier, Ernest Saxe,
addressing him eage
“Every moment is precious. Tele-
graph at once to the nearest pfilioe
station in New York to arrest two
men who are on the midnight train
from Oreton, and who have in their
possession a large amount of money
andjewels. Judge Langford’s daugh-
ter, Const.mee, has eloped with a man
VV ^° P roVes to be a gambler, and wlr,
with his accomplice, has robbed the
judge’s residence to-night.”
“Write your dispatch,” said too
operator, who was now wide awake.
As he sp< 1 ke the click of the key
sent tn© swift signal over the wire .
that , New vT , Y r oak , ,
was . wanted. ,
Meantime Ernest Saxo sat down
with a palpitating heart, to crowd his
tumultuous thoughts into the narrow
compass of a telegram, ami it seemed
to him as if an hour had pushed while
he was flaming the following »ut*s-
saife: n
“To “Oreton, January 2lst.
the nearest Police Station,
; New Y’ork: Arrest two men on the
mi.lni.ht train, wht.ht.re with the... a
vin.nu vvnnntn, ami detain tilt- entire
: party. The men are wanted for roll-
t»er\" of J udge Langford’s residence,
-
O-.e «>t c them . is a notorious gambler, . . _
mimed Jack Dawst u. 1 fve other is a
,„||, s „ m « ,| es| ,«ra lo, and yives
1 ,i» name os Victor Darcy.
“Signed,
Ernest Saxe, for Judgu Langford.”
New VT x7 York . . Inis not answered
. yet,
sir .'’ Slid 1,18 °i» rator, as E.-
t , . s Sa xellaid J this message Oeiore him.
“My ,, God! ,, T It will ,< , oe too late , , ufi-
! ®'« tlu, v *•>**“ exol “ imttd
-
Ernest. “The midnight express is no
laggaril on the , line. „ And . , he , , looked -,*> • ,
impatiently at his watch.
rhe nighxajjprator signalled rapid-
ly. Five inmates elapsed, then ten,
then fifteen.
“I fear it’s no use, sir; they don’t
answer,*’ he said, wearily, <*t Iasi.
He had no sooner uttered these
words than then was a rtnponsive
click.
“Ah, there!’’ cried the operator,
gleefully.
Just then the man at the other end
of the line signalled “Wait a min-
ute. He was not ready with paper.
..... 1 n,N i another delay du.i.ur
cau ^ u au<uner uu.i.ig
w biclx Ernest was bursting with im-
patience.
At last all was ready. The mes-
sage went th, rough !i»ce a fl ish, and
Ernest Saxe breathed a sigh of relief
a§ ‘ he said:
“Thousand thanks, my friend! I
trust it will not t>e too late;” and, af-
ter office/acco.npanied pavinu the charges, he left the
by the-'•Sparrow”
Thev did nok notice the tall,
ter-lo-dting n,an who was looped at
th® .lesk outside the glass partition
as thev went out. Ernest was eager
to Judge Langford know what had
done, and so they
awa v - -
.
A (joeer thing b«ppene«l after they
had '* ft tele S”F h J he
night operator, who was thinking
° ver the sirring message he had just
sent, ’ began n to receive a straggling
Associated Press dispatch for th.
Mornino Paragon, when the tall mao,
with the sinister look aud the »car
Devoted to News, Politics, Agriculture and General 1Pivgress.
TOCCOA, GA., MAY 6, 1887.
who had been stan.iiiig outside the
partition when Ernest Saxe left the
place, entered the office and walked
noiselessly up until he stood before
pie desk at which the telegrapher sat.
The night operator’s mind was in-
tent upon his work, but the loneliness
G f the hour, and the presence of a
strange and silent personality, sent a
thrill through his frame that he knew
jij no t come from the telegraph key.
He looked up suddenly, and then saw,
standing before him, the stalwart
man already described.
The sijdit of the red scar on the
man’s right che.*k instantly recall a d
to the t loll zr
notorious in Saxe’s
dispatch < hi just sont over
the wire, - ni he felt that this must be
some strar ge cenjuration of his over-
wrought brain,
The spell was quickly broken. The
visitor seemed to read the night o^>er-
a t<, r s thoughts, and said:
u|’ m MO apparation. I understand
telegraphy quUe as well as you do,
, an; ] the dispatch you have sent is an
} ;l f rn;l i f am Jack Dawson, the
person mentioned in the message, and
you see I ain not on the midnight
train, ,ieither am 1 engaged iri the
abduction of women. Now, recall
that dispatch as quick as you can.”
The operator was amazed.
“It is impossible,” lie said, “forme
to comply with your request. 1 don’t
know, nor am I supposed to assume,
that message refers to you.”
“Hut 1 know tt .lues,” Haiti I)aw-
son. “I heard you send it, and 1
shall insist on vour recalling it at
once and saving that you made a mis-
take in sending it to New York, us it
was intended for Chicago.
Tlw '’l' erat " r ' vas in » T ,amli,r y-
Unre was n man, tinariy twice iii. size,
demanding that he inu*t do something .
1 which he ' knew ' he ou<rlu to do.
■“>
To cpt| j v vvi{h hia = he felt
would . . . !.» a cO warJ1 ,, y nvaston . of c duty, ,
and to refuse mi .ht entail serious
.“onsequences which Ira could not fore¬
! 8ee> There was no person within
I reach, . and the , 1
, hour already . , late, .
was
i so that it was impossible to ol.tain
j assistance vet the operator resolved
| 1 f
-
\ tl) ,j 0 i,U duty at all hazz-irds.
"i’n. sorry that i cannot orant your
r(?c ,, * l est ’ sir” ‘ ’ he said, firmly,
“Do you refuse absolutely?” hissed
Dawson, fiercely, the great red scar
turning purple ami a savage light
vv hioh boded misch ef leaping into
his eyes.
“Absolutely,” answered the opera¬
tor, in a firm voi *e.
“Then I will send the message, my-
seif,” retorted D.iwson, who made a
(motion in the direction of the key.
•'Don’t interfere with the instru-
i ment at your peril!” exclaimed the
0 p era t 0 r; but Dawson disregarded
him, laughed coarsely, and proceeded
l() take possession of lie desk.
Th.i operator held bis ground.
“I’ll give j you twenty dollars for
the privilege,” said Dawson.
“Not for twenty th usand,”replied
£]jq flight operator.
“Then take that!” cried the ruffian,
striking hitn a brutal blow in the face
w hioh felled him to the floor,
Tho ni .l,t operator was stunned
and daMd , but he rose rapidly and
r „ she( , at h is burly assailant, who met
tljm „; th anot h er ^vau-e ^ Plow, which
sent hitn reelin ^^.1 , to lb a , WT a second
tin)e . and him unconscious.
Da wson’ S blood was now aflame. He
was as a w ild beast, and he followed
U p assualt with, a pistol shot.
When the struggles of the brave
n ;„| lt operator cea»d, »n d as he lay
across the fl.>or motionless, and appa-
yently lifeless, Jack Dawson sent this
messa tr 6 over the wire to New Y r ork:
ce^sudot 0^11-
i„g for the the arrest of two men and a
woman on train, was a atupid mia-
t ike. It was intended for Chicago
that U is nut delivered, ot■ if
lirered already, nave it recalled at
o,,,s lest the 'company get into trou-
Dawson did not sign this. He
knew that such formality was not nec¬
essary, as the operator at the other
end 'would probably attribute t | 19
mistake to the Oreton operator, and
do all he cou'd to help him out of a
scrape ’
Casting a hasty Victim, glance at the pros-
trate fora, of his the desperate
gambler muttered a curse, and then
darted out into the street with a new
borrow in his already callous breast.
Dawson , had , gone but . a short ... dtst-
from . the door,
anee when he saw _ Er-
nest Saxe _, approaching . .
m great , haste,
Ernest was going back to the tele-
graoh . ,
office alone. He r , wanted , to
send \ . ,
another dispitch , to the , New
r
York , authorities, , . . asking . ,
them to re-
port , by at . if . thev . , .
r wire once should .
sucoeed • ,
m intercepting the runaways.
Just then a fiendish thought took
possession of Jack Dawson. As soon
as he saw Ernest enter the office he
rushed to his gambling room, roused
his keen and clear-brained mother,
and told her the entire story in a few
words, at the same time bidding her
hurry to the telegraph office and de
dare to the first policeman who ar¬
rived that she saw Ernest Saxe kill¬
ing the night operator. The old wo-
man, who was accustomed to desper-
ate scenes, took in the situation at
°" ce ' aml lost m> tiln * in reaohin K tlle
scene of the tragedy.
Meantime Jack Dawson rang up
the police office by telephone, and
said that a policeman was wanted in
the telegraph office to arrest a man
for murder..
The policeman who happened to be
at headquarters when the exciting
message arrived, rushed to the tele-
graph office without delay. He was
met at the door by an old woman, who
was much agitated, and who exclaim¬
ed:
“Oh, officer, dear, I saw him do the
terrible deed. It was the most hor¬
rible and cold-blooded thing I ever
saw! The sight of it made me sick,
and I fear I’ll faint.”
“For goodness’ sake, what do you
refer to?” asked the ^puzzled police¬
man .
“Tl.p the murder in the telegraph
tfire!” the fettered. “The murderer
is still inside;” and she pointed to
Ernest Saxe, who was standing in
horror over the prostrate form of the
heroic night operatur whom he had
seen in the enjoyment of life and
health but a few minutes before.
The policeman was startled by the
K rioi picture; imt promptly realizing
the responsibility of his position at
that grave crisis, and fearful lest the
perpetrator of the crime might escape,
he rushed into the telegraph office
and placing his hand on Ernest-Sa-xe’s
shoulder, said: “You are my prison¬
er!”
Meantime Mother Dawson, seeing
her opportunity, escaped.
“Hold on, officer! Not so fast!”
said Ernest Saxe. “A foul murder
has been done, but not by me. There
is lifa th ‘ 3 bod J’ 1 tl,ink; a,,d il is
first duty, if post.hie, to save the
0 P erat0r "' ll0 >>»«. doubtless heet,
foull v dealt " uk R,n s f,,r he 'P<
.
•» ambulance, and let us re-
n ’ ove to lhB 1 " ,U
cheerfully asstst you, and reraa.n your
prisoner until this mystery is cleared,
The officer rang for help as sug-
gested, and soon a number of police-
men were upon the scene..
Ernest Saxe was locked up on.the
tharge of having commuted the
der; the night operator was taken
the hospital, where be soon showed
son,e si “ ,;s °( re ' Utnin « ‘ a ! mat ’ 0n
and the next day Oreton was m a for-
meut of excitement.
NO. 30 .
what of the runaway lovers
nJ , he two dispatches ,h» t weresent
r
^7/a..dT^ otber'contrfdilm.VX
OTder? .
Well, the first dispatch had fortu¬
nately been delivered before the se-
eoud arrived, and it was placed in
*^ 8 hands of a detective, who knew
Vlctor Darc v m " ,er a11 his aliases for
.
years. This officer boarded the train,
a 6,lort dis,a " ce fro,n New Yl ’ tk and
'
d ' !tHi ned Darr >’ and Constance Lang-
^ ord . * u cus ^ od d*
The news of the arrest was imrae*
telegraphed to Judge Lang-
fori; ’ but as there was no operator ‘ in
the , Oreton ofiiee to take the message,
. tlt.l , reach . him , .
it not until ... the
next
,noinln .->' Judge Langford was over-
loyeu ' ,* on learning . of the capture ‘ or
the runaways, am. , .hastened , to the ,
city, where , he ascertained . . that , Darcy __
was identified by the police as a bank .
robber , for , whom they had been anxi-
ously looking for some time.
On learning this, Constance, who
felt much humiliated by the cruel
way she had been imposed upon, and
h y a man whom she considered per¬
fect, gladiy renounced Darcy, and
returned home with her father, whose
forgiveness she readily ob;ained.
The trusty, impulsive and generous
girl had sustained a cruel shock, ye:
she bad learned an important life-
lesson, and rejoiced that she had been
prevented from linking her life with
a robber and a gambler.
The night operator who haM been
struck down at duty rallied sufficient¬
ly, under careful treatment at the hos¬
pital, to exonerate Ernest Saxe, by
making a clear and vivid statement
of the tragic struggle in the teiegragh
office with Jack Dawson. But the
operator’s recovery was only tempo¬
rary, and he died of his injuries in a
few days.
Detectives were put upon Dawson’s
track by the telegraph company, and
he was caught and punished for his
crime.
Constance Langford keenly felt the
humiliation of her great mistake, the
result of a false infatuation fora man
who had obtained her affection under
false pretense; yet she was grateful
for her‘deliverence from a fearful fate.
Her father treated her kindl) 7 , told
I her how much they both owed to Er-
t SaXe; an(i she repa j d btsindulg-
e ,. CB b} , a dail( , hter ’ s devotion.
Time the softener of all aspiraties,
and the potent wonder-worker, made
C „ n3ta[ , ce in gooa 86ason) recognize
at their true worth the modest, manly
merits of Earnest Saxe, who never
ceased to adore her; and when the
news of their wedding was wired to
1 f . ionds m New York, Andy Smith,
the messenger-boy, who had been
promoted, was the night operator at
Oreton.
MAKfHG TIME.
When some one asked the great
astronomer, Herschel, how he found
time for certain work, replied: “1
don’t find it; I make it.”
A good many people who cannot
“find” time to do necessary and pieas-
ant things could “make” some much
* ore ea,il r ,han &erstbel ' ' vho Riade
his out of the hours for sleep and
„ e a!s. Most of us have many idle
hours that, cut up into smalt
would give us time for everything.
One hour’s study a day for a year
w, 11 enable any one to read French,
and, as one tongue helps another,
four or five years would give a very
useful knowledg e of most of the liv-
big languages, if one hour a day were
uncompromisingly made every day
out of wo.se than useless gossip, or
afternoon naps that only spoil
complexion.
S-. with with .ny accomplishment
or any little art or industry, that will
ccupy the mibd, and which may be
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the niean8 a little income in year*
to come,
I have a friend who lately com-
pleted a very elegant and useful piece
of embroidery. “And when did you
do it?” some one asked. “During
Mrs. Gabble’s calls,” she answered.
Mrs. Gabble is a neighbor who often
calls, and whose talk is very stupid
and silly. The work was always
handy, and taken up while the lady
stayed. So, in the course of two
years it was finished. A sterner wo¬
man, or a less hospitable one, would
have said “not at home,” to Mrs. Gab¬
ble. My friend was too kindly for
that; so she utilized the moments.
It said that a great English author
wrote many of his novels while in.
the irain, on the way to his place of
business. Two bouft# a day on thd
train—a wearisome two hours enough,
even with the solace of a cigar, I
:ancy; but lie could never believe
that the journey was really over at
its end, he had stuffed it so full of
work.
It is hard to find anything that can¬
not be accomplished, if you are will¬
ing to make time for it.—M. K. D.,
in N. Y. Ledger.
A Curious Adventure.
While dashing furiously along I
suddenly felt myself sink into the
earth up to m3’ armpits. At the same
instant I heard down in the ground
the shrieks of human bein s—women
=
and children. I felt hands clutch at
my legs and naked human bodies
pressing against them. I uttered no
sound -I was too much frightened I
I held ray breath and shrank within
myself. Every instant I expected to
feel a knife or a spear thrust into ray
body. My feet were on the ground,
and, without knowing what I wa«
doing I gave a strong push with my
breast. Kinding that something wak
giyina way. I plunged foward and up
a steep slope of 2 or 3 feet, when I
found mvself bounding like a dear
across the level meadow with a great
contrivance of basket work suspend¬
ed from my hips and extending a yard
or more on all sides. I looked for
all the world as if I had darn’d a
huge hooped-skirt. While making a
momentars* bait, in order to disen¬
gage mvself from the singular ma¬
chine hanging upon me, Icastny
eyes backward and saw an old womun
and three or four naked children
scrambling out of the hole from which
I had just made iny escape. Yelling
at the top of their voices, they dash'
ed away as fast as their legs would
carry them , making for the nearest
hills. By the time I had pushed my
basket skirt down to my heels and
stepped out of it, I fraw a dozen ot
more black heads emerging from the
earth in my immediate neighborhood.
Seeing the shaggy heads popping up
all about me, I darted away at a pace
that must truly' have astonished the
natives. I think I must have left the
village at least five miles behind be-
f„ rc I halted. I then threw myself
U j )on t i ie g roun d u>o much exhausted
to cv . cn ] oa< ] my g un .
‘Was it one of their houses that you
had jumped into, uncle?' here asked a
small bov, who had been listening
with 'all his ears.’
‘Y'es, Ikiv, the roof of one of their,
huts. You see these miserable root-
digging, frog eating devils live in
holes dug in the ground, just like so
many woodchucks. They make *
kind of basket work dome of willow,
which they place over the hole and
cover with grass and earth by way of
roof, and in hot weather they some¬
times strew this roof with greea
leaves as an additional protection.
against the heat of the sun. The one
j into which I planged was so eovered,
anf j lhe framework, being old and
rotten, I popped through it easily
! enough.—Salt Lake Tribune.
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