SOMEWHERE.
Somewhere the wind is blowiDg,
I thought as I toiled along
Iu tin) burning beat of the noontide,
And the fancy Uade me strong;
Yes, somewhara the wind is blowing,
Tnough here where I gasp and sigb
Not a breath of air is stirring,
Not a oU.ud in the burning sky.
Somewhere the thing we long for
Exists on earth's wide bound,
Somewhere the sun is shining
When Winter nips the ground.
Somewhere tfre flowers are springing,
Somewhere the corn is brown,
Ard ready unto harvest
'/o feed the hungry town.
Somewhere the twilight gathers,
Attfr wuiiry men lay by
The burden of the daytime,
And wrapped in slumber lie.
Somewhere the day is breaking,
The doom ani darkness flee;
Though storms our bark are tossing,
There's somewhere a placid sea.
And thus, I thought, 'tis always,
In this mysterious life.
There's always gladness somewhere
In spite of its pain and strife:
And somewhere the sin and sorrow
Of earth are known no more,
Somewhere our weary spirits
Shall And a peaceful shore.
Somewhere the things that try us
Shall all have passed away,
And doubt and fear no longer
Impede the perfeot day.
O brother, though the darkness
Around thy soul be cast,
The earth is rolling sunward
And light shall come at last.
—Alfred Capel Shaw in Elmira Facts.
j fln operators story. •
The life of telegraph operators in
the city is very uulike that their
brothers in the country,and the duties
of the "commercial" operator differ
greatly from those of the railroad man.
The latter's work may not be arduous
as the other fellow's, but, it is fre
quently attended with much respon
sibility. And one does not need togo
to Mexico or Montana in order to
satisfy himself that the railroad oper
ator also has his share of close shaves
and hair-raising experiences. A veteran
"key-twister," who used to be em
ployed nights on the eastern division
of the Boston Maine railroad in New
Hampshire, tells a startling story of
liis experience with a burglar while
haviug orders from headquarters to
stop a through freight. The predica
ment in which he placed himself by
falling asleep at his post should be a
warning to all night operators who
have a hand in the movement of trains.
"Just throw two or three shovel
fuls of coal on the fire every hour or so
and make yourself comfortable. There
■won't be much doing tonight, and
after No. 2 goes—why,scoot home."
Those were the last words Ed said
to me as he buttoned his collar high
around his neck and hurried out of the
office.
Ed was the regular night telegraph
operator at the little town at Hamilton,
situated on a single-track railroad iu
New Hampshire. He was not more
lhan twenty-five years old, and the
monotony of his work caused him to
seek frequent recreation away from
the office. If a dance was to come off
in the town bailor within ten miles of
it, Ed would be there, provided he
could find some one to take his place
lor that night at the office.
I was only sixteen at that time. A
few years before my brother and two
other young men, all older than my
pelf, had built a private telegraph line
between their homes iu order, as they
#aid, to learn how to "sling light
ning" well enough to work in a busy
office. Each became a good operator
and in time found employment at his
trade.
Although an eager disciple of the
nrt, I was almost too young to have a
thorough knowledge of telegraphing
when my brother left home; but I
knew enough about it to want to know
jnore, and the day and night operators
at Hampton were annoyed by my
visits till they decided that I wasn't
»n entirely hopeless case and could
even be trusted occasionally to "sub"
for them.
And that is what I had agreed to do
{or Ed on the night mentioned—a cold
and blustering night in February.
The task was not altogether an
agreeable one. No passenger trains
stopped at Hampton after 0.25 o'clock
in the evening. After 9 no one ever
railed at the station to inquire for
freight, and by half past 10 all sounds
of footsteps on the platform ceased,
only a dim light here and there could
be seen, and everything about the
place appeared to be dead.
A thick snow storiu, which set in
during the evening, did not detract at
all from the lonesoineness of my quar
ters. "But every place is lonesome
at night," I mused, "and one can al
ways have company to cheer him."
This thought coupled with the re
flection that in the morning I was to
receive $1.50 for my services, quieted
my fears for the time being.
A red, a white, aiid a blue lantern
were always kept burning iu the office
lit night in case they should be needed
quickly. I examined eaeli of these
lanterns to see if it was properly filled
and secured, looked after the tire in
the big coal stove, readjusted the re
lays on wires Nos. 2 and 16, and lay
back in the big, cushioned armchair
with the air of one who had done his
full duty.
' Aside from the clicking of the tele
graph (which was intermittent and
made me start when it struck up sud
denly after a silence longer than usual)
all that could be heard was the groan
ing and sighing of the wind and the
incessant and wearisome lium-m-m-ni
m-m-m of the wires outside the sta
tion. The blending of the ntst two
sounds was as doleful as the clang of
a bell buoy in a violent storm.
Twelve o'clock catne round. That
was a little too early for luncheon,but
I felt hungry and proceeded to des
patch the contents of a small basket
which I had bought from home.
After that I became somewhat
drowsy. None of the trains, so far,
had been more than twenty minutes
late, and I had reported each of them
promptly to headquarters when it
passed my station.
The temperature of the office must
have been 80 when I turned the lamp
down to a mere glimmer and again
settled back in the big chair about
12.45. Through freight No. 252 from
the north would be due in quarter of
au hour. I hadn't, heard it reported
up the line, but supposed it would bo
pretty nearly on time.
The storm appeared to be growing
fiercer, and I sat and listened to it.
How long I listened I do not know.
A light pounding nearby made nie
jump up.
"What can that bo?" I asked my
self.
The pouuding grew louder. All
the instruments were still and the
sound was distinct.
I stood almost breathless beside
the table.
In less than a minute I was
convinced where it came from.
In the back part of the office were
the ticket windows opening respec
tively into the men's and women's
waiting rooms. A heavy blue shade
on each window prevented any one
from seeing the interior of the office.
These shades were always drawn after
the departure of the last passenger
train for the day.
Some one had broken into the
women's room and was trying to force
open the window to the office, using,
evidently, a chisel and mallet.
The doors of that room were al
ways locked by the dayman before
going off duty, and I made sure early
in the evening that that task had not
been neglected. Moreover, as tramps
were not allowed in the station, and
it was easier to keep them out than to
put them out, I had also bolted the
doors of the men's room. Ed often
did that after 12 o'clock.
The safe, containing books, tickets,
and perhaps S2OO or 8300 in cash, was
midway between the two windows and
about four feet from each.
For fully five minutes I stood per
fectly rigid.
"Apparently the thief is uncertain
whether there is any one here," I
thought. "If he imagined there
wasn't, he would certainly smash the
window, iron guard and all, in short
order. Maybe he expects to find me
asleep and as soon as he pries open
the window will thrust in a pistol and
order me to hold up my hands."
How was Ito defend myself? If I
went to the window, it would probably
mean prompt surrender or death, and
to hesitate much longer did not seem
iikely to relieve the situation
"If I only had a revolver." Ed
owned one, but he always carried it
w'" '( him.
I resolved to start up one of the in
struments in the hope that the loud
and sudden ticking might put the in
truder to flight.
Bending over the table I opened the
key on wire No. 1(5. The machino
did not respond. Realizing that the
dampness of the storm had interfered
with the current, 1 tightened the
spring of the relay.
"SF SF SF Qk 12 Qk 12."
The sounder was making those sig
nals with great rapidity. The train
deqiatcher was calling my office, and
the abbreviation meant, "Quick. We
want you to hold a train.
I answered, and the query came
back clear anil sharp:
"No. 252?"
"Not yet," said I.
"14 for 252."
"O. K." I replied, confidently.
The despatcher's command was to
hold the through freight for orders.
The noise at the window, which
ceased for a minute or two, had now
recommenced in earnest. Either the
latch or the casement must surely give
way very soon.
In order to stop No. 252 a red lan
tern would have to be hung outside
the station,and no time should be lost
in putting it there.
"Perhaps the burglar lias pals
guarding the building, and if I open
the door I shall be overpowered and
the office will be in their hands. That
would never do. They must not know
that any one is here.
Thus I argued nervously to myself.
Then a happy thought struck me. I
remembered that one of the lantern
brackets wasn't more than two feet
from the front window, which was
close beside me and overlooked the
platform. By lowering the window
at the top I could probably reach it.
Taking advantage of every rush and
sweep of the wind I managed to raise
the shade and open the window with
out making a noise likely to alarm my
lawless visitor. Nobody was to be
seen on that side of the place and the
signal was quickly made fast to the
bracket.
"In a few minutes the freight will
stop opposite the office and tlie con
ductor and engineer will bang on the
door for their orders. I can tell them
my predicament in a jiffy and the ras
cal won't dare to tackle three of us."
Quite satisfied with this reasoning
I shut the window softly and fixed the
shade so that the lantern might not
be hidden entirely from my view, lest
any one should disturb it.
That done, I returned to the key
and took the order from the des
patches The lamp was too low for
me to see plainly, but it seemed un
wise to increase the light. As it was,
things looked much better for me than
they had a short time before, and if
all went well there was a good pros
pect of the county jail having another
inmate.
At any rate, I took courage.
By the body of the order I learned
that the conductor of 252 was Frank
Henderson, a strong, courageous,
manly fellow, who had seen me with
Ed and had several times slowed up
his train to let me off near my home.
"Just wait till Henderson gets hold
of you, you villain!" I thought,almost
aloud, grating my teeth and shaking
my clenched fist in the direction of the
ticket window.
Perhaps fifteen minutes had now
elapsed since I first discovered the
burglar's presence. During that time
operations at the window had been
active in spells lasting two or three
minutes, after which things wereqniet
for a little while, which suggested that
my man was trying to devise an easier
meaus of effecting an entrance.
"What can be keeping the freight
so long?" I wondered. "It must
be close onto half past 1."
I looked at my watch.
Great heavens! It was ten minutes
to 3!
I nearly fell out of my chair. The
truth Hashed to my mind that the
pounding had aroused me from sound
asleep and that two hours hud passed
in what seemed to me not more than
twenty minutes.
"No. 252 must have gone by over
an hour ago and who knows what
terrible disaster has resulted from my
carelessness!"
Northbound freight No. 253 and
southbound freight No. 252 were
scheduled in the time table to pass
each othoi ten miles below Hampton,
but that night 252 was a little late out
of Portsmouth and the despatcher had
planned to "cross" them at Seabrook,
five miles north of their regular meet
ing place.
Such were the instructions iu the
order I held.
My terror at realizing the destruc
tion and loss of life that might already
have ensued from my criminal stupid
ity dispelled for a brief time all
thought of what was going on twelve
feet behind me.
"Not in yet?" inquired the de
spatcher.
"Not in," I replied, fully conscious
of my uncertainty, but fearing to
acknowledge it.
Attracted by a strange ray of light,
I looked around and saw that the
ticket window had been raised, the
shade pushed aside,and a dark lantern
was being used to search the office.
The extreme western end of the
office, where I stood, could not pos
sibly be seen from the waiting room.
Hence, the thief would doubtless
think the place unoccupied,l expected
momentarily to see the iron guard
smashed iu.
"No. 252 left SY (the nearest night,
station north of Hampton, six miles
away) at 1.15. For God's sake, don't
let it get by you," urge! the des
patcher, excitedly.
It was not necessary to invent a
response. I heard talking outside,aud
recognized Henderson's voice.
Putting one foot on the table, I
jerked open the window and leaped
out.
In less than twenty seconds there
after Conductor Henderson, Engineer
Cole, Brakemau Kelly, each carrying
a lantern, aud myself, marched into
the women's waiting room. We found
part of the glass in the door cut away,
aud the fastening removed.
Mr. Thief was all prepared to make
his exit, but the sudden arrival of
four obstinate-lookiug spectators made
him conclude that it was better to
surrender.
No. 252 was standing just above
the station, and at the engineer's sig
nal his fireman pulled down to where
we stood.
"Get in there, "commanded Hender
son to his prisoner, pointing to the
caboose. "We'll take care of you."
And ho obeyed,
I climbed back through the window,
repeated the order to headquarters
with the proper signatures, received
the despatcher's indorsement, aud 252
went ou. Her delay had been caused
by snapping a draw bar on an up
grade,and having to chain and rechain
the cars together beforo the train could
proceed.
Henderson said afterward that the
fellow escaped being locked up, but
that he did not escape being pitched
off into a snowdrift.
Anyhow, I never saw him again,
and that was the first and last time I
ever fell asleep while on duty.—New
York Sun.
filass Plates That Bend.
It appears that the Chinese have
the art of making pliable glass plates.
They are not solid, but plated from
spun glass aud made gorgeous by
brilliant Oriental coloring. The
strangest thing about them is that al
though they are made of glass,one can
bend them backward and forward as
if they were putty or pliable clay.
In hearing of these strange plates
one is reminded of a story told origi
nally by Pliny in his Natural History,
and popular during the middle agesj
As narrated in the "Gesta Romano*
rum"—that strange repository of
monkish lore—the tale runs thus:
"It happened that a certain artifice?
fabricated a plate which, beiug ex
hibited before the emperor (Tiberius),
he attempted, but ineffectually, to
break it. It bent, however,
beneath his efforts, and the
artificer, applying a hammer
and workiug upon the glass as upon
copper, presently restored it to its
level. Tiberius inquired by what art*
this was aft'ecied.and the other replied
that it was a secret not to be disclosed.
Immediately he was ordered to the
block, the emporer alleging that if
such an art should be practiced gold
aud silver would be reckoned as noth
ing."
The "Gesta Komanornm" pretends
to be nothing but a collection of amus
ing stories and in it Pliny mingled
fact and myths, so that it is hard to
separate them. In this particular
cese, however, it appears that the old
lioman naturalist might have been
telling the truth after all.—Chicago
News.
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