| 单词 | telegraph operator |
| 例句 | I don’t know how Miss Love managed it, but she got the telegraph operator to swear not to tell anybody what it said, namely, that the Pierce would arrive the following Saturday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Every telegraph operator has what’s known as an “operator’s fingerprint”—each person taps out the sounds slightly differently. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep himself informed of all activities in the area, he dispatches a telegraph operator to that location and orders him to tap into the existing line. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba was as mystified as the telegraph operator, and was forced to call his family in the city to understand what they had meant. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His father was a telegraph operator for a railroad. Johnny Gimble, Who Fiddled His Way to Fame, Dies at 88 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z His father, a postal clerk and telegraph operator, could barely support his wife and 12 children; Gabriel, the oldest, spent his early childhood living in the large, ramshackle house of his maternal grandparents. Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2014-04-18T01:58:28Z "I felt like I was a telegraph operator in the middle of the country," said Chandler, who is not on Twitter. Kyle Chandler fishing in new streams with 'Bloodline' 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z The telegraph operators, most of whom were civilians, contended with encroaching enemy regiments, lack of pay, disrupted supply lines and soreness in arms and fingers known as “glass arm.” Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z A night editor and a telegraph operator were among the dead, and dozens of others were wounded and maimed. The 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times has been the subject of books and film. Now it's a bus tour 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In his manuscript, he describes his experience during the pre-war period captured by "The U.S. and the Holocaust," when he was working as a telegraph operator: My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust and were almost forgotten 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z The story centers on Thaniel Steepleton, an ordinary telegraph operator whose life is transformed when a watch is left mysteriously in his bedroom. A new ‘Dr. Who’ and other best sci-fi and fantasy for July 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The telegrams, clicked out by about 1,500 telegraph operators, many of whom did a bit of editorializing, are remarkable literature, shorthand sketches of a United States at the brink of collapse. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z His love for the instrument had been encouraged by his father, Benjamin Beal, a one-armed newspaper telegraph operator who himself would die a year later, his health ravaged by grief. A century later, the pain of D.C.’s deadliest disaster still resonates 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Paternò then worked for an insurance agency while he took private classes to become a telegraph operator. It’s Never Too Late to Pursue a Dream, a Graduate Says. He Can Back It Up. 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z The same year, Driver had a small part in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” as a telegraph operator. Adam Driver, the Original Man 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The explosion destroyed the Times building, taking the lives of 20 employees, including the night city editor and the principal telegraph operator, and maiming dozens of others. Newsletter: In the front row of the Ukraine drama 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Every morning, telegraph operators checked with their colleagues in the surrounding cities to see what the weather was like. Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The most powerful example on record was studied in 1859, and its effects were noticed primarily by skywatchers, telegraph operators and folks who spotted the weirdly southern auroras it created. A Solar Storm Detonated U.S. Navy Mines During the Vietnam War 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Less than 20 years later, a nation tied together by 50,000 miles of wire, 1,400 stations and 10,000 telegraph operators fell into civil war. Opinion | The Hacking of America 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Twenty-one people, including a Times editor and a telegraph operator, died in the blast. Los Angeles Times journalists vote 248-44 to unionize 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Trying to centralize control of forecasting, the Weather Bureau persuaded the War Department to ban telegraph operators on Cuba from transmitting forecasts unless they were from the U.S. government. Analysis | The Daily 202: Hurricane Irma would have killed vastly more people in the past 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z His father had been an engineer in charge of telephone and telegraph circuits; his mother, a telegraph operator. Technology: He wrote the future : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Eventually, the blind ex-miner opened a dance hall, which is where Hardy’s father, the new telegraph operator in town, met Hardy’s mother. It's not a Rose Bowl without Jim Hardy at the Pasadena classic — after 84 times in a row 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z His family later moved to Wisconsin and, at age 20, he went to work as a telegraph operator in Ohio. Museum’s Byron Reed collection honors city’s founder 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The so-called Carrington Event fried lines across North America and Europe, shocking and even burning some telegraph operators. Space storms could crash upper Midwest’s power grid 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z For example, it lacked the iconic single key that telegraph operators would later use to enter the code that bore his name. What the Digital Age Owes to the Inventor of Morse Code 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z His father, Frederick, was an unemployed railway telegraph operator. Maurice Strong, Environmental Champion, Dies at 86 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z He could afford only a school for railroad workers and became a telegraph operator for the Japanese occupying Korea. Chung Eun-yong, 91, Dies; Helped Expose U.S. Killings of South Koreans 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Lamplighters, switchboard operators, typesetters, icemen, buggy builders, copy boys, telegraph operators … these are all jobs that became obsolete. Is What You (Think You) Know Holding You Back? Being Open To Unlearning 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The eldest of 11 children, “Gabo,” as he was universally called, was born to a telegraph operator and a colonel’s daughter. The Miraculous Life of Gabriel García Márquez 2014-04-17T21:50:42Z And Western Union, the largest telegraph operator in the United States, was on its way to becoming one of the greatest corporate behemoths in an age of monopoly. What the Digital Age Owes to the Inventor of Morse Code 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Now, if you go back about a hundred years, to the 1880s, there were approximately twenty, twenty-five thousand trained telegraph operators in the United States. Watch Steve Jobs' Unveil the Mac from 1984 2014-01-26T16:05:24Z Like lamplighters and telegraph operators, business support advisers are a thing of the past, only time will tell if this will affect growth. Looking back, looking forward: How 2012 has changed social enterprise 2012-12-18T12:17:16Z So the byline was that of the telegraph operator, Harold Bride - not that of the reporter who had taken down Bride's words. City Room: 100 Years After the Titanic, Still Wondering Who Got the Story 2012-09-03T15:39:25Z With the bride in Boston and the groom in New York, telegraph operators transmitted the couple’s vows and the words of the magistrate performing the ceremony over the wires. Social Media Before the Internet: Tales of Victorians, Comic Book Fans, Phone Phreaks and CBers 2012-06-21T14:00:04Z At 1 a.m. on the 31st the authorities raided the isolated hut on the Norfolk coast, captured the German telegraph operator in the act of communicating with Borkum, and hurried him away under close arrest. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Its telegraph operators were not distributing messages from newspapers seeking information about the Titanic. City Room: After the Titanic Went Down, Scrambling to Get the Story 2012-04-09T17:59:34Z As he seated himself a telegraph operator in a dazzling uniform sat down by his side, saying, in a whisper: “That was an affected look of yours a moment ago.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z This includes an agent, who is a well-educated Welshman, and a telegraph operator, who is the charming daughter of the agent. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He was thinking of the belated lawyer as well as of the old telegraph operator. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z If the mail trains were to be run, some of the telegraph operators would have to remain on duty, at least to the extent of handling train orders. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z In 1871 a statue of Professor Morse was erected in Central Park, New York, at the expense of the telegraph operators of the country. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z The telegraph operator at a near-by village was passing the time of day with the S. C. man at the headquarters key. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z I do not know why this was so, but I guessed that this handsome little telegraph operator had some of the characteristics that make pretty girl operators in the States so tantalizingly charming. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z “Don’t move!” ordered the telegraph operator in an irascible tone of voice. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z He was carried on Mr. Van Britt's pay-roll as an "extra" or "relief" telegraph operator; though we never heard of his being sent out to relieve anybody. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z Meanwhile, rumors reached us, through the telegraph operator, of a battle at Chattanooga, but nothing official, though outside indications were corroborative. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z His system of duplex telegraphy was perfected while a telegraph operator in Boston, but was not entirely successful until 1872. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z "No, she is the telegraph operator," replied the captain; "but she will tell you anything about the country you may wish to learn for the benefit of the North Americans." The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The task of watching the rocking to and fro of the spot of light was found to be too nerve-racking for the telegraph operators, and so Lord Kelvin improved upon his galvanometer in two ways. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z There was a young telegraph operator in Providence who had a voice. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z That is just what they did; and, furthermore, Julian gave the box into the hands of Mr. Wiggins, our chief telegraph operator. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Nine years ago McBride was the night telegraph operator over in the yards. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z A telegraph operator at the cost of his life stuck to his key, sent a warning message over the line and stopped an incoming train in the nick of time. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z Edison worked as telegraph operator at various places. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z It was the telegraph operator at the railway station. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z He seemed to have affiliations with reporters, with telegraph operators, and with a hundred lower runways of life unknown to other people. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Raised in Vermont, worked on a farm, telegraph operator at Bangor, Maine, bust twice, made good at last, income half a million, his wife a lovely woman. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z She neglected to tell you, however, that besides being a stenographer and typist she is also a telegraph operator. The Leak 2011-08-23T02:00:33.460Z His attention was called to sounds transmitted and reproduced by the electric current, especially by the ease with which telegraph operators read their messages by the duration of the "click" of their instruments. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Once we heard a preacher tell an experience he had when a telegraph operator. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z She has worked as a telegraph operator, a cook, and a baker. Iceland's Face of Immigration Is Distinctly Polish 2011-06-20T23:00:00Z Indeed, it was the regularity of these long and short marches that gave me the first idea that we were being controlled by some telegraph operator. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z The object of his thought was the telegraph operator and the subject of it the interesting thesis of bribery. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z I knew one agent who was an expert telegraph operator and able to take messages by sound. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z They stole by the little station, with its single light and its half-sleeping telegraph operator. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z The telegram was sent to a man whom Mr. Benedict had worked under as a telegraph operator in Montana. The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike 2011-05-02T02:00:15.510Z The discharges from sparks shocked telegraph operators, and telegraph papers caught fire. Observing and Modeling Space Weather 2011-04-27T15:43:00Z After that he left the office and hurried out to the veranda, and stood watching, in the evening light, for the figure of David Slosson leaving the telegraph operator's office. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z "The thing is quite difficult--it must be so worded that Gabrielle shall understand it,--and the telegraph operators shall not; I cannot manage it." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Edison was only a teenager when he worked as a telegraph operator on the night shift. How You Can Profit From Thomas Edison's Inventions 2011-03-07T13:49:24Z So the trillium, who was telegraph operator, stooped down and dragged up a thread-like root, fine as wire. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z At fifteen he became a telegraph operator, and was employed in many cities in the United States and Canada, but frequently neglected his duties in order to carry on studies and experiments in electrical science. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The telegraph operators had performed their work admirably. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z For about the same time, the attention of Mr. Frederick N. Gisborne, a telegraph operator, was attracted to a similar project. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z The rapping went on continually all over the building, and each new prisoner learned its meaning on the very day of his arrival, and became a telegraph operator himself. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z At age 16 he took a job as an itinerant telegraph operator for Western Union, traveling among the cities of the Midwest on the country's metastasizing railroad lines. Where Will America Find Its Next Thomas Edison? 2010-07-16T08:05:00Z Five or six telegraph operators are usually sent during the season to Jersey from Bristol. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone “The woman telegraph operator can lay no claims to the pleasures of existence.” The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey Of course we know they are working in munition shops and aeroplane factories and in ship building, and are telephone and telegraph operators. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines The second, which is directly dependent upon the first, was the inability of the railroads to obtain the additional number of telegraph operators which were required under the provisions of the new laws. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Bromley was shaking his head in the negative when the door opened with a jerk and Bessinger, the telegraph operator whose wire was in the railroad yard office, tumbled in, white faced. The King of Arcadia If I'm mum for three months come straight for Lukin; go to a telegraph operator named Ruth Manning, and tell her that you've come to get track of me. The Garden of Eden Many a Russian woman wears the uniform of the government telegraph operator. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) There is one thing favorable to young women who want to become telegraph operators: the qualifications required for success in this line of business are very simple. Work for Women A third reason is found in the decreased efficiency of the average railway and commercial telegraph operator. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. He was so quick in his work that he become one of the best telegraph operators in the United States. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read "The telegraph operator, not seeing how this could be a reply to the governor's question thought an error had been made and forwarded the message: "'Stone cold.' The Boy With the U.S. Miners “Yes, he and the telegraph operator as well; I thought you might wish to question both,” replied he. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Women can learn to become telegraph operators at almost any age. Work for Women Stranleigh found the telegraph operator dozing in a wooden chair tilted back against the wall, his soft hat drawn over his eyes, his feet resting on a rung of the chair. Lord Stranleigh Abroad On his arrival at the station, Roy issued his orders with a crisp air of authority that won instant obedience from the man who served as station master and telegraph operator. When the Cock Crows Her faltering voice halted the telegraph operator as he was about to turn the corner of the station. Happy House Cleek cracked out the two words like the snapping of a whip lash, then quickly turned round on his heel and looked straight and intently at the telegraph operator. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories But, as was stated above, the brokers' offices supply the positions most sought after by telegraph operators. Work for Women He intended to show the letter to the telegraph operator in case the man should hesitate to send the message with charges to be paid at the other end. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon The youth who discharged the multifarious duties of Postmaster, passenger, freight and express-agent, baggage-master, and telegraph operator at Sumpunkins Station laboriously spelled out the dots and dashes on the paper strip in the instrument. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign The telegraph operator surmised enough from the telegram to invent a story; it was supplemented by whisperings from Mt. A Canadian Bankclerk Oh, no, Sir Charles, I am not casting any doubt upon the telegraph operator’s statement of the manner in which he received the message; it is his judgment that is at fault, not his veracity. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories He was station agent, freight agent, express agent, and telegraph operator at Rainbow Station, R. G. S., and he performed his various duties with laudable promptness, when nothing more promising attracted his attention. The Blue Goose He found the town ungarrisoned, two or three clerks to take care of unimportant stores, and a telegraph operator, constituting all the force there was to oppose him. History of Morgan's Cavalry The young Northerner, Dr. Remane, was gone,—a reticent, brave young man,—and the heroic telegraph operator. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Mr. Moo was the local telegraph operator, with whom we, and our friends Woo and Choo, of Shanghai, associated. Across Asia on a Bicycle Speaking, he left the room, coming back a few minutes later in company with the telegraph operator and the now almost hysterical dock master. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Our telegraph operators are great liars, or else they have been made the dupes of spies and traitors. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital As he scrawled another memorandum in his note-book, his hand shook like a telegraph operator’s. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Frequently in the largest news offices there are as many as a dozen telegraph operators who take his stories over direct wires. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories He had been in railroading since fourteen, beginning as a telegraph operator on the Illinois Central, and had risen rapidly in the service of one Middle West road after another. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways The shock which killed him and travelled with lessened force down the wire to the telegraph operator was felt here, and the instrument she used was, in all probability, disabled. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Accounts by passengers, and reports from the telegraph operators at the northern end of the line, some ten or twelve miles this side of the armies, indicate that the battle was joined early this morning. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Was a telegraph operator and worked at that trade for two years, but lost position on account of bad health. The Social Work of the Salvation Army Over the telephone she dictated a long wire to Jemima, carefully worded so that the curiosity of a country telegraph operator should not be aroused. Kildares of Storm Accordingly, during the leisure moments when Andie had no messages to deliver he studied so diligently that in a remarkably short time he became a skillful telegraph operator. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades Had I been likely to do so, our friend the telegraph operator would have prevented it. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories There was heavy skirmishing all day yesterday, and until to-day at noon, when the telegraph operator reports that the firing had ceased. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital But there were always men in those days who were deeply interested to learn what was going on among the masters of finance, and one of these over-curious ones was a certain telegraph operator. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Imagine the face of any British telegraph operator if I were to hand him a cable saying: “I am leaving again for Berlin and Vienna,” which is exactly what I am to do. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone I rushed off to the telegraph operator and gravely made a proposition to him which he received just as gravely. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades When a telegraph operator presses a key in his set, a piece of iron is pulled down in the set of another operator. Common Science The confidential telegraph operators remained with the enemy. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital They were disguised as countrymen, and were to linger around the depot, and when the charge came they were to prevent the telegraph operator from sending warning of the raid. Raiding with Morgan “You’re not looking your best,” said the other, Jack Broad, the telegraph operator. The Hound From The North He decided, if possible, to get a position as telegraph operator. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades “How long have you been a telegraph operator, Bucks?” he asked. The Mountain Divide He says also that our telegraph operator in Augusta, Ga., sent all the military dispatches to Grant! A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Unsuspicious of danger the regular telegraph operator was at home asleep, and Ellsworth was once more installed at the instrument. Raiding with Morgan The telegraph operator at Damside was closing up his little shack. The Hound From The North But, you ask, how did he learn to be a telegraph operator? Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades The fun of this joke, however, lies in the fact that the "legs" which quivered were the telegraph operators'. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 Stenographers, telephone and telegraph operators, 33 clerks, all find homes there. The Crevice There were comparatively few telegraph operators that could be detailed, and many had to be hired,—some boys who were too young to enlist. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 He knew he couldn't when he started; but the trunk was necessary to aid him in the game of deception he played upon the Baton Rouge telegraph operators. Rodney The Partisan The father, 23 a telegraph operator, was so grateful to young Edison for saving his child that he offered to teach him telegraphy. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades I've got a drag with the bartenders and the waiters in the track café and the telegraph operator is my pal. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories But how could a British telegraph operator be expected to spell Awepesha? The Lightning Conductor Discovers America With them were captured a handsome lot of rations and a number of prisoners, including all of Mr. O'Brien's telegraph operators at that post. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 And then he went on to tell the captain how it happened that he came to Missouri alone, not forgetting to mention how he had fooled the telegraph operators at Baton Rouge and Mooreville. Rodney The Partisan While employed as telegraph operator Edison’s inventive mind was hard at work. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades They were called electric storms, and the telegraph operators could hardly use their batteries at all. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The telegraph operator called Tom and handed him a dispatch. With Hoops of Steel An infinitely greater number of words pass over the telephonic circuits of the world in a year than are transmitted by telegraph operators. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use I hope that second dispatch did not put your father to any trouble, but I was obliged to send it to throw those telegraph operators off my track and blind them to my real intentions. Rodney The Partisan To support them he must earn more money, and so he left his job as messenger boy to become a telegraph operator on the Pennsylvania railroad. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades The night telegraph operator at the railroad station was an old schoolmate of mine. Continuous Vaudeville I went to the door and called for the military telegraph operator, whose instrument I had been permitted to monopolize. The Maids of Paradise It was a lonely station with a telegraph operator, and a few houses quite a distance away. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail This Society has trained some hair-dressers, clerks, glass engravers, book-keepers, and telegraph operators, but its greatest service consists in the constant issue of tracts, to bias developing public opinion. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II When he was a telegraph operator, his friend, Mr. Scott, urged him to buy ten shares in the Adams Express Company for six hundred dollars. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades He seemed to have affiliations with reporters, with telegraph operators, with a hundred lower runways of life unknown to other people. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 There was no one in the station save the telegraph operator. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks or, Two Recruits in the United States Army His visitor he knew to be a discharged telegraph operator of the Great Northern. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail "I wouldn't care a straw about being a telegraph operator in civil life." Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands Meanwhile the telegraph operator was busy with his ticker. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The telegraph operator and the others stood opposite the house in Audley Place till the patience of all was pretty well exhausted. The Slave of Silence The click of a telegraph operator told me there was some one inside the shed. Appearances Being Notes of Travel "She said last winter that she meant to learn how to telegraph and be a telegraph operator," said Halse, laughing. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine The front finger tapped the line, as an expert telegraph operator taps his key. Shawn of Skarrow A bit of heroism is related by one of the telegraph operators at Bolivar. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The lad was a young telegraph operator whom the conductor had recognized. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Each time the telegraph operator entered the anxious father's heart stood still—for there were nests of conscienceless submarines waiting for just such prey! Where the Souls of Men are Calling Get off there, and use the telegraph operator. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts Later on this knowledge gave him work which enabled him to gain experience as a telegraph operator, which in turn led to his invention of the quadruplex telegraph. The Girl Wanted Saturday the anxiety was relieved by a telegram from Ebensburg, which a blundering telegraph operator made "three hundred lost," instead of "three thousand." The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin These men, whose conversation was a jargon fitting only for lunatics, had proved that they could read my mind with the ease of a telegraph operator taking a message off a wire. The Crack of Doom By the way, a telegraph operator here brings me something nearly every day. The Jucklins A Novel "Where's the ring?" the telegraph operator motioned to me with his lips. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Arthur Royce, a telegraph operator in a Western state, a former Harvard student, now in league with two road agents, holds up the Overland Limited. Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts It is not yet known whether the telegraph operator at Johnstown is dead or alive. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin For one moment the telegraph operator was stunned and inert. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Some one called me, and facing about I recognized the telegraph operator coming across a lot. The Jucklins A Novel As we grouped ourselves there and Tip pulled a tiny book from his pocket I recollected this stranger's face—it was the telegraph operator! Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Afterward he showed her how to despatch her father’s message, and as she turned away the telegraph operator grinned at Prescott. Prescott of Saskatchewan Most telegraph operators, young operators especially, have a number of over-the-wire friends. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity An affable telegraph operator did what he could to appease the anxious travelers. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland I am the honored and distinguished telegraph operator of this commercial emporium. The Jucklins A Novel He tried to get the telegraph operator and the express man to go and tell her about it, but they wouldn't, so he went and took a seat near her. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 "Could you oblige us by going to the next station and having the telegraph operator send word to headquarters that we're stalled?" asked the man with the gold braid on his cap. The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays Our trip through Indiana—How I fooled a telegraph operator—The old landlord sends recipe for cream biscuit—Our return to Ohio—Becoming agents for a new patent—Our valise stolen—Return to Ft. Twenty Years of Hus'ling When he was no longer able to stand it, the telegraph operator determined upon a tour of investigation. Mr. Opp Hundreds of thousands of girls and women are at work in the long-established women's employments, as factory workers, saleswomen, stenographers, house workers, telephone and telegraph operators, waitresses, milliners, dressmakers and seamstresses, teachers, and nurses. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance He was obliged to elbow his way through the group of men who surrounded the telegraph operator. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 "I'll tell the telegraph operator to send you help as soon as he can," he added to the engineer and the conductor, who started back to the stalled train. The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays The telegraph operator at Clyde "bulled" the message, and copied it, "Meet us at the noon train with stretcher." Twenty Years of Hus'ling Just then the telegraph operator flew out with an order for our train to await the arrival of the train from Madrid. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Telephone and telegraph operators are among the employees. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance As soon as the river was opened, Grant responded freely to all the urgent demands made upon him for steamboats, forage, beef, telegraph operators, and so on. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps They were accosted in haste by the telegraph operator. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. I called that evening on the night telegraph operator, Andy Clock, and bantered him to trade watches. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Hamilton was wakened at three in the next morning by the telegraph operator. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country If the girl who wants to learn telegraphy lives in a small town or in the country, she must be taught by the telegraph operator. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance It appears telegraph operators have a way of talking together over the wire, knowing little about each other, and nothing at all of their mutual personal appearance. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes It was their particular delight to make life hideous for the station agent and the telegraph operator. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands After selling out, I one day called on the day telegraph operator, Will Witmer, and while sitting in his office, asked him to explain the mysteries of telegraphy. Twenty Years of Hus'ling With the same movement that he sprang out on the floor he reached for his hat; then he recalled that telegraph operators were sometimes ladies and it would be as well to dress. The Man from the Bitter Roots Both telephone and telegraph operators are in a sense public servants, and may win the respect and gratitude of their clients. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Miss Nattie Rogers, telegraph operator, lived, as it were, in two worlds. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes For some weeks Mingusville, it was said, had a new telegraph operator every night. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands One day we had occasion to go to a small station to take the cars for Fort Wayne, when the telegraph operator left his office for a few minutes to go after the mail. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Mr. Stapleton’s wife was a telegraph operator, and was then employed in the station at Adelaide. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent During the Great War there have been instances of telephone and telegraph operators performing services as faithful and as brave as many of the deeds on the battlefield. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Although knowing she could not be content to always be merely a telegraph operator, she resolved to like it as well and as long as she could, since it was the best for the present. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes He finished his letter and decided to take it to the "depot" and ask the telegraph operator to mail it on the east-bound train that passed through Little Missouri at three. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands We read it by Corcoran’s lantern, for it was getting dusky for the reading of telegraph operator’s script. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic "Mr. Burns, the telegraph operator," Walter contrived to stammer. Walter and the Wireless Finally the station agent, who was also the telegraph operator, arrived, and as he unlocked the door Jet asked eagerly, and sufficiently loud for the strangers to hear: "Can I send a message to Albany?" Messenger No. 48 Four tents stood in a row, allotted respectively to the Chief of Staff, the Adjutant-General, the telegraph operators, and the select staff officers. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War It was only when Janice saw the paper a few days later that she realized what, between them, the school-teacher and the telegraph operator had done. Janice Day at Poketown But he had brains and held the position of telegraph operator at Bower's Station. Mistress Anne In his rough, grimy hand the telegraph operator took it. Walter and the Wireless "Did you ask the telegraph operator if the message had been sent?" Messenger No. 48 The station agent, who was also the telegraph operator, was locking his door preparatory to going home for dinner. Fair Harbor Each of the stations, at these points, is occupied by a telegraph operator who, as soon as the train enters his block, displays a red danger signal behind it. Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy But just then Philip Burton, telegraph operator and genial good friend of all three of the lads, bustled into the room, a sheaf of yellow telegrams in his hand. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service When he called up yesterday afternoon, the telegraph operator flashed the tip to my man, who happened to be on duty within a few doors of the place the man was talking from. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol At the right is a telegraph operator who sends the record of the trading as it occurs to other big Exchanges—Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, etc. Deep Furrows When she got to the section shanty she would have Thorlakson get out the handcar and run her down to the nearest telegraph operator and that was all there was to it. Every Man for Himself For, as Gaston put it to himself, he was sad—despite the efforts of his friend, the telegraph operator at Ahwaz, to cheer him up. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The ticket agent was also the telegraph operator, and Bessie saw that she was164 writing something on a yellow telegraph blank. The Camp Fire Girls on the March Bessie King's Test of Friendship The telegraph operator was so deeply impressed with this statement that it was telegraphed as an item of news to Salt Lake. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Through the favor of the telegraph operator, whose child's life he had saved when the little one was nearly under the wheels of a train, young Edison was enabled to study telegraphy. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success "I've wondered why a perfectly good station like that should be built in the first place if it was to be abandoned later on without even a day telegraph operator?" Every Man for Himself For he kept thinking of that absurd Bakhtiari, and of the telegraph operator, and of M'sieu Guy, and the others, as he sped northward on the silent moonlit river. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story But the children begging to stay outside, Mary stood in a corner by the telegraph operator's bay window and looked across to the open meadows beyond the tracks and up at the great star. Christmas A Story Fuller put off the telegraph operator, with instructions to telegraph to Chattanooga to have them stopped, in case he should fail to overhaul them. Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure Instead of going to Wayne Hall to await word from the chief, the two girls first made arrangements with the telegraph operator at the depot office to wire the story. Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College The speeding engine, the flying track, became merely the accessories which were carrying her nearer and nearer her goal—a telegraph operator. Every Man for Himself "Prof. Draughon—I learned bookkeeping at home from your books, while holding a position as night telegraph operator." Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales “Jack does everything by his watch—eats and breathes and sleeps by it—” Jack returned, watch in hand—he had been getting railroad time from the telegraph operator. More Jonathan Papers Here they halted a moment, took on board a telegraph operator, and a number of men who again volunteered, taking their guns along—and continued the chase. Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure It was towards four a.m. when the telegraph operator, who slept always beside his instrument, came banging at the door of "A" Troop's office. Under Fire It is a penal offense, punishable by heavy fine and imprisonment, for a telegraph operator to disclose the secrets of his files; but within ten minutes the whole street knew. Rimrock Jones On the same platform is the desk and instrument of the stock telegraph operator. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City This was done by the telegraph operators of the country. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison "If there was only one of these telegraph operators—guys, as I used to call them—star-gazing, we'd pass the word to him, all right." Tom Slade at Temple Camp It was then broad daylight, but he stirred up the sleepy telegraph operator and asked about wiring after the train. Under Fire The wire could wait—and Whitney H. Stoddard—the first thing to do was to get an option, for even telegraph operators have been known to talk. Rimrock Jones A telegraph operator hurriedly opened the door and with great beads of perspiration rolling down his face, shouted at the top of his lungs: "Boys, the Japanese have surprised San Francisco." Banzai! by Parabellum He finally gave up trying to be a telegraph operator. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison The acting sergeant major, a clerk, and young Cassidy, the soldier telegraph operator, seated at the westward end of the rough board porch of the adjutant's office, arose and saluted as he entered. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier It was from Jacksonville, and was signed by the telegraph operator there. The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South After supper Billy Brackett went into town to call on the telegraph operator, with whom he had established friendly relations, and to receive some despatches that he was expecting. Raftmates A Story of the Great River Some one has gotten the telegraph operator's goat. Homeburg Memories The telegraph operator had altogether disappeared from the country, and his two immediate confederates, who were "branch-water men" dwelling in some remote pocket of the hills, had withdrawn to their thicketed abodes. A Pagan of the Hills "Send for the telegraph operator and my orderly." A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier I'm a telegraph operator by profession and blew into this town this morning on my uppers. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers It was the telegraph operator in Rocky Bend. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch A telegraph operator, one close-mouthed and of a virtuous taciturnity, sat up all night with Senator Hanway in his study—the night before the caucus. The President A novel "Howdy, men," began the new arrival affably as he stood towering over the telegraph operator. A Pagan of the Hills Using the railway's private phone, he astonished the telegraph operator in Fort Morgan by cutting in on him and asking him to run across to the nearest garage with a call for a service car. Sunny Slopes And she flung her arms about him joyously, unconscious of the admiring eyes of the Adams Express man, and the telegraph operator, and old Harvey Reel, whose eyes were always admiring when girls passed by. Prudence of the Parsonage Three days later he was starting by rail for Greensborough when word came to him from the telegraph operator that an important message was upon the wire. Abraham Lincoln He at once chartered a locomotive and rushed two reporters and four telegraph operators down the line toward Birmingham. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' "We might manage to seize and make a hostage of Lute Brown—and even the telegraph operator," began Halloway, somewhat haltingly. A Pagan of the Hills How the telegraph operator could have so confused the names, no one could imagine. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua The telegraph operator was gazing earnestly out of his open window, and his hands were busily moving papers from one pigeon-hole to another, and back again. Prudence of the Parsonage His telegraphic business was done free, and the telegraph operators were given free admission to the theater in return. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie The operator, like the usual telegraph operator, is bound to secrecy. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats Most of the ticket agents are telegraph operators, but there are 13 other operators employed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 We had some sport over the probable speculations of the telegraph operators concerning our visitor. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Yah," mocked the telegraph operator, bobbing his head through the window, "you need to. Prudence of the Parsonage Among all the new occupations invaded by women I do not know of any better suited for them than that of telegraph operator. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie The young infantryman who had been detailed for the important service of telegraph operator, sat in the Cheyenne office, his feet on the rude table his face buried behind a newspaper. Bob Hampton of Placer He had persuaded the caretaker of the Sailors' Reading-room to lend him money with which to telegraph to New York, as the telegraph operator had refused to trust him. The Stolen Singer He opened the doors of the two rooms on the right hand side, where Quest, when he was engaged in any widespread affair, kept a stenographer and a telegraph operator. The Black Box While they were talking, one of the telegraph operators came in, with a despatch for the agent. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches The result was that I began as a telegraph operator at the tremendous salary of twenty-five dollars per month, which I thought a fortune. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie A second installment of labor legislation was offered in the law of 1908 limiting the hours of railway employees engaged as trainmen or telegraph operators. History of the United States Two telegraph operators are making that infernal jerky clicking sound I have begun so to hate. Adventures of a Despatch Rider Such was the rapidity with which the rails were laid and telegraph offices erected, that when winter set in, fifty telegraph operators were needed to take charge of the empty stations. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories Mr Adelson, who was raised in San Francisco and who had worked as a roustabout, a telegraph operator and a merchant seaman taught the Academy, and his wild stories were all Oly could talk about. A Place so Foreign I have been told that "Davy" and myself are entitled to the credit of being the first to employ young women as telegraph operators in the United States upon railroads, or perhaps in any branch. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie When I inquired for the priest's house, the telegraph operator informed me that the padre had told him all about us and our errand and that he would accompany me to the curato. In Indian Mexico (1908) He liberally rewarded the telegraph operator, and then left the office and walked back to the inn. The Lost Lady of Lone Late as it was, they hurried to Oakville and caught the telegraph operator at the little railroad station just as he was shutting up for the night. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island "It's like a telegraph operator: it's a confidential trust." A Place so Foreign Every telegraph operator along the railroad can read it. Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail Mercy Curtis had been dropped at the Cheslow railway station, where she had the "second trick" as telegraph operator. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies The telegraph operator was about to close the office. The Lost Lady of Lone She could not recall one girl who was happy, perfectly happy, unless it was Jane Silvey who ran off with and married a telegraph operator. The Day of the Beast "Any hotel in this place?" he asked of the ticket agent, the telegraph operator, and the baggageman, who was pushing a crate of vegetables off a truck. A Splendid Hazard Were there no telegraph operators in any of the stations along the line? Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail I was overjoyed to see lean, lanky Phil, the telegraph operator, half sleeping, as usual, over the key of his instrument. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative "Why did you strike the telegraph operator?" asked the magistrate of the man who was summoned for assault. More Toasts Its higher altitudes had fallen to miscellaneous tenants including a few telegraph operators, printers, and other night workers who lodged there for convenience. A Hoosier Chronicle He enters the telegraph operators' room, where five men are at work receiving special intelligence. David Lockwin—The People's Idol He tried to get the telegraph operator and the expressman to go and tell her about it, but they wouldn’t, so he went and took a seat near her. Peck's Compendium of Fun A tall water-tank stood on the margin with a shanty, in which George imagined a telegraph operator was stationed, at its foot. Ranching for Sylvia A chill wind was blowing, night was coming on, and the solitary telegraph operator who lived in the shanty was afraid of me. The Road Again they stand at the elbow of the telegraph operator who is receiving the messages. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin He was a young man on snowshoes, and he proved to be a telegraph operator at that station three miles south. Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp And Celandine, though she would take copying or typewriting, or be a telegraph operator, her own idea is to be a lawyer. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 They can stay the nimble touch of almost every telegraph operator; can shut up most of the mills and factories, and can disable the railroads. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States It was up to me to hit the ties to Wadsworth, and hit them I did, much to the telegraph operator's relief, for I neglected to burn his shanty and murder him. The Road As Trueman speaks the telegraph operator approaches and hands him a message. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin "I know that place," said the telegraph operator. Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp Take the last great strike in America—the telegraph operators' strike—and you have to find that the operators lost four hundred thousand dollars' worth of wages, and have had poorer wages ever since. New Tabernacle Sermons "It ought to start at three," reported Jimmy after consulting the telegraph operator. Sandy And after you have reached the place and settled yourself you will tell the postmaster and telegraph operator who you are and where you may be found, so that messages may reach you promptly. The Port of Missing Men But Ted knew by the way he was holding his head that he was a telegraph operator also, and that he was reading the message as it went onto the wire. Ted Strong's Motor Car The suggestion of the telegraph operator did seem quite inspired. Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp Scattergood walked deliberately, with heavy-footed stride, to the telegraph operator, and wrote a brief but eminently characteristic message. Scattergood Baines The same morning the telegraph operator stopped in to ask if the Nelsons had been in for their mail. Sandy The telegraph operator at the Storm Springs inn was a woman, and the despatch and receipt by Jules Chauvenet of long messages, many of them in cipher, piqued her curiosity. The Port of Missing Men In his private office were local and long distance telephones, a direct connection with the telegraph operator at the station, and other facilities for accomplishing business promptly. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work Here he sat for some minutes, to be discovered by the telegraph operator when the latter came out to light the lamps in the waiting room. The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest But he felt as if he would like to see the telegraph operator who changed the date of that despatch. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot The Lowell line was so unreliable that we had a telegraph operator there, and when the talk was not possible, he pushed the message through by Morse. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty The post mistress and telegraph operator, a delightful provincial maiden lady, always welcomes me most cordially, and at present I fancied she might have some news that had not yet reached Villiers. My Home in the Field of Honor One of our party was a telegraph operator as well as a journalist. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation The father was a telegraph operator and had many friends—knights of the key—throughout Iowa. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 The story is told by the telegraph operator at Mt. Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio First the telephone bell rang smartly, and when the telegraph operator took down the ear-piece and said "Well?" in the imperious tone common to his kind, he evidently received a communication that shocked him. The Grafters The government telegraph lines are run in connection with the mails and in the smaller towns the postmasters are telegraph operators also. Modern India But it was not until Cicely had put in her last plea that the young man consented to give up his intention of going in search of the telegraph operator. The Girl at Cobhurst He proved to be the telegraph operator, who had been a brave soldier in the late war. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 He walked back and forth hunting for a telegraph operator he had known, but that young man was also out of work. Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio In the reflective instant the telegraph operator dashed out of his bay-windowed retreat and ran up the track to the private car. The Grafters The telegraph operators all over the world send "Morse" when they tick off the dots and dashes of the alphabet, and happily I can prove that this is not an honor filched from another. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II A telegraph operator, in their eyes, has no business to invent. Heroes of the Telegraph Roberts was the telegraph operator who was the financial backer to the extent of $100. Edison, His Life and Inventions He was a telegraph messenger boy in New York during the Civil War, then a telegraph operator in Cleveland. The History of the Telephone According to the Wichita Dispatch he represented himself as a telegraph operator who was to have charge of the postal telegraph office in that city as soon as the line reached there. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine At two o'clock in the morning a telegraph operator approached the copy desk and handed Cleggett a sheet of yellow paper, with the remark: "Cleggett—personal wire." The Cruise of the Jasper B. The telegraph operator read the question, looked at me, and shook his head just a little, as if to say, "There's one born every minute." The Life of Me; an autobiography The goal of the rural telegraph operator was to be able to take press. Edison, His Life and Inventions The Kronborgs were just sitting down to breakfast, when the night telegraph operator dashed into the yard at a run and hammered on the front door. The Song of the Lark Wash Williams, the telegraph operator of Winesburg, was the ugliest thing in town. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life The station had a telegraph operator who occupied a tiny box by himself, and he finally invited me to share the privacy of his microscopic quarters. The Story of a Pioneer Maggie, my other sister, who lives with me, was a telegraph operator here while I was getting my grip on things. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories He knew a telegraph operator here, and on him he depended for a loan to tide him over until such time as he should secure a position. Edison, His Life and Inventions Gunner answered the knock, and the telegraph operator told him he wanted to see his father a minute, quick. The Song of the Lark In his youth Wash Williams had been called the best telegraph operator in the state, and in spite of his degradement to the obscure office at Winesburg, he was still proud of his ability. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Further than this, by some arrangement difficult to understand, the telegraph operators at Bonneville and Guadalajara, acting under orders, refused to receive any telegrams except those emanating from railway officials. The Octopus : A story of California "The telegraph operator grabs your message and eyes you as if you were a pickpocket." Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 I met here a telegraph operator named Stanton, who took me to his boarding-house, the most cheerless I have ever been in. Edison, His Life and Inventions When Lincoln was nominated for the presidency in 1860, a single telegraph operator was able to send out all the press matter supplied to him. The United States Since the Civil War The telegraph operator of Winesburg, sitting in the darkness on the railroad ties, had become a poet. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life One of the most expert electricians and telegraph operators in Germany. I Spy Behold his smiling face and say if any telegraph operator could be so slow as to believe him a fingerer of other men's fobs. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 After calling on the Government people we started to interview the telegraph operator at this most lonely and desolate spot. Edison, His Life and Inventions In the small hours of the 27th, the officers of the 11th Bengal Lancers at Nowshera were aroused by a frantic telegraph operator, who was astounded by the news his machine was clicking out. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War The superintendent who had supervision over the telegraph operators on the railroad that went through Winesburg felt that way. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life They might pay it to the telegraph operator who receives the message! A Woman Intervenes In October, 1846, General Stager changed his location from the compositor's case to the telegraph operator's desk, commencing work as an operator in Philadelphia. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Yes, Pop, you better look out," put in a telegraph operator, "or you'll be taken up for trespassing. Tales from Bohemia But when he heard that she had become engaged to young Bowen, the telegraph operator, Prior's rage passed all bounds. Revenge! George Willard and the telegraph operator came into the main street of Winesburg. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life The telegraph operator leaned out of the window and broke into the conversation. The Short Line War No, sir; but our telegraph operator can wire into town for one. The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand The telegraph operator's guess went straight to the mark. A Fool for Love Why, I understand he's the son of the telegraph operator there. The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers The young telegraph operator was madly in love. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life The telegraph operator who had been dragged into the chase at Calhoun ran to the station and pounced upon a telegraph key. Tom of the Raiders Some of the men laughed, some swore at him, and the telegraph operator reported the matter to Al, calling Sam's question an impertinence. Windy McPherson's Son To be sure he had told the two men not to go near the telegraph operator, but that would no doubt but serve to arouse their suspicions of the thinness of his story. Poor White It should have been a real and a quarter, but the telegraph operator had no change! Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Rolandsen, the telegraph operator in love with Elsie Mack, is no poet; he has not even any pretensions to education or social standing. Growth of the Soil At one corner of the depot Ben found a telegraph operator. The Store Boy Of the men coming in at the side door, a shoe merchant, a grocer, the proprietor of a restaurant, and a telegraph operator interested Sam most. Windy McPherson's Son Into his mind came the sickening fear that the telegraph operator at Pickleville was not an inventor at all. Poor White Then it came faster and faster and it seemed as if he must be turning that damper like a telegraph operator moves his key. Roy Blakeley He is a skilled mechanic, a soldier—some say he has a general's uniform hid away in his house—an electrical engineer, and a telegraph operator. The Lost Naval Papers It was rather an astonished telegraph operator who, a little later, was confronted by four pretty girls, a man who looked as if he had been in a shipwreck, and a much-flustered lady. The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health The experience of Tom Potter, telegraph operator at an obscure little way station, is truth painted large. Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others He said it would be better to tar and feather that telegraph operator. Poor White I induced our telegraph operator to rectify this oversight, and felt repaid for my trouble when I showed the message. The Boss of Little Arcady Dispatches sent to Grant for information concerning his command was never delivered to him, but were delivered over to the rebel authorities by a rebel telegraph operator, who shortly afterward joined the Confederate forces. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul She may be fitted as a cook, a storekeeper, a telephone or telegraph operator, or for signalling or salvage work. Mobilizing Woman-Power At length, just as the telegraph operator had received the welcome order, "A hundred up!" the ball shot, and crashed into Thurston's wicket. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs She thought that had Hugh remained a telegraph operator at forty dollars a month something might have happened between them. Poor White At Knoxville Grant received a dispatch in cipher which he could not read because the telegraph operator at his headquarters at Nashville alone had the key. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 The agent, who was also the telegraph operator, had a telegram for Ned, which the boy took eagerly. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure My brother-in-law's telegraph operator there, and I'll send him a message to look out for you, and he and my sister will keep you over night. Betty Gordon in Washington The telegraph operator would give us the laugh and say the Scouts didn’t know what they were doing. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures A tradition in regard to the telegraph operator began to grow up. Poor White The telegraph operators were young men who had learned the art usually in the northern telegraph offices and were hired for military service like other civilian employees. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 When a telegraph operator receives a money order, he at once seeks out the person to whom it is sent, and pays the money in accordance with his instructions as to identification. Business Hints for Men and Women He went out and found in the yard one of the telegraph operators from Kiley's, on a smoking horse. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Eager to be of service to the Consulting Engineer, the man hurried the message to the telegraph operator. Out of the Primitive As he stood at the window of the ticket office, the ticket seller, who was also the telegraph operator, tried to engage him in conversation. Poor White Sherman had received the dispatch in cipher just as he was starting for his conference with Johnston at Durham Station, and had enjoined absolute secrecy upon the telegraph operator till his return in the evening. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 He hastened to find the telegraph operator, and got him to open the office. The One Woman Everybody else, from Mr. Force to the telegraph operator over in the railroad station, looks—but, why go into all this? Mr. Bingle He started on his career as a simple telegraph operator, and then migrated with all the Nevada immigrants in the boomy days of the goldfields. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information Hugh decided not to try to explain away the mistake made by his new acquaintance, and to accept the offer of assistance in getting the appointment as telegraph operator. Poor White He was annoyed at the delay, and sent up Major McCoy of his staff to Morrisville on the railway, where Kilpatrick's headquarters were, taking with him a telegraph operator to open an office there. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 By this vagueness we perceived that he too was trusting no secrets to telegraph operators. Sylvia's Marriage The first volley killed Mr. Cinnamon, a telegraph operator, who was a passenger, on his way from Plum Creek to some point up the river. The Great Salt Lake Trail An Englishman was a prize by way of a husband for a half-breed girl, even if he were only a telegraph operator. Further Chronicles of Avonlea And what about that fellow we thought was maybe just a telegraph operator? Poor White Orders have been issued that the telegraph operators are under no circumstances to give out news about this train. The Treasure-Train Quarter of an hour passed slowly and then the telegraph operator came to him. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor At this juncture a temporary station had been left in the shape of several box-cars where the telegraph operators and a squad of troopers lived. The U. P. Trail Meanwhile, the superintendent has gone back to his old work as a telegraph operator. In His Steps The position of telegraph operator at the Wheeling station a mile north of town became vacant and, through an accidental encounter with a former resident of a neighboring town, he got the place. Poor White She heard the telegraph operator whistling at his work, and as she re-entered the waiting-room, she saw the ticket agent standing in his office. At the Mercy of Tiberius He had recognized the voice of the telegraph operator at Oak Run. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor For instance, I am certain that Billy Rawson, the telegraph operator at Mariposa, could easily have invented radium. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town I can go back to my old work as a telegraph operator. In His Steps Don't go near that telegraph operator and don't talk to a soul. Poor White Especially if all the telegraph operators was like the one up at the depot. Cy Whittaker's Place He was still shaking from the news the telegraph operator had brought. The Portygee He was a telegraph operator when he was a young man. The Rise of Roscoe Paine Vail, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1845, after spending two years as a medical student, suddenly shifted his plans and became a telegraph operator. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry No one but the half-wit and Steve Hunter were admitted to the society of the telegraph operator. Poor White Though this derivation seems to be mistaken, it may well be a distorted memory of a joke first current among telegraph operators more than a century ago! The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 The telegraph operator at the Golden Gate of San Francisco had long since given up hope of the Excelsior. The Crusade of the Excelsior There is no telegraph operator in the house. The Rise of Roscoe Paine "It's the telegraph operator at Frankfort," he said, as he hung up the receiver. One of Ours The telegraph operator dashed to the door as Chad drew up in front of it. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come One of them is telegraph operator at the station. The Man in Lower Ten The telegraph operators wearily raised their celluloid eye-shades after a night of talking with Paris and Peking. Babbitt Behind him came his staff, and behind them came a wizened little man, whose nickname was "Lightning"—telegraph operator for Morgan's Men. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come No. As we went through the station the telegraph operator gave Har—Mr. Sullivan a message. The Man in Lower Ten |
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