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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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The
return
of
the
current
was
like
life
from
the
dead.
Says
Mullaly:
"The
glad
news
was
soon
circulated
throughout
the
ship,
and
all
felt
as
if
they
had
a
new
life.
A
rough,
weather-beaten
old
sailor,
who
had
assisted
in
coiling
many
a
long
mile
of
it
on
board
the
Niagara,
and
who
was
among
the
first
to
run
to
the
telegraph
office
to
have
the
news
confirmed,
said
he
would
have
given
fifty
dollars
out
of
his
pay
to
have
saved
that
cable.
'I
have
watched
nearly
every
mile
of
it,'
he
added,
'as
it
came
over
the
side,
and
I
would
have
given
fifty
dollars,
poor
as
I
am,
to
have
saved
it,
although
I
don't
expect
to
make
any
thing
by
it
when
it
is
laid
down.'
In
his
own
simple
way
he
expressed
the
feelings
of
every
one
on
board,
for
all
are
as
much
interested
in
the
success
of
the
enterprise
as
the
largest
shareholder
in
the
Company.
They
talked
of
the
cable
as
they
would
of
a
pet
child,
and
never
was
child
treated
with
deeper
solicitude
than
that
with
which
the
cable
is
watched
by
them.
You
could
see
the
tears
standing
in
the
eyes
of
some
as
they
almost
cried
for
joy,
and
told
their
messmates
that
it
was
all
right."
It
was
indeed
a
great
relief;
and
though
still
anxious,
after
watching
till
past
midnight,
a
few
crept
to
their
couches,
to
snatch
an
hour
or
two
of
broken
sleep.
But
before
the
morning
broke,
the
hopes
thus
revived
were
again
and
finally
destroyed.
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