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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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'I
am
very
glad
I
am
here,
for
my
machines
are
my
own
children,
and
I
look
on
their
little
failings
with
a
parent's
eye,
and
lead
them
into
the
path
of
duty
with
gentleness
and
firmness.
I
am
naturally
in
good
spirits,
but
keep
very
quiet,
for
misfortunes
may
arise
at
any
instant;
moreover,
to-morrow
my
paying-out
apparatus
will
be
wanted
should
all
go
well,
and
that
will
be
another
nervous
operation.
Fifteen
miles
are
safely
in,
but
no
one
knows
better
than
I
do
that
nothing
is
done
till
all
is
done.'
JUNE
11.--'It
would
amuse
you
to
see
how
cool
(in
head)
and
jolly
everybody
is.
A
testy
word
now
and
then
shows
the
nerves
are
strained
a
little,
but
every
one
laughs
and
makes
his
little
jokes
as
if
it
were
all
in
fun....I
enjoy
it
very
much.'
JUNE
13,
SUNDAY.--'It
now
(at
10.30)
blows
a
pretty
stiff
gale,
and
the
sea
has
also
risen,
and
the
Elba's
bows
rise
and
fall
about
nine
feet.
We
make
twelve
pitches
to
the
minute,
and
the
poor
cable
must
feel
very
sea-sick
by
this
time.
We
are
quite
unable
to
do
anything,
and
continue
riding
at
anchor
in
one
thousand
fathoms,
the
engines
going
constantly,
so
as
to
keep
the
ship's
bows
close
up
to
the
cable,
which
by
this
means
hangs
nearly
vertical,
and
sustains
no
strain
but
that
caused
by
its
own
weight
and
the
pitching
of
the
vessel.
We
were
all
up
at
four,
but
the
weather
entirely
forbade
work
for
to-day;
so
some
went
to
bed,
and
most
lay
down,
making
up
our
lee-way,
as
we
nautically
term
our
loss
of
sleep.
I
must
say
Liddell
is
a
fine
fellow,
and
keeps
his
patience
and
his
temper
wonderfully;
and
yet
how
he
does
fret
and
fume
about
trifles
at
home!'
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