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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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Jenkin
was
a
good
father,
joining
in
his
children's
play
as
well
as
directing
their
studies.
The
boys
used
to
wait
outside
his
office
for
him
at
the
close
of
business
hours;
and
a
story
is
told
of
little
Frewen,
the
second
son,
entering
in
to
him
one
day,
while
he
was
at
work,
and
holding
out
a
toy
crane
he
was
making,
with
the
request,
'Papa
you
might
finiss
windin'
this
for
me,
I'm
so
very
busy
to-day.'
He
was
fond
of
animals
too,
and
his
dog
Plate
regularly
accompanied
him
to
the
University.
But,
as
he
used
to
say,
'It's
a
cold
home
where
a
dog
is
the
only
representative
of
a
child.'
In
summer
his
holidays
were
usually
spent
in
the
Highlands,
where
Jenkin
learned
to
love
the
Highland
character
and
ways
of
life.
He
was
a
good
shot,
rode
and
swam
well,
and
taught
his
boys
athletic
exercises,
boating,
salmon
fishing,
and
such
like.
He
learned
to
dance
a
Highland
reel,
and
began
the
study
of
Gaelic;
but
that
speech
proved
too
stubborn,
craggy,
and
impregnable
even
for
Jenkin.
Once
he
took
his
family
to
Alt
Aussee,
in
the
Stiermark,
Styria,
where
he
hunted
chamois,
won
a
prize
for
shooting
at
the
Schutzen-fest,
learned
the
dialect
of
the
country,
sketched
the
neighbourhood,
and
danced
the
STEIERISCH
and
LANDLER
with
the
peasants.
He
never
seemed
to
be
happy
unless
he
was
doing,
and
what
he
did
was
well
done.
Above
all,
he
was
clear-headed
and
practical,
mastering
many
things;
no
dreamer,
but
an
active,
business
man.
Had
he
confined
himself
to
engineering
he
might
have
adorned
his
profession
more,
for
he
liked
and
fitted
it;
but
with
his
impulses
on
other
lines
repressed,
he
might
have
been
less
happy.
Moreover,
he
was
one
who
believed,
with
the
sage,
that
all
good
work
is
profitable,
having
its
value,
if
only
in
exercise
and
skill.
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