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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"It
was
then
found,
that
the
bight
was
so
firmly
caught
in
the
springs
of
the
grapnel,
that
one
of
the
brave
hands
who
put
on
the
stoppers,
was
sent
lower
down
to
the
grapnel,
and
with
hammer
and
marlinspike,
the
rope
was
ultimately
freed
from
the
tenacious
gripe
of
the
flukes.
The
signal
being
given
to
haul
up,
the
western
end
of
the
bight
was
cut
with
a
saw,
and
grandly
and
majestically
the
cable
rose
up
the
frowning
bows
of
the
Great
Eastern,
slowly
passing
round
the
sheave
at
the
bow,
and
then
over
the
wheels
on
to
the
fore
part
of
the
deck.
The
greatest
possible
care
had
to
be
taken
by
Mr.
Canning
and
his
assistants,
to
secure
the
cable
by
putting
on
stoppers,
and
to
watch
the
progress
of
the
grapnel,
rope,
and
shackles,
round
the
drum,
before
it
received
the
cable
itself."
When
once
it
was
made
fast,
all
took
a
long
breath.
The
cable
was
recovered.
They
had
the
sea-serpent
at
last.
There
the
monster
lay,
its
neck
firmly
in
their
gripe,
and
its
black
head
lying
on
the
deck.
But
even
then
there
was
no
cheering,
as
when
they
caught
it
two
weeks
before.
Men
are
sometimes
stunned
by
a
sudden
success,
and
hardly
know
if
it
be
not
all
a
dream.
So
now
they
looked
at
the
cable
with
eager
eyes,
but
without
a
word,
and
some
crept
toward
it
to
take
it
in
their
hands,
to
be
sure
that
they
were
not
deceived.
Yes--it
was
the
same
that
they
paid
out
into
the
sea
thirteen
months
before!
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