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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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The
telegraphic
fleet
remained
together
but
a
few
hours
after
this
recovery
of
the
lost
cable.
The
battle
was
gained,
and
the
three
ships
were
no
longer
needed.
The
Albany,
therefore,
parted
company
to
pick
up
the
buoys,
and
at
once
sailed
for
England,
while
the
Great
Eastern,
attended
by
the
faithful
Medway,
turned
to
the
west.
It
was
about
nine
o'clock
that
the
ship
began
to
pay
out
the
cable.
Up
to
that
time
it
had
continued
calm,
but
the
morning
was
raw
and
chill,
and
the
sea
began
to
rise
as
if
in
anger
at
those
who
had
torn
from
it
its
prey.
Captain
Anderson
looked
anxiously
at
the
signs
of
the
coming
storm.
It
seemed
as
if
Heaven
had
kept
back
the
winds
during
the
critical
day
and
night
when
they
were
lifting
the
cable!
But
now
the
tempest
was
upon
them,
and
for
thirty-six
hours
it
swept
the
ocean.
All
trembled
lest
they
should
not
be
able
to
hold
on.
But
little
incidents
sometimes
turn
the
current
of
one's
thoughts,
and
give
a
feeling
of
peace
even
in
the
midst
of
anxiety.
Says
Mr.
Field:
"In
the
very
height
and
fury
of
the
gale,
as
I
sat
in
the
electrician's
room,
a
flash
of
light
came
up
from
the
deep,
which
having
crossed
to
Ireland,
came
back
to
me
in
mid-ocean,
telling
that
those
so
dear
to
me,
whom
I
had
left
on
the
banks
of
the
Hudson,
were
well,
and
following
us
with
their
wishes
and
their
prayers.
This
was
like
a
whisper
of
God
from
the
sea,
bidding
me
keep
heart
and
hope.
The
Great
Eastern
bore
herself
proudly
through
the
storm,
as
if
she
knew
that
the
vital
cord
which
was
to
join
two
hemispheres,
hung
at
her
stern;
and
so
on
Saturday,
the
seventh
of
September,
we
brought
our
second
cable
safely
to
the
shore."
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