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on Edison. There was a delay of many minutes past the hour stated, but the anticipation was such

superintendent of the mills, again and he told me that while he would make good his promise to take you on, there would hardly be more than a few weeks' work. Orders are scarce and they expect to lay off men in August, though

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ng to us. Let's listen to the weather report

was to be rain that afternoon-local thunderstorms, followed by cl

orry; he sat smiling at the horn and he received with added pleasure the music of a band

enerally, it was demonstrated in young Edison and it governed his learning telegraphy and the manner thereof. The story is told

all along the line. As the mixed train did the way-freight work and the switching at Mt. Clemens, it usually consum

station platform, the pin between the baggage and the first box car having been pulled out. There were about a dozen freight cars, which had pulled ahead and backe

owing pebbles over his head in the sunshine, all unconscious of danger

Jimmy in his arms just as the box car was about to strike them, young Edison threw himself off the track. There wasn't a tenth of a second to lose. By

ward on the sharp, fresh-gravel ballast so hard that they were both bleeding and the baggage man th

his life to save my child's?' Then it came to me, 'I can teach him telegraphy.' When I offered to do this, he smiled and said, 'I'd like to learn,' and learn he did. I never saw any one pick it up so fast. It wa

vening. The train baggage man who saw Al rescue Jimmy would get the papers in Detroit and bring them up to Mt. Clemens for him. During these long hours the Ediso

owed me a set of telegraph instruments he had made in a gunshop in Detroit, where the stationer

riends to let him keep on the job as a youthful telegrapher should. Besides, he had a laboratory in his home and found it too fascinating to take enough sleep. Between to

er One!" This was repeated from one sentry to another till it reached the barracks and "No. 1" came out to see what w

from the man stationed at the end, repeated this, and the words went down the line as usual. This reached

e home. I ran down cellar where there were two barrels of potatoes and a third which was almost empty. I dumped the contents of three barrels into two,

had got away, and asked father if there wasn't a secret place for me to hide i

I was in a cramped position, and as there had been rotte

r received from him, though mother kept behind the old clock a switch which had the bark well worn off! M

was released t

pulled off on the Canada side of the St. C

including myself, went over to Sarnia to see the celebration. The town was profusely draped in flags

g man. When I discovered my mistake-the Prince of Wales being a mere stripling-I was so disappointed that I couldn't help mentioning the fact. Then several of us American boys expressed our belief that a prince wasn't much after all! One boy got w