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Among the very interesting items in the New York Central's exhibit was the locomotive that once ran from Albany to Schenectady, when that streak of scrap-iron rust, sixteen miles long, constituted the whole of the New York Central Railroad; and this locomotive, the "De Witt Clinton," had been the entire motor equipment, save two good mules used for switching purposes.
Obediently I went to the telephone. I knew Dicky had had plenty of time to get to the studio, as it was but a short walk from our apartment. "Madison Square 3694," I said in answer to Central's request for "number." When the answer came I almost dropped the receiver in my surprise. It was not Dicky's voice that came to my ears, but that of a stranger, a woman's voice, rich and musical.
Then central's voice came clear and crisp. "Your party is trying to tell you that Ann is found." "Oh " gasped Katie, and lost all color "Oh " "Katie ?" That was Wayne again. "Oh yes, Wayne?" "I have found her. She is well that is, will be well. She is all right going to be all right. I'll write it all to-morrow. It's all over, Katie. You don't have to worry any more."
Duncan had been president, and Hilary Vane had fought the Central's battles with such telling effect that when it was merged into the one Imperial Railroad, its stockholders to the admiration of financiers were guaranteed ten per cent. It was, indeed, rumoured that Hilary drew the Act of Consolidation itself.
And her face flamed scarlet, as hastily she lifted the receiver to her ear. The armature buzzed sharply. Then Central's voice cut the stillness. "Hello! Nine-o-five-one?" "Yes...." "Wait a minute." She waited, breathless, in a quiver. The silence sang upon the wire, the silence of the night through which he was groping toward her.... "Hello! Is this Nine-o " "Yes, yes!"
These, then, were the conditions under which the now famous run of October 24, 1895, was accomplished: A train weighing twice as much as the English train was to be hauled for a distance of over 500 miles, making four stops en route, at a speed, when running, greater than 63.93 miles an hour. Incidentally it was hoped also that the New York Central's speed of 64.26 miles an hour would be beaten.
I'll have dinner all ready, so you needn't wait to eat." Then she hung up. Johnny rattled the hook impatiently, called hello with irritated insistence, and finally succeeded in raising Central's impersonal: "Number, please?" Whereupon he flung himself angrily out of the booth. "Do you want to pay at this end?" The girl at the desk looked up at him with a gleam of curiosity.
Another of what may be called for purposes of distinction the numerous small frauds at this time, was that foisting upon New York City the cost of replacing the New York Central's masonry viaduct approaches with a fine steel elevated system.
And even now Oliver never listened to the mechanical buzz of Central's voice in his ear without a little pulse of the heart. It seemed to bring Nancy nearer than letters could, somehow. Nancy had an imperial contempt for boiling down attractive sentences to the necessary ten or twenty words. This time, though, the telegram was short. "Mr.
You've been home all morning twiddling your thumbs and wondering what to do with yourself? Of course! I knew it was central's fault all the time! Now listen! Goodness, what are you having over at your house? A jazz dance or something? I can hardly hear you speak for the noise." "No, it isn't a dance," came back Mollie's voice wearily from the other end of the wire. "It's just the twins.
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