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Theodore Vail, the presiding genius of the greatest telephone system in the world, is Irish, and so is Carty, its chief engineer. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, was the grandson of an Irishman; Henry O'Reilly built the first telegraph line in the United States; and John W. Mackey was the president of the Commercial Cable Company.
It is to be presumed that careful dredging will bring to light many more: the pools are said to produce a small black fish, local as the Proteus anguineus of the Styrian caves, to mention no other. I was curious to hear from Mr. Mackey some details about the Muni River, where he travelled in company with M. du Chaillu.
Mackey wanted to get hold of it." "I don't think he'd be above such a scheme, Marion. I never liked his looks from the first time I met him, at the bridge." "I know that, Jack." There was no time to say more, for there was too much to do. Marion continued her work around the sick rooms, and Jack went out to see how matters were faring at the stable and the barns.
But as Polly's father " "Oh, don't go over all that again," she breaks in. "I suppose I must do it. That is, if he's willing. I'll write him and ask if he is." "No," says Bruce. "I don't think you ought to write. This is such a personal matter and a letter might seem well, too formal." "What shall I do, then?" demands Mrs. Mackey. "Telephone?"
Her father failed, and she was heartbroken at having to leave college; but that splendid man just stepped in and made it all right. 'Yes, and Professor Bhaer has several of the boys down at his house evenings to help them along so they can keep up with the rest; and Mrs Bhaer took care of Charles Mackey herself when he had a fever last year.
"Old Ben said you wished to see me," replied Jack, and then he caught sight of Dr. Mackey and his face fell. "The man I had the row with," he thought. "Jack, this is Dr. Mackey," said Mrs. Ruthven, in strained tones. "He he came here to see you." She could get no further. "To see me? What for?" "My boy, I am pleased to meet you," said the doctor, rising and extending his hand.
"I want to know what you intend to do about coming with me, Jack," said the medical man, when they were out of hearing distance of the others. "I don't intend to go with you, Dr. Mackey." "You are hard on your father." "Once and for the last time, let me say that I do not acknowledge you as my father." "Nevertheless, I am your parent, and will soon be in a position to prove my claim."
"We must try our best to escape to-night. If we don't do it to-night, I reckon our last chance will be gone." "Ise willin' ter do all I kin," answered Old Ben, and the other negro said the same. With the setting of the sun over the mountains a strong breeze sprang up, and presently the sky was obscured by heavy clouds. Dr. Mackey had gone off half an hour before.
It must be confessed that Jack was startled, for he had not heard the approach of the surgeon and his companions, who had come up noiselessly and on foot. "Hullo, you here?" asked Dr. Mackey, as he gazed at Jack in some astonishment. "What brings you here, Dr. Mackey?" demanded our hero. "I am looking for the dead or wounded in this neighborhood," was the answer. "Whom have you here?"
I have asked that the colonel be brought here, and as soon as he is well enough to stand being questioned I am going to learn the truth of the matter." "I hope he is Jack's father," murmured Marion. "But if so, what of Dr. Mackey?" "That's another mystery." "He must know something of the colonel's past." "Undoubtedly." "I wonder if the two ever met in this vicinity?" "There is no telling.
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