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Show I ' KEPT THE WIRE HUMMING. Great Feat of Henry Bognrdus, Who Was tho Original Tramp Telegrapher. Henry Dogarihis was the original tramp telegrapher. He had traveled all over tiro world and undoubtedly was ono of the finest operators In tho business, but ho wouldn't bold down a job for more than two or three weeks. One night ho wandered Into tho omco of tho Atlanta Times and asked for a Job. Tho paper needed a man badly and put him to work. Tho chief operator got hold C Uie . other man on tho wlro and told him he hnd a new man on and to work him out. That was tho day before typewriters camo Into general use. Everything was written out In longhand. long-hand. Tho story began coming In. Uogardus asked for a pencil, leaned back In his chair and slowly began to sharpen It. Tho Bounder was pounding away as 1 , fast as tho man nt the other end of I tho wlro could send. Tho editor spoko F to "Do" and told him ho had bettor get busy as tho man was n rather fast tender and ho would get behind, "Ro" , told htm to never mind, that ho would attend to that. Ho got up and walkod j around a moment, picked up tho poker .' and stirred up tho lire, got a drink of (Jl wator, then seated himself and start- i, ed to tako tho message r Ho sat thcro through tho night and took between 15,000 and 20,000 words, ' m which were written In a beautiful jL hand. Tho teat went tho rounds of ll cporators nil over tho country and f ocamo a legend as one of the grcat- 7 ut tricks over. |