Show AN ELECTRIC THRILL J THRILLI I 1 Singular Experience of an Experienced Ex-perienced Operator A VERY PECULIAR DISCOVERY He Deceives From Some Men a Sense of Dreamy Pleasure in Taking TheIr Messages l am not a scientific man I nave never stuuieu pnysioiogy i Know iittic 01 tne tneoretical science 01 electricity iNOtwitn j stanuing toe last conression i am a teie j grapn operator anu nave oeen one lor the last eigntecn years v mat j nave unuercanen to uo is simpij to maKC a plaIn unvarmsnea statement 01 certain lacts growing out 01 my Knowicugc 01 practical teiegrapuy vvnicn appear to mf remarKaoie aimost mcreuioie anu to ass an explanation 01 tnem ojany in my experience as a tciesrnpnev I came to notice tnat at certain perious P pecunarnnu unaccountable uengnt accom pauieu taepcriormance ox my wor > wnue generally speaKiug it was mtsome enougn to me a young operator co ircqticntly anu so suuueniy uit trieseremarKaoie transitions tran-sitions irom iaopr to ueiignt tae piace toat i oegan to asic mysen lot an explanation explana-tion 01 tne mystery xne most piausioietneory appeared to oe eitacr tnat i was iceiing particularly wen vrnen I lounu my wont a source 01 so mucn pleasure anu tot contrary wneii it cocaine Hiisome or teat au uepenueu upon tile eiu ciency or ueuaency 01 tne operator at tae otner end 01 tne wire nut soon tee iirst bypotnesis wrjb pro en to oe laise anu not long alterwaJu toe laisity 01 tne seconu was aiso estaonsiicu A itCuLIAR DjbCONintx One uay 1 lay on a cot m my o ice ill xmn country lever nearing tee onice call I staggero < < to toe instrument anu answereu GLnc eiiorv aimost causeu me to mint my puise oounueu anti my ncau taroooeu witn acute pin I > ur to my utter astouisamcnt I leit vonuerianj oetter tao instant oe gan receiving tie message i was even temptcu aitar tailing tne tram oruer to senu oi nan a uozen messages accumulated accumu-lated since morning anu wiiicn nau not been transmitteu oecauseoi my inncss out again to my amazement i nau no sooner touched tne Key man i oceanic utterly m capacitatcu i1y ncautaroooeu worse LDm uver and again j bit mjsen nooutto mine Thus vamsneu my nest tueory Not iong urer tao mciuent just related I discovereu tuesa lacts Lirat it invariably invari-ably fmeu me with ueiignt to receive Irma mat particular operator wnosc j iOri > e had temporarily cureu me 01 tim fever out to send to mm or to any otoer operator was to experience omy a uniiorm amount of labor uimimsneu or incrcaseu by arm nary circumstances Secondly the operator in question was by no means a goou one In fact lie was quite new to toe business anti was wnat is known as a plug5 J is compared with older and better teie nipners on tae same circuit his writing was aoominaoie He sent viciously last uui no spacing formed his letters badly and iacKeu tiiat iirmness and steadiness of stroeso essential in careful care-ful and intelligent worK Tnus I in common com-mon with ail who worked witil iiim was obliged to guess at mucn that he sent whiie it never failed to put me to my trumps to keep up with his lightning pecAn pec-An yet there invariaoly came over me that sense dreainy pleasure so ueiignt tul so strange so opposed to every attendant atten-dant condition or circumstance whenever it became my fortune to receive from aim And so vanished my second theory One day I said to him over the wire ° It always mates me glad to take you2 Do you mean it said he I answ ereu auirmatively RECIPROCAL PLEASURE The more am I pleased he replied since ail the otners curse me And do you kuow he continued that I find a peculiar and unaccountable pleasure in taking front you I have been on the point of telling you so more than once That night I wrote to him describing tny feelings when receiving from him and asking an exchange of confidence In his reply which was promptly received he said When you are sending I tingle allover all-over It is as if I were electniied Some fifteen years have passed since then and I lave during that time worked in many offices and with hundreds of operators opera-tors I have learned that my early friend the plug is not the only man by many whom it has made me glad to take Whenever I experiencfe that subtle sensation sensa-tion of pleasure and stimulus it is while receiving never while sending and from tn operatci who invariably feels a corresponding corre-sponding sensation while receiving from meI I began by confessing that I had no theory or theories to offer in explanation of the acts stated above but I may be permitted to ask of better informed physiologists and psychologiststwo questions Is that affinity tvhicli attracts people to each other and instantaneously in-stantaneously makes friends of them rousing rous-ing them to thrill with pleasure whenever their hands clasp and they look eacu other I m the eye due in any degree to the presence pres-ence of an abnormal quantity of electricity in their respective bodies Is it possible under these circumstances for one incH ridual to communicate to another all of those influences which his presence and wntact with him would inspire over a telegraph wire any distance in length by means of a key whose handle or knob is insulated and while the person absorbing those mysterious influences is removed from contact with the wire transmitting them It is evident to those who have thus far follow d me that I at least would answer he latter interrogatory in the affirmative To do otherwise would be to doubt the evi ience of my own senses If the editor should desire it I will with sat loss of time furnish him with any easonable number of affidavits tending to prove the absolute truthfulness of every ititcment above made and these affidavits shall be collected from old experienced trustworthy and well known telegraph operators W USeabrook in Xew York DUD |