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Show ti: vii nu a si'Ufiii. tM-raTfitsAinii I iwmrcru m iitmn-lit iitmn-lit iiiiicraiiriiii'Ai'irAiia'K.i Ul A MHTIU WIA'ACII. For the pat two wecka ono of the lelegraih companlea litre fiaa rxa-rlenml rxa-rlenml a glial ileal of dllllcully with ouoof Ita aouiiiem routea. Thuatory, aa told I) our Of tkv opiratora, la a jiriillarone. l.vrryolllru haaatall, that la, Dontrer la known aa II, lloiil Irr aU, Coloraloriirlnga aa UU. A bent two weekaago DeiiTtr waa lallotl from an onica whli It algnvd A. Now, therv la no autli otllee In thp alate, hruco thu taao lanaina inyiltlloiia. The tlilif ojierator ent to thu key and aiked tho atranga oIlUo b give hla full name, lhu lie rtfuaid lo do until lliey were rraly hi re-rtlrohla re-rtlrohla uieaangr, llalminir thai hla waa a relaying or repenting nlllcu, an I (hath ttaaiH ndlng mattor from "K. H."orKanaaUily. The raw waa a atranga one, aud lio waa lol I to go ahead. A meaange waa at nl but no audi party aa the oue ad treated lire I lu thla city. Aalhanieaaige waa atnl collect, an Ineeellgatlou aaalnailtuteil, mid when Kauaxa City checked lack It waa found that no auch tiialttr waa ever atut from that otllee. The mralerr diala?ned. .Surly ovary night the otllee called Denver, but the ivraoiii to whom the lltpatchea wero atut could liefer bu found. The caaa waa A deaperato one. Iiaat week the folliwln; meaaago, niatked "ruah," waa aeut' 1 grave vtaa my a hi inanraiy vtlio real In not my will llino I on ileHi lienxl ptrth, U tlraiik liieaango ronliiariljlo thlaltu 1 unlll una tlltl.T, nhihtor ttaa rl litmt ay killed culitloi lilal on the w Int aa It kuau known la aa what tin on eon-tliieulal eon-tliieulal kllleil rl Igetrar ir. or nUlit .11-M .11-M lc una Until ant thla eon.lili rable, inettngeilratik la earthly decl bereilon 1 time will my iioiln rial who eaay man In my waa grave. I IIIK-tilliil A lUruvit uil'iiru. Now, thla meaaage waa lueauliigleaa, and though thu eitllro fortr of tha unit o waa i ut to work lion It, ItktHild not bowotkcdouL It waa aomethlng lhe coul I not iinderaUmt. f'A. 'A.1 olllca Certainly jnaanau J a fJit aan Itr, whoalgued "It. ." a moat peculiar signature. "K.N."noeroa mallilakry on Oinver, whllo no ono In biwii could takomttlrr aafaataa ha ruthad llln. llaroaatedUiemfrlglitfully, No our could n ad hla nu aterloua meatage. aud one night hu aaknl It thej could Hot lake It to one of tho (.able lerks. 1 1 waa done. It waa of nouao. I Inally "A. " begau to leu I "I, 1," 'M, t,,f forward, baikward, either way, O. It. A hi Tho nlghtclerk graapal thu mraaage and thla la thu way hu rea I It. I ollow-lug ollow-lug what hu thought w era Ilia Imtruo-tloua, Imtruo-tloua, helatkleit the mutaage, reallng thallratand Ihlnl, , II fill audaavrnth worda, an I ao on, w lilcli made tho dla-patch dla-patch it ad IlkethM I aa a man who hi my lima on earth drank contl hrabla, au I out nUht waa killed on what la kilttvn at Ilia continental conti-nental rl.U way or divide tluill Ihla mettago It ilitl) tiered 1 will nitritlay In my grate. It I'. lltKALU A ghoatl A aplrll on Iho wire! A ettraloe!Atorl Cold hllla uliaaed ono another dawn the backbouo of thoaa jnaent. Ileada ufewcatetood on wia timwut each. With uervonthaii 1 an I f-ilut In-.irt, Ilia i hlef operator oHiiel hla key and aal It "Don't f (IVri'l iinderataud ) (ulok aa a Utah, thu axinjer raitia I U a the follow lug, In the lHtiuallty ofMoraathey had ever lieardt 1 waa a li Incraphrr whn at niiatiine worknl In New York flair, an I lu lll V ciitiLhl the got I rovir, anditimeWVat As I a.l.l, I drank itiotl lerabla. au lumo night, In a drunk! li muni I waa klllml i li Ibo old I'lli hlo rmll, a fow lu lea Imm what la now lllncr latka, otithotiolitl ntnlal illtlh My an rlt haa roamed alKiiitaiiluutll I makokniwn Ihoiauaa of mv ilitilh, 1 cannot real lu my grave. Ilia ulegraih lailn from whlth 1 am Bending ihla la planted illreetlt oter my frato, ilia t oil ul the hiIv rclttig on my rtatat. I wilt call JOU up regularly fir Itiree lilglitt, and if I raUo iou, anawer. My meaaagu retta tati kttam thu aauia aa foraanl. If, A cou la of operators lauglitd at this, and Iho sounder tllcktd heavily "Ha, lia," aud they heard the circuit cloe. Tha two operators aworn that soma one waa foollug them, and they volunteered volun-teered to aearch for the dale over the spook's grat i Two da) a lau. r found them walking over the road the other aide of rainier litkr. Aa they rounded a small hill or dlvldi,nnuof Hum wholitd been counting jioleM, remarked that they were fifteen miles from thu lake, and they sat down to await developments. They did not wait long, for lu a few momenta the fait a atrauga fetllug tretp over them, and theu tranatlxi-d, they saw aomtthlUK that they are nit likely to forgtt, l'rotu Iho bottom of Ilia hole they weru watching, they nothedaUlm, bluu light. A v hllu vaporaroat, width gradually ataumtal the shaa of a man lu white, lioldlnglu hla right hand a leh graph key. When ho reached the top of Iho ratio hu quickly tut the wlrta aud la gau to trlrgrajh aomrlhlng, and In u few minutes he alid down thejeluanj dlaaiiearad. wlirn Iho sreralora returned lo Denier they fount Iho following meaaage that thu ojierator ha I atut: "Your two Inteatlgatora here. They have aeen me. I nrewell to earth. 1 ha vo been heard and aecu. laul aatla-(Int. aatla-(Int. tlnod lo. II," IHnttr ,t m. |