Show LOST I Years es ago when the electric telegraph tele tele- graph raph was was- wasa a new idea and a mystery I Fo to o the he masses mases there came camo tr trouble one Saturday ni night ht in the Bank of England The rue business of the day had bad closed cosed and anc the balance was not Inot r right bt There was ws wasa a deficit of just pounds It I was as not itIc the money but the error that must be found For the officials and clerks there could be ba no sleep until the mys mys- tory ten had been cleared up All that night an and all aU Sunday a force of men were busy The money was surely gone gono from the aul vaults mone but no one c could uld discover whence On the following morning morin a clerk fu suggested that the mistake mi might ht have occurred in packing for the West Indies In Indies dies SODO sonic some b boxes es of specie th that t had hac been sent to Southampton for shipment His chief acted on the suggestion Here was waa an opportunity to test the powers of the telegraph telegraph lightning lightning against steam and steam with wih fort forty eight hours the start Vcr Very soon the telegraph asked a man in I Southampton Has las the ship Mercator sailed saied t The answer came back Just Jus weighing weiching anchor her in the Stop queens s name flashed Cashed back bak the telegraph raph I She She is stopped was returned Have on deck certain boxes marks given wei weigh h them carefully and lo lome lot let me know the result resul telegraphed the chief This order was as obeyed and one box was found to be somewhere about one pound and ten ounces heavier than it its it mates mates just just the tho weight of the missing All An let the sovereigns right ship go gol was the next order The West Vest India house was debited with the pounds and the Bank o of ofEn Weekly En England land was WIS at peace again Harpers Harper's Harper |