Show LOST FAITH IN WHITE MAN eskimo tested efficacy of telephone scheme and realized he had been deceived an interesting story Is told regarding the efforts of an eskimo to con EL a telephone line tho the E eskimo we ne into possession of 0 a piece 0 wire of considerable length and never having seen wire before lie ho asked professor of tho the peary north pole expedition what it was and ana what it was tor for ila ho was wag told that tho the whito white man strung it on poles polea stuck in thol tho ground and it a voice talking to an instrument at ono one end could be heard at the other end after some search tho the next morning the eskimo was found to bo be engaged in tel telephone ephon a construction st work of his own ila he stuck sticks in tho the ground and hung life wire on them ile ho held one end of the wire to his mouth and talked to it at the top of his bis voice then lie ho ran as fast as he could to the other end and held the wire to his ear with the expectation of hearing his own words repeated when ho he failed to hear any sounds the expression on his face revealed his opinion of his white friend |