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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The night wire - -Author: H. F. (Henry Ferris) Arnold - -Release Date: July 18, 2022 [eBook #68555] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Roger Frank - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NIGHT WIRE *** - - - - - -THE NIGHT WIRE - -By H. F. Arnold - - -“New York, September 30 CP FLASH - -“Ambassador Holliwell died here today. The end came suddenly as the -ambassador was alone in his study....” - -There’s something ungodly about these night wire jobs. You sit up here -on the top floor of a skyscraper and listen in to the whispers of a -civilization. New York, London, Calcutta, Bombay, Singapore--they’re -your next-door neighbors after the street lights go dim and the world -has gone to sleep. - -Along in the quiet hours between 2 and 4, the receiving operators doze -over their sounders and the news comes in. Fires and disasters and -suicides. Murders, crowds, catastrophes. Sometimes an earthquake with -a casualty list as long as your arm. The night wire man takes it down -almost in his sleep, picking it off on his typewriter with one finger. - -Once in a long time you prick up your ears and listen. You’ve heard of -someone you knew in Singapore, Halifax or Paris, long ago. Maybe -they’ve been promoted, but more probably they’ve been murdered or -drowned. Perhaps they just decided to quit and took some bizarre way -out. Made it interesting enough to get in the news. - -But that doesn’t happen often. Most of the time you sit and doze and -tap, tap on your typewriter and wish you were home in bed. - -Sometimes, though, queer things happen. One did the other night and I -haven’t got over it yet. I wish I could. - -You see, I handle the night manager’s desk in a western seaport town; -what the name is, doesn’t matter. - -There is, or rather was, only one night operator on my staff, a fellow -named John Morgan, about forty years of age, I should say, and a -sober, hard-working sort. - -He was one of the best operators I ever knew, what is known as a -“double” man. That means he could handle two instruments at once and -type the stories on different typewriters at the same time. He was one -of the three men I ever knew who could do it consistently, hour after -hour, and never make a mistake. - -Generally we used only one wire at night, but sometimes, when it was -late and the news was coming fast, the Chicago and Denver stations -would open a second wire and then Morgan would do his stuff. He was a -wizard, a mechanical automatic wizard which functioned marvelously but -was without imagination. - -On the night of the sixteenth he complained of feeling tired. It was -the first and last time I had ever heard him say a word about himself, -and I had known him for three years. - -It was at just 3 o’clock and we were running only one wire. I was -nodding over reports at my desk and not paying much attention to him -when he spoke. - -“Jim,” he said, “does it feel close in here to you?” - -“Why, no, John,” I answered, “but I’ll open a window if you like.” - -“Never mind,” he said. “I reckon I’m just a little tired.” - -That was all that was said and I went on working. Every ten minutes or -so I would walk over and take a pile of copy that had stacked up -neatly beside his typewriter as the messages were printed out in -triplicate. - -It must have been twenty minutes after he spoke that I noticed he had -opened up the other wire and was using both typewriters. I thought it -was a little unusual, as there was nothing very “hot” coming in. On my -next trip I picked up the copy from both machines and took it back to -my desk to sort out the duplicates. - -The first wire was running out the usual sort of stuff and I just -looked over it hurriedly. Then I turned to the second pile of copy. I -remember it particularly because the story was from a town I had never -heard of: “Xebico.” Here is the dispatch. I saved a duplicate of it -from our files: - - “Xebico Sept. 16 CP BULLETIN - - “The heaviest mist in the history of the city settled over the - town at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. All traffic has stopped and - the mist hangs like a pall over everything. Lights of ordinary - intensity fail to pierce the fog, which is constantly growing - heavier. - - “Scientists here are unable to agree as to the cause, and the - local weather bureau states that the like has never occurred - before in the history of the city. - - “At 7 p. m. last night municipal authorities--(more)” - -That was all there was. Nothing out of the ordinary at a bureau -headquarters, but, as I say, I noticed the story because of the name -of the town. - -It must have been fifteen minutes later that I went over for another -batch of copy. Morgan was slumped down in his chair and had switched -his green electric light shade so that the gleam missed his eyes and -hit only the top of the two typewriters. - -Only the usual stuff was in the right hand pile, but the left hand -batch carried another story from “Xebico.” All press dispatches come -in “takes,” meaning that parts of many different stories are strung -along together, perhaps with but a few paragraphs of each coming -through at a time. This second story was marked “add fog.” Here is the -copy; - - “At 7 p. m. the fog had increased noticeably. All lights were now - invisible and the town was shrouded in pitch darkness. - - “As a peculiarity of the phenomenon, the fog is accompanied by a - sickly odor, comparable to nothing yet experienced here.” - -Below that in customary press fashion was the hour, 3:27, and the -initials of the operator, JM. - -There was only one other story in the pile from the second wire. Here -it is: - - “2nd add Xebico Fog - - “Accounts as to the origin of the mist differ greatly. Among the - most unusual is that of the sexton of the local church, who groped - his way to headquarters in a hysterical condition and declared - that the fog originated in the village churchyard. - - “‘It was first visible in the shape of a soft gray blanket - clinging to the earth above the graves,’ he stated. ‘Then it began - to rise, higher and higher. A subterranean breeze seemed to blow - it in billows, which split up and then joined together again. - - “‘Fog phantoms, writhing in anguish, twisted the mist into queer - forms and figures. And then--in the very thick midst of the - mass--something moved. - - “‘I turned and ran from the accursed spot. Behind me I heard - screams coming from the houses bordering on the graveyard.’ - - “Although the sexton’s story is generally discredited, a party has - left to investigate. Immediately after telling his story, the - sexton collapsed and is now in a local hospital, unconscious.” - -Queer story, wasn’t it? Not that we aren’t used to it, for a lot of -unusual stories come in over the wire. But for some reason or other, -perhaps because it was so quiet that night, the report of the fog made -a great impression on me. - -It was almost with dread that I went over to the waiting piles of -copy. Morgan did not move and the only sound in the room was the -tap-tap of the sounders. It was ominous, nerve-racking. - -There was another story from Xebico in the pile of copy. I seized on -it anxiously. - - “New Lead Xebico Fog CP - - “The rescue party which went out at 11 p. m. to investigate a - weird story of the origin of a fog which, since late yesterday, - has shrouded the city in darkness, has failed to return. Another - and larger party has been dispatched. - - “Meanwhile the fog has, if possible, grown heavier. It seeps - through the cracks in the doors and fills the atmosphere with a - terribly depressing odor of decay. It is oppressive, terrifying, - bearing with it a subtle impression of things long dead. - - “Residents of the city have left their homes and gathered in the - local church, where the priests are holding services of prayer. - The scene is beyond description. Grown folk and children are alike - terrified and many are almost beside themselves with fear. - - “Mid the wisps of vapor which partially veil the church - auditorium, an old priest is praying for the welfare of his flock. - The audience alternately wail and cross themselves. - - “From the outskirts of the city may be heard cries of unknown - voices. They echo through the fog in queer uncadenced minor keys. - The sounds resemble nothing so much as wind whistling through a - gigantic tunnel. But the night is calm and there is no wind. The - second rescue party--(more)” - -I am a calm man and never in a dozen years spent with the wires have -been known to become excited, but despite myself I rose from my chair -and walked to the window. - -Could I be mistaken, or far down in the canyons of the city beneath me -did I see a faint trace of fog? Pshaw! It was all imagination. - -In the pressroom the click of the sounders seemed to have raised the -tempo of their tune. Morgan alone had not stirred from his chair. His -head sunk between his shoulders, he tapped the dispatches out on the -typewriters with one finger of each hand. - -He looked asleep. Maybe he was--but no, endlessly, efficiently, the two -machines rattled off line after line, as relentless and effortless as -death itself. There was something about the monotonous movement of the -typewriter keys that fascinated me. I walked over and stood behind his -chair reading over his shoulder the type as it came into being, word -by word. - -Ah, here was another: - - “Flash Xebico CP - - “There will be no more bulletins from this office. The impossible - has happened. No messages have come into this room for twenty - minutes. We are cut off from the outside and even the streets - below us. - - “I will stay with the wire until the end. - - “It is the end, indeed. Since 4 p. m. yesterday the fog has hung - over the city. Following reports from the sexton of the local - church, two rescue parties were sent out to investigate conditions - on the outskirts of the city. Neither party has ever returned nor - was any word received from them. It is quite certain now that they - will never return. - - “From my instrument I can gaze down on the city beneath me. From - the position of this room on the thirteenth floor, nearly the - entire city can be seen. Now I can see only a thick blanket of - blackness where customarily are lights and life. - - “I fear greatly that the wailing cries heard constantly from the - outskirts of the city are the death cries of the inhabitants. They - are constantly increasing in volume and are approaching the center - of the city. - - “The fog yet hangs over everything. If possible, it is even - heavier than before. But the conditions have changed. Instead of - an opaque, impenetrable wall of odorous vapor, now swirls and - writhes a shapeless mass in contortions of almost human agony. Now - and again the mass parts and I catch a brief glimpse of the - streets below. - - “People are running to and fro, screaming in despair. A vast - bedlam of sound flies up to my window, and above all is the - immense whistling of unseen and unfelt winds. - - “The fog has again swept over the city and the whistling is coming - closer and closer. - - “It is now directly beneath me. - - “God! An instant ago the mist opened and I caught a glimpse of the - streets below. - - “The fog is not simply vapor--it lives. By the side of each - moaning and weeping human is a companion figure, an aura of - strange and varicolored hues. How the shapes cling! Each to a - living thing! - - “The men and women are down. Flat on their faces. The fog figures - caress them lovingly. They are kneeling beside them. They are--but - I dare not tell it. - - “The prone and writhing bodies have been stripped of their - clothing. They are being consumed--piecemeal. - - “A merciful wall of hot, steamy vapor has swept over the whole - scene. I can see no more. - - “Beneath me the wall of vapor is changing colors. It seems to be - lighted by internal fires. No, it isn’t. I have made a mistake. - The colors are from above, reflections from the sky. - - “Look up! Look up! The whole sky is in flames. Colors as yet - unseen by man or demon. The flames are moving, they have started - to intermix, the colors rearrange themselves. They are so - brilliant that my eyes burn, yet they are a long way off. - - “Now they have begun to swirl, to circle in and out, twisting in - intricate designs and patterns. The lights are racing each with - each, a kaleidoscope of unearthly brilliance. - - “I have made a discovery. There is nothing harmful in the lights. - They radiate force and friendliness, almost cheeriness. But by - their very strength, they hurt. - - “As I look they are swinging closer and closer, a million miles at - each jump. Millions of miles with the speed of light. Aye, it is - light, the quintessence of all light. Beneath it the fog melts - into a jeweled mist, radiant, rainbow-colored of a thousand varied - spectrums. - - “I can see the streets. Why, they are filled with people! The - lights are coming closer. They are all around me. I am enveloped. - I----” - -The message stopped abruptly. The wire to Xebico was dead. Beneath my -eyes in the narrow circle of light from under the green lampshade, the -black printing no longer spun itself, letter by letter, across the -page. - -The room seemed filled with a solemn quiet, a silence vaguely -impressive. Powerful. - -I looked down at Morgan. His hands had dropped nervelessly at his -sides while his body had hunched over peculiarly. I turned the -lampshade back, throwing the light squarely in his face. His eyes were -staring, fixed. Filled with a sudden foreboding, I stepped beside him -and called Chicago on the wire. After a second the sounder clicked its -answer. - -Why? But there was something wrong. Chicago was reporting that Wire -Two had not been used throughout the evening. - -“Morgan!” I shouted. “Morgan! Wake up, it isn’t true. Someone has been -hoaxing us. Why----” In my eagerness I grasped him by the shoulder. It -was only then that I understood. - -The body was quite cold. Morgan had been dead for hours. Could it be -that his sensitized brain and automatic fingers had continued to -record impressions even after the end? - -I shall never know, for I shall never again handle the night shift. -Search in a world atlas discloses no town of Xebico. 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(Henry Ferris) Arnold</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: July 18, 2022 [eBook #68555]</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</p> - <p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em; text-align:left'>Produced by: Roger Frank</p> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NIGHT WIRE ***</div> - -<h1>THE NIGHT WIRE</h1> -<div style='text-align:center; margin-bottom:1em;'>By H. F. Arnold</div> - -<blockquote> -<p>“New York, September 30 CP FLASH</p> - -<p>“Ambassador Holliwell died here today. The end came suddenly as the -ambassador was alone in his study....”</p> - -</blockquote> - -<p>There’s something ungodly about these night wire jobs. You sit up here -on the top floor of a skyscraper and listen in to the whispers of a -civilization. New York, London, Calcutta, Bombay, Singapore—they’re -your next-door neighbors after the street lights go dim and the world -has gone to sleep.</p> - -<p>Along in the quiet hours between 2 and 4, the receiving operators doze -over their sounders and the news comes in. Fires and disasters and -suicides. Murders, crowds, catastrophes. Sometimes an earthquake with -a casualty list as long as your arm. The night wire man takes it down -almost in his sleep, picking it off on his typewriter with one finger.</p> - -<p>Once in a long time you prick up your ears and listen. You’ve heard of -someone you knew in Singapore, Halifax or Paris, long ago. Maybe -they’ve been promoted, but more probably they’ve been murdered or -drowned. Perhaps they just decided to quit and took some bizarre way -out. Made it interesting enough to get in the news.</p> - -<p>But that doesn’t happen often. Most of the time you sit and doze and -tap, tap on your typewriter and wish you were home in bed.</p> - -<p>Sometimes, though, queer things happen. One did the other night and I -haven’t got over it yet. I wish I could.</p> - -<p>You see, I handle the night manager’s desk in a western seaport town; -what the name is, doesn’t matter.</p> - -<p>There is, or rather was, only one night operator on my staff, a fellow -named John Morgan, about forty years of age, I should say, and a -sober, hard-working sort.</p> - -<p>He was one of the best operators I ever knew, what is known as a -“double” man. That means he could handle two instruments at once and -type the stories on different typewriters at the same time. He was one -of the three men I ever knew who could do it consistently, hour after -hour, and never make a mistake.</p> - -<p>Generally we used only one wire at night, but sometimes, when it was -late and the news was coming fast, the Chicago and Denver stations -would open a second wire and then Morgan would do his stuff. He was a -wizard, a mechanical automatic wizard which functioned marvelously but -was without imagination.</p> - -<p>On the night of the sixteenth he complained of feeling tired. It was -the first and last time I had ever heard him say a word about himself, -and I had known him for three years.</p> - -<p>It was at just 3 o’clock and we were running only one wire. I was -nodding over reports at my desk and not paying much attention to him -when he spoke.</p> - -<p>“Jim,” he said, “does it feel close in here to you?”</p> - -<p>“Why, no, John,” I answered, “but I’ll open a window if you like.”</p> - -<p>“Never mind,” he said. “I reckon I’m just a little tired.”</p> - -<p>That was all that was said and I went on working. Every ten minutes or -so I would walk over and take a pile of copy that had stacked up -neatly beside his typewriter as the messages were printed out in -triplicate.</p> - -<p>It must have been twenty minutes after he spoke that I noticed he had -opened up the other wire and was using both typewriters. I thought it -was a little unusual, as there was nothing very “hot” coming in. On my -next trip I picked up the copy from both machines and took it back to -my desk to sort out the duplicates.</p> - -<p>The first wire was running out the usual sort of stuff and I just -looked over it hurriedly. Then I turned to the second pile of copy. I -remember it particularly because the story was from a town I had never -heard of: “Xebico.” Here is the dispatch. I saved a duplicate of it -from our files:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>“Xebico Sept. 16 CP BULLETIN</p> - -<p>“The heaviest mist in the history of the city settled over the -town at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. All traffic has stopped and -the mist hangs like a pall over everything. Lights of ordinary -intensity fail to pierce the fog, which is constantly growing -heavier.</p> - -<p>“Scientists here are unable to agree as to the cause, and the -local weather bureau states that the like has never occurred -before in the history of the city.</p> - -<p>“At 7 p. m. last night municipal authorities—(more)”</p> - -</blockquote> - -<p>That was all there was. Nothing out of the ordinary at a bureau -headquarters, but, as I say, I noticed the story because of the name -of the town.</p> - -<p>It must have been fifteen minutes later that I went over for another -batch of copy. Morgan was slumped down in his chair and had switched -his green electric light shade so that the gleam missed his eyes and -hit only the top of the two typewriters.</p> - -<p>Only the usual stuff was in the right hand pile, but the left hand -batch carried another story from “Xebico.” All press dispatches come -in “takes,” meaning that parts of many different stories are strung -along together, perhaps with but a few paragraphs of each coming -through at a time. This second story was marked “add fog.” Here is the -copy:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>“At 7 p. m. the fog had increased noticeably. All lights were now -invisible and the town was shrouded in pitch darkness.</p> - -<p>“As a peculiarity of the phenomenon, the fog is accompanied by a -sickly odor, comparable to nothing yet experienced here.”</p> - -</blockquote> - -<p>Below that in customary press fashion was the hour, 3:27, and the -initials of the operator, JM.</p> - -<p>There was only one other story in the pile from the second wire. Here -it is:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>“2nd add Xebico Fog</p> - -<p>“Accounts as to the origin of the mist differ greatly. Among the -most unusual is that of the sexton of the local church, who groped -his way to headquarters in a hysterical condition and declared -that the fog originated in the village churchyard.</p> - -<p>“‘It was first visible in the shape of a soft gray blanket -clinging to the earth above the graves,’ he stated. ‘Then it began -to rise, higher and higher. A subterranean breeze seemed to blow -it in billows, which split up and then joined together again.</p> - -<p>“‘Fog phantoms, writhing in anguish, twisted the mist into queer -forms and figures. And then—in the very thick midst of the -mass—something moved.</p> - -<p>“‘I turned and ran from the accursed spot. Behind me I heard -screams coming from the houses bordering on the graveyard.’</p> - -<p>“Although the sexton’s story is generally discredited, a party has -left to investigate. Immediately after telling his story, the -sexton collapsed and is now in a local hospital, unconscious.”</p> - -</blockquote> - -<p>Queer story, wasn’t it? Not that we aren’t used to it, for a lot of -unusual stories come in over the wire. But for some reason or other, -perhaps because it was so quiet that night, the report of the fog made -a great impression on me.</p> - -<p>It was almost with dread that I went over to the waiting piles of -copy. Morgan did not move and the only sound in the room was the -tap-tap of the sounders. It was ominous, nerve-racking.</p> - -<p>There was another story from Xebico in the pile of copy. I seized on -it anxiously.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>“New Lead Xebico Fog CP</p> - -<p>“The rescue party which went out at 11 p. m. to investigate a -weird story of the origin of a fog which, since late yesterday, -has shrouded the city in darkness, has failed to return. Another -and larger party has been dispatched.</p> - -<p>“Meanwhile the fog has, if possible, grown heavier. It seeps -through the cracks in the doors and fills the atmosphere with a -terribly depressing odor of decay. It is oppressive, terrifying, -bearing with it a subtle impression of things long dead.</p> - -<p>“Residents of the city have left their homes and gathered in the -local church, where the priests are holding services of prayer. -The scene is beyond description. Grown folk and children are alike -terrified and many are almost beside themselves with fear.</p> - -<p>“Mid the wisps of vapor which partially veil the church -auditorium, an old priest is praying for the welfare of his flock. -The audience alternately wail and cross themselves.</p> - -<p>“From the outskirts of the city may be heard cries of unknown -voices. They echo through the fog in queer uncadenced minor keys. -The sounds resemble nothing so much as wind whistling through a -gigantic tunnel. But the night is calm and there is no wind. The -second rescue party—(more)”</p> - -</blockquote> - -<p>I am a calm man and never in a dozen years spent with the wires have -been known to become excited, but despite myself I rose from my chair -and walked to the window.</p> - -<p>Could I be mistaken, or far down in the canyons of the city beneath me -did I see a faint trace of fog? Pshaw! It was all imagination.</p> - -<p>In the pressroom the click of the sounders seemed to have raised the -tempo of their tune. Morgan alone had not stirred from his chair. His -head sunk between his shoulders, he tapped the dispatches out on the -typewriters with one finger of each hand.</p> - -<p>He looked asleep. Maybe he was—but no, endlessly, efficiently, the two -machines rattled off line after line, as relentless and effortless as -death itself. There was something about the monotonous movement of the -typewriter keys that fascinated me. I walked over and stood behind his -chair reading over his shoulder the type as it came into being, word -by word.</p> - -<p>Ah, here was another:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>“Flash Xebico CP</p> - -<p>“There will be no more bulletins from this office. The impossible -has happened. No messages have come into this room for twenty -minutes. We are cut off from the outside and even the streets -below us.</p> - -<p>“I will stay with the wire until the end.</p> - -<p>“It is the end, indeed. Since 4 p. m. yesterday the fog has hung -over the city. Following reports from the sexton of the local -church, two rescue parties were sent out to investigate conditions -on the outskirts of the city. Neither party has ever returned nor -was any word received from them. It is quite certain now that they -will never return.</p> - -<p>“From my instrument I can gaze down on the city beneath me. From -the position of this room on the thirteenth floor, nearly the -entire city can be seen. Now I can see only a thick blanket of -blackness where customarily are lights and life.</p> - -<p>“I fear greatly that the wailing cries heard constantly from the -outskirts of the city are the death cries of the inhabitants. They -are constantly increasing in volume and are approaching the center -of the city.</p> - -<p>“The fog yet hangs over everything. If possible, it is even -heavier than before. But the conditions have changed. Instead of -an opaque, impenetrable wall of odorous vapor, now swirls and -writhes a shapeless mass in contortions of almost human agony. Now -and again the mass parts and I catch a brief glimpse of the -streets below.</p> - -<p>“People are running to and fro, screaming in despair. A vast -bedlam of sound flies up to my window, and above all is the -immense whistling of unseen and unfelt winds.</p> - -<p>“The fog has again swept over the city and the whistling is coming -closer and closer.</p> - -<p>“It is now directly beneath me.</p> - -<p>“God! An instant ago the mist opened and I caught a glimpse of the -streets below.</p> - -<p>“The fog is not simply vapor—it lives. By the side of each -moaning and weeping human is a companion figure, an aura of -strange and varicolored hues. How the shapes cling! Each to a -living thing!</p> - -<p>“The men and women are down. Flat on their faces. The fog figures -caress them lovingly. They are kneeling beside them. They are—but -I dare not tell it.</p> - -<p>“The prone and writhing bodies have been stripped of their -clothing. They are being consumed—piecemeal.</p> - -<p>“A merciful wall of hot, steamy vapor has swept over the whole -scene. I can see no more.</p> - -<p>“Beneath me the wall of vapor is changing colors. It seems to be -lighted by internal fires. No, it isn’t. I have made a mistake. -The colors are from above, reflections from the sky.</p> - -<p>“Look up! Look up! The whole sky is in flames. Colors as yet -unseen by man or demon. The flames are moving, they have started -to intermix, the colors rearrange themselves. They are so -brilliant that my eyes burn, yet they are a long way off.</p> - -<p>“Now they have begun to swirl, to circle in and out, twisting in -intricate designs and patterns. The lights are racing each with -each, a kaleidoscope of unearthly brilliance.</p> - -<p>“I have made a discovery. There is nothing harmful in the lights. -They radiate force and friendliness, almost cheeriness. But by -their very strength, they hurt.</p> - -<p>“As I look they are swinging closer and closer, a million miles at -each jump. Millions of miles with the speed of light. Aye, it is -light, the quintessence of all light. Beneath it the fog melts -into a jeweled mist, radiant, rainbow-colored of a thousand varied -spectrums.</p> - -<p>“I can see the streets. Why, they are filled with people! The -lights are coming closer. They are all around me. I am enveloped. -I——”</p> - -</blockquote> - -<p>The message stopped abruptly. The wire to Xebico was dead. Beneath my -eyes in the narrow circle of light from under the green lampshade, the -black printing no longer spun itself, letter by letter, across the -page.</p> - -<p>The room seemed filled with a solemn quiet, a silence vaguely -impressive. Powerful.</p> - -<p>I looked down at Morgan. His hands had dropped nervelessly at his -sides while his body had hunched over peculiarly. I turned the -lampshade back, throwing the light squarely in his face. His eyes were -staring, fixed. Filled with a sudden foreboding, I stepped beside him -and called Chicago on the wire. After a second the sounder clicked its -answer.</p> - -<p>Why? But there was something wrong. Chicago was reporting that Wire -Two had not been used throughout the evening.</p> - -<p>“Morgan!” I shouted. “Morgan! Wake up, it isn’t true. Someone has been -hoaxing us. Why——” In my eagerness I grasped him by the shoulder. It -was only then that I understood.</p> - -<p>The body was quite cold. Morgan had been dead for hours. Could it be -that his sensitized brain and automatic fingers had continued to -record impressions even after the end?</p> - -<p>I shall never know, for I shall never again handle the night shift. -Search in a world atlas discloses no town of Xebico. Whatever it was -that killed John Morgan will forever remain a mystery.</p> - -<div class='tn'> - <p style='text-indent:0'>Transcriber’s Note: This story appeared in - the September 1926 issue of <i>Weird Tales</i>.</p> -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NIGHT WIRE ***</div> -<div style='text-align:left'> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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