Scribner's magazine . ^^^^^. ELECTRICIAN-IN-CHARGE By Herbert Laws IVebb H ARLEY ATWOODS daily lifewas distinctly monotonous, andas he sat all alone in the ve-randa of the httle club, smok-ing an after-dinner cigarette and gazingdreamily at the lights of the AlmiranteOHalloran, he was in a veiy discon-tented frame of mind. He had leftLondon some six months before on atelegraph ship bound for the west coastof South America, to lay cables had expected to sta} on theship and visit interesting places. In-stead of that he had been dumpeddown in a mud village, bounded, as thegeographies
Scribner's magazine . ^^^^^. ELECTRICIAN-IN-CHARGE By Herbert Laws IVebb H ARLEY ATWOODS daily lifewas distinctly monotonous, andas he sat all alone in the ve-randa of the httle club, smok-ing an after-dinner cigarette and gazingdreamily at the lights of the AlmiranteOHalloran, he was in a veiy discon-tented frame of mind. He had leftLondon some six months before on atelegraph ship bound for the west coastof South America, to lay cables had expected to sta} on theship and visit interesting places. In-stead of that he had been dumpeddown in a mud village, bounded, as thegeographies say, on the west by the Pa-cific Ocean, and on the north, east, andsouth by a dreaiy desei-t that stretcheda long days ride in every direction. Itwas true that there was a ray of sun-light to temper the winter of his dis-content. He was in sole charge of hispost. At first there had been anotherman over him, but he had gone ujd inthe big ship, and Harley was inti-ustedwith the supeiTision of the two cablesthat parted north a
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