Its educators had not learned how to manage it.

Then, on March 10, 1876, IT TALKED.

It said distinctly-- "MR.

WATSON, COME HERE, I WANT YOU." Watson, who was at the lower end of the wire, in the basement, dropped the receiver and rushed with wild joy up three flights of stairs to tell the glad tidings to Bell.

"I can hear you!" he shouted breathlessly.