"Direct the operator to get the message through to New York at once." "What's the use ?" demanded the chainman.

"It's night in New York, the same as it is here.

If the message goes through at any time tonight it will do." "I didn't ask you that," Tom replied quietly.

"I told you to instruct the operator, from me, to send the message at once.
Then, if there is any delay on the way, the message will still be in New York in the morning when the company's offices open." Then Tom Reade went to the new headquarters' tent, seated himself at the desk and picked up a pen.
"Whew!" he muttered suddenly.

"This message is going to be harder to write than I thought! When the president of the S.B.