He hoped that Claudius would come on to Newport with Silas, as he wanted to have a long talk with him.

The old gentleman was evidently very busy, and his son took Claudius in charge.
"What is that ?" asked the Doctor, looking curiously at a couple of wheels that unwound unceasingly long strips of white paper.

The paper passed through a small instrument, and came out covered with unintelligible signs, coiling itself in confusion into a waste-basket below.
"That has driven more men to desperation, ruin, and drink, than all the other evils of humanity put together," said Barker.

"That is the ticker." "I perceive that it ticks," said Claudius.

And Barker explained how every variation in the market was instantly transmitted to every place of business, to every club, and to many private houses in New York, by means of a simple arrangement of symbols--how "Gr.