I wish to know if I can send a cable from here." "A cable?
Sure.

Where to ?" "Paris." "Yes, sir.

I telegraph it to the cable office in New York, and they do the rest.

Here are some blanks." The other wrote some hieroglyphics, which made the address impossible to decipher, save that it was directed mainly to Paris.

The body of the cablegram contained a single word.