The lady operator scanned over the dispatch to London, then closely scrutinized Paul.

Seeing her hesitation about accepting the telegram, Paul demanded to know what was the cause of it.

"Excuse me, sir," said she, "but we have to be very careful about the nature of the telegrams we send out from here.

I must first call the superintendent, before I can accept this." When that individual appeared he looked it over and asked Paul if the contents were all true and correct.
"They assuredly are," impatiently exclaimed Paul, "I want you to get it off as quickly as you can," and he followed this up by several remarks not over complimentary to their methods of doing business.
Paul then returned to the hotel where he found Andy surrounded by a crowd to whom he was relating his adventures and giving a history of his eccentric passenger in his own way.

When they saw Paul he was an object of the wildest curiosity.