Edison : sa vie et inventions . eir imagination. Ils envoyaient des messages anciens. Environ 12 heures tout s'est mal, asthere avait eu une tempête quelque part près d'Albany, et côté thebad s'est vacillante. M. Orton, le président, andWm. H. Vanderbilt et les autres directeurs sont venus en.J'avais mon coeur en essayant de grimper autour de mon oesoph-agus. Je payais un shérif cinq dollars par jour towithhold jugement qui avait été entré againstme dans une affaire que j'avais payé aucune attention à ; et si le quadruplex n'avait pas travaillé avant que le Président,je savais que j'étais à avoir des problèmes et pourrait perdre. mymachinery Le New York Tim

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Edison : his life and inventions . eir imaginations. They were sending old mes-sages. About 12 oclock everything went wrong, asthere was a storm somewhere near Albany, and thebad side got shaky. Mr. Orton, the president, andWm. H. Vanderbilt and the other directors came in.I had my heart trying to climb up around my oesoph-agus. I was paying a sheriff five dollars a day towithhold judgment which had been entered againstme in a case which I had paid no attention to; and ifthe quadruplex had not worked before the president, I knew I was to have trouble and might lose mymachinery. The New York Times came out nextday with a full account. I was given $5000 as partpayment for the invention, which made me easy, andI expected the whole thing would be closed up. ButMr. Orton went on an extended tour just about thattime. I had paid for all the experiments on thequadruplex and exhausted the money, and I wasagain in straits. In the mean time I had introducedthe apparatus on the lines of the company, where itwas very successful. 158. TROUBLE ON THE QUAD Reproduction of a cartoon issued by the Operator in 1875 QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPHY At that time the general superintendent of theWestern Union was Gen. T. T. Eckert (who had beenAssistant Secretary of War with Stanton). Eckertwas secretly negotiating with Gould to leave theWestern Union and take charge of the Atlantic &Pacific—Goulds company. One day Eckert calledme into his ofhce and made inquiries about moneymatters. I told him Mr. Orton had gone off and leftme without means, and I was in straits. He told meI would never get another cent, but that he knew aman who would buy it. I told him of my arrange-ment with the electrician, and said I could not sellit as a whole to anybody; but if I got enough for it, I would sell all my interest in any share I might have.He seemed to think his party would agree to this. Ihad a set of quadruplex over in my shop, lo and 12Ward Street, Newark, and he arranged to bring himover next evening to see

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