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TED AND THE TELEPHONE
By Sara Ware Bassett
_The Invention Series_
PAUL AND THE PRINTING PRESSSTEVE AND THE STEAM ENGINETED AND THE TELEPHONE
"Would you like to go to college if you could?"persisted the elder man. FRONTISPIECE. _See page_ 178.]
The Invention Series
TED AND THE TELEPHONE
By
SARA WARE BASSETT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYWILLIAM F. STECHER
BOSTONLITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY1922
_Copyright, 1922_,BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
_All rights reserved_
Published April, 1922
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE MEMORY OF
EDWIN T. HOLMES
WHO PLAYED A PART IN THE WONDERFULTELEPHONE STORY, THISBOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
S. W. B.
It gives me much pleasure to acknowledge the generosity of Mr. ThomasAugustus Watson, the associate of and co-worker with Mr. AlexanderGraham Bell, who has placed at my disposal his "Birth and Babyhood ofthe Telephone."
Also the courtesy of Mrs. Edwin T. Holmes who has kindly allowed me tomake use of her husband's book: "A Wonderful Fifty Years."
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I AN UNHERALDED CHAMPION 1
II TED RENEWS OLD TIMES 11
III GOING TO HOUSEKEEPING 21
IV THE FIRST NIGHT IN THE SHACK 35
V A VISITOR 49
VI MORE GUESTS 60
VII MR. LAURIE 76
VIII DIPLOMACY AND ITS RESULTS 94
IX THE STORY OF THE FIRST TELEPHONE 106
X WHAT CAME AFTERWARD 122
XI THE REST OF THE STORY 141
XII CONSPIRATORS 152
XIII WHAT TED HEARD 163
XIV THE FERNALDS WIN THEIR POINT 173
XV WHAT CAME OF THE PLOT 189
XVI ANOTHER CALAMITY 199
XVII SURPRISES 213
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Would you like to go to college if you could?" persisted theelder man _Frontispiece_
"You can't be spreadin' wires an' jars an' things round myroom!" protested Mr. Turner Page 9
Soon he came within sight of the shack which stood at thewater's edge " 27
He heard an answering shout and a second later saw Ted Turnerdash through the pines " 88
TED AND THE TELEPHONE