c Q Or in the Wireless House - 1912 Author:Arthur Cheney Train Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IV " CQ CQ CQ !" IN WHICH MICKY LEARNS OF THE MURDER OF THE EARL OF ROAKBY AT PARSLEY CROFT. MICKY, having attended several hundred ships' " entertainme... more »nts" during his maritime career, had retired early to the wireless house, where, after a glance into the second cabin in time to hear Mr. Savage's dismal contribution, he had remained. There were a score or so of messages to be relayed on to New York, and he had a letter to write besides; so by ten o'clock his pipe was alight and his mains had been switched on. Then his detector had got out of order, and it had taken him nearly an hour to fix it, and when he at last got working he found that Morrissy over on the Berlin was frantic with the delay. " Hardly time to give messages," he growled. " What's the matter? " " Mind own business! " Micky retorted angrily. Then the German behind began signaling for the Pavonia. " You cut out, Morrissy. I 'm going to take the Dutchman," he jerked with his key. " CQ de DKV — CQ de DKV," persisted the Norddeutscher Lloyd three hundred miles eastward. "DKV de MPA —HS," replied Micky. ("To the Hohenlohe from the Pavonia: — How are my signals? ") " MPA de DKV," answered the operator on the Hohenlohe. " Good evening, Mister." (The German boats always say "Mister"). "Your signals are strong. MSG" ("Commercial message.") "Time now 11.55 Greenwich. Four messages.") But Morrissy was still vainly trying to break in. Micky threw him a formal " service message " — a deadly insult to a friend, under the circumstances. "DKB de MPA —SG. Stand by. If you do not stop jamming I will report you." Then he turned again to the German. "Time O. K. Thanks. GA." ("Go ahead.") " MSG. Number one," returned the other operator, Morrissy having been reduced to silence. " Ten words. Hoh...« less