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Lewis E. Theiss
The Young Wireless Operator—With the U. S. Secret Service
Winning his way in the Secret Service
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338082084
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CHAPTER I
AN UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY
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The coastwise steamer Lycoming was being warped into her berth along the Hudson River in New York City. A fussy, little tug was pushing against the Lycoming’s bow, while other puffing, bustling tugs butted the great ship astern, in an effort to swing the vessel at right angles to the stream and push her into her dock. On the Lycoming’s lower deck sailors stood ready to cast great hawsers ashore the moment the ship should be within reach of the pier. As motionless as though he were a part of the ship itself, the captain stood on the bridge, silent and watchful, giving occasional orders. The upper decks were alive with passengers, who swarmed to the rail, eagerly scanning the faces of the still distant crowd on the pier. Now some passenger identified the face of a friend ashore, and again some one waiting on the pier discovered a friend on board the steamer, and cheery greetings were called back and forth across the ever-narrowing strip of muddy water that separated the great ship from her pier.