“At 7.05 P.M. I sent the following telegram:
“ ‘Field to Glass.—Please send us Thursday afternoon the price that day for cotton in Liverpool and the London quotations for consols, United States five-twenty bonds, Illinois Central and Erie Railroad shares, and also bank rate of interest. The above we shall send to New York on our arrival, and I will obtain the latest news from the States and send you in return.’ ”
“Tuesday, July 24th.
“At 9.05 A.M. I sent the following telegram:
“ ‘Field to Glass.—We are within four hundred miles of Heart’s Content, and expect to be there on Friday. When shall the Atlantic cable be open for public business?’
“At 10.25 A.M. I received the following:
“ ‘Glass to Field.—If you land the cable on Friday, I see no reason why it should not be open on Saturday.’ ”
“Thursday, July 26th.