telegram (b) · sometemple

found · between two ledgers in the lighthouse

POSTS · NORTH CABLE

14 · X · 1973

TO THE KEEPER / STOP / THE BOAT FROM CRAILSTON HAS BEEN DELAYED BY WEATHER AGAIN / STOP / TAKE A SECOND COAT WHEN YOU GO DOWN / STOP / THE BELL IS TO BE RUNG AT THE HOUR AND NOT BETWEEN / STOP / THE GIRL HAS ARRIVED SAFELY / END

— · OFFICE OF THE HARBOURMASTER · —

RECEIVED
14·X·73
16:22

the keeper of the light is not currently in residence. the telegram waits in the same drawer it has waited in since the winter the office was closed. the bell, in any case, no longer rings at the hour.

see also · telegram (a) · telegram undelivered · harbour · ferry · storm