"It's wonderful!" cried the boy, with a sigh that was followed by a
slight shiver.
"The Record is, indeed, proof within itself of the marvelous
possibilities of electricity. Men are now obliged to depend upon
newspapers for information; but these can only relate events long
after they have occurred. And newspaper statements are often
unreliable and sometimes wholly false, while many events of real
importance are never printed in their columns. You may guess what an
improvement is this automatic Record of Events, which is as reliable
as Truth itself. Nothing can be altered or falsified, for the
vibratory currents convey the actual events to your vision, even as
they happen."
"But suppose," said Rob, "that something important should happen while
I'm asleep, or not looking at the box?"
"I have called this a Record," replied the Demon, "and such it really
is, although I have shown you only such events as are in process of
being recorded. By pressing this spring you may open the opposite
cover of the box, where all events of importance that have occurred
throughout the world during the previous twenty-four hours will appear
before you in succession.
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