He never loses his interest in telegraph matters; many of his inventions have been along that line. In fun, he called his first girl and boy "Dot" and "Dash." And in that fine home in New Jersey, hanging near the funny little newspaper, is a picture of Thomas Edison when he sold newspapers on the train and sent telegraph news about the great Civil War to all the stations along the way. The picture shows a bright, merry face. America's greatest inventor still laughs like a boy and takes a day off now and then for music, fishing, and reading. But he is the busiest man living. * * * * * Transcriber's note: The following changes have been made to the text: Page 60: "often she forget to eat" changed to "often she forgot to eat". Page 141: "electrics or steam train" changed to "electric or steam train". Page 206: "forhead" changed to "forehead".