The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-07
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clamatIons, and several left their work
and came round him. What IL Rmlsa
BIllyP ilawpd stone. Ell? which IL IL?
Here! hPrt!' said the boy. This (,
the wheel OF death. XIII II, break It
smash II, before It kills another father,
Henry spoke 10 the grinder, and ask.
ed him II there was anything umisl
with the stone.
The man seemed slngularly uneasy
At being spoken to; however he madI
answer sullenly that he hud seen bet,
ter ones, aud worse OneB, aud all.
Henry was, however, aware that tht
breaklng Of q large grlndstOne, while
revolving by steam power, was se
rlous, and OfIen fatal thing; he there
lore, madea private mark upon tht
wall opposite the grind stone, and took
his excited companion 10 BAyne. 'Thil
poor lad says no has found a defeC,Iy,
Erind5tOne, l! ls impossible for me L
test II while II Is running. win you
let us Into the works when tho saw.
grinders have leit?'
Bayne hem'd and haw'd u little, bul
consented. lie would remain beAlul
half-Rn hour TO obliRe Little.
Henry gAveth Anomaly bis din err
and thea inspected the fle cutters ID
two great works. Here he found sui
eide reduced to system, Whereo!
anon.
Returning, TO keep his appointment
with Bayne, be met well-dressed
man, who stopped Billy, and accosted
him kindly.
Henry Bir0lled on.
He heard their voices behind him all
the way, and the man stopped at Cheet,
hams gate, which rather surprised
him. Has Billy told you what we are
att? said he.
yes. But the very look 81 him was
enough, know Billy, and his ways,
better than you do
Very likely. what, are you coming
In with us!
'Ifyou have no ObjpcLIOu.'
The door was opened by Bayue Ia
person. He started At sight OF the com
pGniOn his friend had picked up, and
asked him, with marked cIvIlity, n
there was anything amIss. Mot that |
know Of was the reply. Il merely
thought that my experience might be
Of some little service 10 you 10 an lnquI,
~ OF this kind
Not u doubt oft, sir, said BAyne, and
led the way with his lantern, for il was
| past sunset. On the road, the visitor
asked II anybody had marked the nc
Cused stone. Henry said he should
know It again. That IL right, said the
other.
On entering the room, this parsonage
took Billy by the arm. and held hinl.
I Let us have no false alarms said he,
and bllndfolded the boy with his hand.
kerchieb In moment.
And now an examination commenced,
which the time and the place rendered
curious and striking.
1t was Il long, lofty room; the back
part mainly occupied by the drums that
were turned by the driving power. The
power was on the floor above, and act.
ed by means OF huge bands that came
down through holes In the ceiling and
turned the drums. From each OF these
drums came two leather bands, each OF
which turned u pulley wheelJ and each
pulley.wheel a GrindstOne, TO whose
axle It was attached; but now the
grindstones rested In the troughs, and
the great wheel.bAnd hung lump, aud
the other hands lay along loose and ser.
pentlne. ln the dim light Of single
lamp, it all looked like gigantic po.
lypus with lis limbs extended lazliy,
and Its fingers holding semlcircuIAr
claws: for OF the RrindsIOnes lees than
half Is visible.
Billy wac IL tlmld creature, and this
blindiolding business rather scared
him: he had almost 10 be dragged with
III reach of these gaunt antenEW. But
each time they got him to touch Il
grIndstone, his body changed Its char
AoIer from shrinking and doubtful, TO
erect and energetic, and he applied his
test. This boy carried with him, night
and day, u little wooden hammer, like
an auclioneer's aud With this he now
tapped each stone several times, search.
Ing for the one he had denounced; aud,
At each experiment, he begged the 9TH
ers 10 keep away from hun aud lenVe
him alone with the subject OF his ex-
pertinent; which they did, and held up
the lamp and threw the light on him.
Six heavy grindstones hO tapped, and
approved, three he even praised and
called good music
The seventh he struck twice, first
gently, then hard, and drew back from
II, screaming 'Oh the bad music! on
the wheel OF DEATH and tried to tear
the handkerchief from his eyeG.
BE quiet, Billy said the visitor,
palultyi anu, Puttins n1S "tn tounu tne
ooy's ugcH' ute" nlul 70 ms sue anu
uetecneu tue nanuhsLonIeI, al ~ GER
taiu palefuat WY 'nSt seT!tieu u ~
1oAeu A.nSS USpo'''ton' 1ut'
whilst ne was uoihE this, ne SAID 10
nehty No s.',,oS n iIo, "s'Oue IN
"Tyslsn.i Tn5Hu vas ~ ,Lo a, 49,,
ne, no. uIun,t lnaLh tne 5tohe' out
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US tne l,suS' naSno. ., oy u IN, nes9
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"sn D.iy tLkusJ i, u ~ uOne, DIl;
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on, II was sure snoutq aot oe
consl9eteu tesunptuous III ouetInB
my huV'CeI ! "ou!a Shy turn tne Stone
In1o tne yatq' Hua nsnH = nem one'
1ou nave Got tnEee e1oel1ent oHes out~
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