Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-02-18

shorts Cutoff was so simple that 1t
puzzled everybody.
/ consulted half 4 dozen eminent en-
gineers
every pretty, indeedi" they said, and
at once turned the conversation to the
explosions on western rivers. ssHad
ever been blown up? How did it feel?'
But as to Shorts Cutoff, they only
thought it neat contrivance, but evi-
IDENTIFY by person who did not compre-
hend intricate machinery.
took it to man of another order.
England is the worlds machine shop; he
was England's chief engineer. A great
man he was, dead, alasl now. A free
man, who recognized the world as his
country and genius everywhere as his
brother.
He understood Shorts Cutoff at a
glance.
How wish old Short could have been
there, to see this great mans eye glow
with enthusiasm as he said: "Admi-
rable! This is what we have all been
waiting for. Padiham must see this.
We must have it in every engine in Eng
land. Command my services to aid in
making it known"
''Can you recommend me-" said l,
presently, "a thorough mechanic. l
want some more models made of these
valves and machinery, TO illustrate their
action
"You must 60 to Padiham, the best
artisan know in all England"
Worth seeing for himself, as the man
whom You name best among these mil
lions of craftsmen"
''Padiham is the man."
He ought to have name and fame"
"He might if he chose"
'sWorth knowing, again. for this rare
abnegation
He is an oddity Some unlucky
mode Of life stunted him, mind and
body, until he was mature man. He
is dwarfed in person, and fancies his
mind suffers too. It makes him a little
grutf to feel that ne is man Of tools
and not Of principles mechanic, not a
philosopher. There is nothing of NOR
bidness or disappointment in him. Only
he undertakes himself and fancies his
powers blunted by his deformity He
keeps ont of the way and works alone in
a little shop. He will only do special
jobs for me and one or two others. He
says he would be our equal il he were
full grown. We deem him our peer and
treat him as such; but he will not come
out and take the place he could have at
once before the world. | thought of him
and wished him to see this Cutoff as
soon as you showed it to me- You must
tell him | sent you, or he may be surly
at first, and SO drive you away, or per-
haps refuse to do your work"
II think / can make my way with
such person, but if not, will use your
name. Where is he to be found."
'sThis is his address. An out Of the
way place, you see, if you know London.
A by-street on the Surrey side of the
Thames. He is well to do, but lives
there for a special economy. He has a
method Of charity which is like himself
thoroughly original. More good he
does in his odd way than any man /
know. He owns the whole house over the
shop and uses it as a private hospital or
hospice for poor but worthy sick and
broken down people,"
His own dwariishness makes him
synnpathetics'
had some little difficulty in finding
Padiham's retiring place. had already
dissected it out oil the map, identified it
by its neighborhood to certain artery
and its closer neighborhood to certain
ganglion. 1t was Lainely court, a quiet
retreat in busy region. 1t looked, in
deed, as ii it had never taken d very
active part in the world, or as if, when
it offered itself to hustle and traffic,
more enterprising localities had hustled
it aside and babe it decline into lethar-
gy. The withered brick houses had the
air and visage Of people who have seen
better days and subsided into the de-
spending byways, apart from the thor
oughfares of the bold and sturdy. Mean
misery and suualor did not abide there.