Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30

" shoal. The shell that arrived by way of
the chief engineers cabin was some five
" ches in diameter, with a practice, not II
bursting, charge. 1t had been intended to
cross her bows, and. that was why it knock
ed the framed portrait of fhe. Grief engin-
ecr's wife, and she wasz q very pretty girl
or the floor. splintered his washhHfid stand,
crossed the alleyway into the engine room,
and, striking on grating, dropped directly
in front OF the forward engine, where it
burst, neatly fracturing- both the bolts that
held the com Getting rod to the forward
crank
What follows is worth consideration. The
forward CINE had TO more work to do. Its
released piston rcd, therefore, drove up
hcFc=ly with nothing to check it, and started
most Of the nuts of the ~cyliGder cover. 1t
came down again, the weight of the steam
behind, and the foot of the connecting rod,
useless as the leg of Il man with a spraned
ankle. flung oct TO the right ard struck the
starboard or right-hand cast iron supporting
column of the forward engine, cracking it
clean through about six inches above the
base and wedging the upper portion out
ward three ircnes toaaad the sh p's SIDE.
There the connecting rod jammed. Mean
Tune, the after e.. CINE, being as yet unem-
harraSSsed, went on with its work. and in so
doing brought round at its reXt revolutions
The crank of the forward engine, which
snote tie already jammed connecting rod,
lending 1t and Herewith the piston rod
cross-head-the big cross-piece that slides
Up and down smoothly.
The crcss-head damned sideways in the
guides, and, in addition to putting further
pressure on the already broken starboard
supporting column, cracked the port, or left
harded supporting column IN two or three
places There being nothing mere that could
be made to move, the engines brought up all
standing with a hiccough that seemed to
lift the Haliotis foot out of the water.
ard the engine room staff, opening every
steam outlet that they could find in the con-
fusion, arrived on deck somewhat scalded,
but calm. There was sound below of
things happening-a rushing, clicking, purr-
ing. granting, rafting noise that did not
last for more than a minute. 1t was the
machinery adjusting itself on the spur OF
the moment to a hundred altered conditions.
Mr.. Wardrop, one foot on the upper grating,
inclined his ear sideways and groaned. You
cannot stop engines working at twelve knots
an hour in three seconds without disorgan-
iZirg them The Haliots slid forward in
cloud Of steam, shrieking like wounded
horse. There was nothing mere to do. The
five-inch iron shell, with a reduced charge,
had settled the situation, and when you are
full, all three holds of strictly preserved
pearls; when you have cleared out the Tan
! bank the Sea Horse bank and four other
banks from one end to the other of the Am
anala sea-when you have ripped out the
very heart of n rich government monopoly
so that five years will not repair your wrong
doinEs-you must smile and take what is in
put out from the man-of-war, that he had
been bombarded on the high seas. with the
British fag-seyeral of them-pic turesquely
disposed above him, and tried to find COM
fort from the thought.
Where" said the stolid naval lieutenant,
as he hoisted himself aboard, where are
those dam pearis?"