Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-12-05

would question one another in their
sleep, crying: as she straight"
NJ last - they do not remember
whether this was by day or uirht-Mr.
Nardrop began TO dance olumsilv and
Wcpt he while. and they, too. danced
and Wcpt and went to sleep twitchiug
all over; and when they woke mon said
that the rods were Strengthened and no
one did any work for two days. but Inv
ON the decks and ate fruit. MIR War
drop would go below from time TO time
and pat the two rods " here thcv lay,
and they heard him singing hymns.
Then mis- trouble of mind went from
him, and at the end Of the third days
idlencSs he made drawing in chalk
upon the deck. with letters Of the
alphabet at the angles. lie pointed
out that. though the piston rod was
more or less straight, The piston rod
cross head tho thing that had been
iammcd sideways in the guidca--hud
been badly strained, and had cracked
tie lower end Of the piston rod. lie
was going 80 forge and shrink a
wrought iron collar on the neck Of the
piston rod whcrc it joined the cross
hcod, and from The collar he would bolt
Y-shapcd piece Of irou whose lower
arms should be bolt,d into the cross
head. If anything more were needed
they could use up the last OF the boiler
plate.
So the FORCES were lii again, and men
burned their bodies hut hardly felt the
pain. The finished connection was
not beautiful, but If seemed strong
enough at least a. strong as the rest
of the machinery; aud with that JOB
their lahors came 10 an end. All that
remained was to connect up he engines
and to get food and water I'll" skip
per and four men dealt with the MALAY
boat builder by night chiefly; It was
no time to haRgle over the price Of sage
and dried fish. The others stayed
aboard and replaced piston piston
rod. cylinder cover. cross head ana
bolts with the aid of tht taith'iH don
key engine. The cylinder cover va,
hardly steam proof. and the eye Of
science might have seen. in the curve
O. The connecting ROD. . fe;ure some
thing like hat Of Christmas tree can
die which had melted and bccn
A,raqhtcued by hand over @J>c: but.
as Mr.. WHrdrop said: "Stn didn't his
anything"
As soon as the last holt was in place.
men tumblod over OF anotA"r in their
anxiety 70 yet 10 tuo hand stprtinu
gear. the wheel aud worm by which ea
gines can he moved where there is DO
steam aboard. They nearly Wrenched
oil the wheel; but il was evident to
the blindost eye that the engines
moved. They did not rcvolvc i'm their
orbits with any enthusiasm, as good
machines should. Indeed. they ~roantd
not little; but they moved over and
came to rest in way which proved
thai they still recognized mans hand.
Then Mr.. Nardrop sent his slaves into
the darker bowels of the engine room
and stoi<cholc and followed them with
. fare lamp. The boiler, were sound
but would take no harm from little
scaling and cleaning. Mr.. Wardrop
would not have anyone over Jealous,
for he feared what the Nest stroke of
the tool might show. "'rhc less We
Know about her now" said he. "thc
better for us all. I'm thinkm'. Yen
understand me when say thai this
is in no sense regular eueiuccrin'"
As all his raimeut. when be spoke.
was his gray beard and uncut hair.
they believed him. They did not ask
TOO much OF what they met. but pol