The sun., 1898-01-09

Eet tired Of hin BLOWN / Jest took him up.
alone S T9ss b. did Both os us g lied our boats
&thst that Austin rot scared. an turned back for or
eqvSaa Sas sSas At f1 sTa to sE tarn
Ground. Ny leo rail was two foot under, an
S sns Ssn sGnnG %1 Gs.s IL fsfH' a %ssssss ospssss
iSo nSs Ss sns Tspss s,nCs wsas d
rigser out to the wndward about % twenty I feet. et
s a. then hauled four b8-pound weights taken
S9r With psS St f s1 sRS f The tSs U
com come :. on 2 70 blow hardcr'n ever, Hemiocksi
from being bowod SoaF an KEEP SeP
tor e,y ife can tell you, for II I'd let her como
cd che The ballast under
have been capsized 10 the leeward. So there
night saw Tor Fes long sSd c
pccting she'd turn over with me either q leo
short. I finally reached Long Island an, the
drods to meet M mo after after M my % daring % adventure. %
! % mailed my letter, an by links! sold my boat.
SOr aSr e. SS %5o bcl fell In love Uh
bo%s ought to have SOH Gh sko Wth sa
that fellow sets done out Of his; III; money. mo- S But
1 expect this new creation of mine will give
me money to throw away. That's what cal.
BY this time Uncle, Elksnah had taken in
ssnsrv N% nSS his finished his
hsh ,ann dinner MC talked ed, As he ate ,n,n,,
for for year back that wanta 70 put 5000. 900
Fisht into my rocket boat, an me s, not turn ,,s
money rIsht out for a half interest, But
won't take y because there's that @ ere obstsele To-
her, obstacle or no obstacle says he. ' A"i VI
But says, No, sir. l know that I'm slower
s6sa S Ss THSp .sss Ss Ffs Ssp ss
have have this boat right, says. or else won't ~
Slipper That %qs sfS tSe biggest st" inarsise says
what said. An then nj went @ on M an M related tho
incident IT. to my wealthy visitor IT occurred ,Iiol
Haleyon. Inc i TSSts % what on It 'ns did a @ho VI ths
| morning watch was agoing below, one Of the
on the quarterback as he walked forward.
! THE old man spied tho quid. which was
deck. an he was as mad as a halter IN no time.
for II there was anything that he pr.ded him.
& self on It was tho good order and discipline
49,, !" Mr.. Whitman, he called out in a tone Of
Turn em 10 oat e There @ wasn't MT "H CLOUD G in 'f the
heavens, an the weather was nice es You
esrnS the Haso h,E with be all that 3 yca st
what you, could. Mr.. Whitman Knowod there
deck in jify. They come up a.swsarIng an
!. Put your helm down, back tho main main top.
sail an heaye the ship to, was the next order
rGm m es old 0f n In the
the skipper called out again:
, !" Get the big purchase and hosting bucket
deck: pointing to the big quid Of tobacco; -.
hall fhnR hat hIlr nt
which was then hooked on to the purchase
an then the men hoistsd IL up an dumped lp,s it it
much ceremen nv as If they ". 3 -.hoisting in
the, ships longboat. That's what they did.
buckets and Scrub % brooms for o half yam am hour
longer a-scrubbipg that, deck until it was as
white us ladys handkerehief He kpowed
that watch below,an he was determined to keep
all OF em out Of their hunks for an hour to learn
what he did. -. athoSSGb he was vas delaying . big
ship: an S. en Ions passage at Ct that na it
thu I'D ns hens n 0%
Ways W had a powerful effect % on my ~ subsequent
life, an 'ays to the wealthy New Yorker. says
Fes tSs fGs OF Way "H m
You You see and tf Uncle EilfsnSS's Voice aroppea
obsisce. Yais College 0 professor @ S'f has told
what l knowed. I've got fur and away the most
amazing pSwer thai n you eyer ever claIpped your our
ss Water 'A by sodiS%: Jest H % common ' %ota!ie
sodium Ar on the same principle THAT that hs The
% Ss odun Is
p!odeI under water at the stern of my boat. an
Jest wan. to c 4 y0T III dS that fa
Is slick stun. my boy. II is opposed to water
you've got to do is to keep, your sodium away
from water I'LL you SET M ready to use it. an an then
an an M iiRb.nng & M Would be secpsed you fed the
sodium into the water fast enough. But You
to rSs IL NSa No sSs
boat vii! run about as fast as a comet Naphtha
Is devil IN IN boy. you know. II you keep It
keep It away from the water til the proper time
ypaas aas Mh.! %ass o. Uncle
earnestly. .Iye got the biggest kind Of thing
derf%i @ Why. yon u tried T 70 oonfins % the easea @
generated in eIIHoeng sodium tae pressure
strikes the water of It shall cut It into
Rs ReS
shall use an iron hull. for there'll be streak
Of fire al AROUND the @ stern, and and GO! Lordy.
@ GS that ssSy S hs g ss Ex
down. Why, sir. she'll go like scared witch.
! I've sent an experimental model across Bantam
Lake lots Of times at the rate OF fort ytwo knots
an hour, an that's what my boat will do. Oh.
, they can all laugh at my idea that wants to.
but recolect, I'm O lucky man, an that counts.
, an that I'm on the right track, an also recol-
/ lect that they laughed at the steamboat an the
/ railroad cars, an the lectrics. That's what
/ ,"But I've got TO get around this pesky obsta'
/ cle" concluded Uncle Elkanah, lighting sec
/ ond pipe. "an' can't see jest yot how I'm going
to do Il. What 10 the obstaclef Well. you eeee,
II you've got the power to go ahead a. with the
have the power to stop safely within rea.
sonable distance. That's what you must:
Now, what can stop her withi Surprising ]
put a sodium exploding chamber into the bow OF
= my boat for that purpose. an that when I'm
back water An supposing the engineer in
along with such resistless force: What is
agoing to hsppsn' What 49, why ht only 9ns
fhat could atand that htrnin She'd lest he