The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-15

? P3t MQ<l " ~ -Pt1li4NNUTLL the Nf1u.
and x rms damp coed with water,
Three or four old bpxe1 were knocked
TO pieees a1id d fire & ted "a die FUR.
mage. and VIXEN theirs WIS 4, good
tblaze going the inventor said: N 81
now siipyei the mix fIire 81
sind you viii lee som ling wonsier
The rnnderfni thing occurred TWO
minutes later. ~ 4 sort or 3 expiosIoi,
blew the furnace door open, md III
great pun tofs ncrid smoke went floating
ais through lie ons q. All tie same
moment AL the fire. the furnace went
iout,SaId Mrs. BoWser called from the
head of the cellar stairs i:
MI. Bowsert iwlint on earth rs hap
4penlng down there O.. s5yss IA
Nothing. ltsWas lust ID bncks draft
from the fnrnnce, probably by i d rats
nest In the chimney. There ts no call
+ tor;you to get excited. =
.'lti tmny be tliat didn't get in the
right powder, I explnined Mr.. Rushef;
ms he Gpeered Into the; furnace. l o; II!
think dIdn' II you III hand Smei
So Y will 5sosnnd get the other thing. ~
q But man.. don't you know tile prop.
5er ingredients ~ asked Mr. Bowser.
4 vent you got them written down ~
9. might lose the memoranda,
SSyon see. ! want to I be careful this,
time Being al little excited 81 I 4 may
have asked for the wrong powder. p i'at
n He took the money and was gone ten
minutes and then came back with a
i Ave cent packet OF d Rochelle salts In
his hand md let Mr.. Bowsrr see the,
label on It to show that he trusted
him. He didn't return 4 the change
from hcsblll. Tie fire WINS trekindied,
the salts sprlnkled on the hemp. ana
inter ten minutes a sllovelfuls OF the
mixture was dumped In, with the OBJ
servntion: 4. y 4 " a
Must Close All Drnfts.
So I'VE now have sufficient fuel in the
furnace to last for a week. "a soon
ms things get redhot we must close ali
the drafts" .ts.5
~ But things did not get retlhot. There
was a sputterlng and a stewlng inside
the furnace for two or three minutes;
and then there seemed TO be nothing
further doing. MIR. Bowser, and Mr.
Rasher snt OH their boxes In silence
and expectation, and the gus meter ur-i
tered n sort of wall and registered nm
other 500 feet. Finally the Inventor,
arose, tiptoed over to The furnace ana
opened the door. Il.
AL inside was tblackness md dark
ness. There was no (redhotness-. not
by a joyful. ,3 4,
1.-THE thing don't seem to; pun out, =
,snid Mr.. Bowseri In hnrll tones. .siS "
No, but l see the reason. should
have burned n certain powder to clear
tile ilues or dust first. In my. haste
md anxiety Il forgot that. Ii you will
give me So I will run over, to the drug
store. :" I'D y, II ~
hats the name or the powder ~ &. 81 n
Excuse me. but will tell you later
OIL: Once the dust ls out OF tho flnes
NIL will be well. You lnIght he shaking
the stun out while Il nm gone Z,
Is; Mr.. Bowser gave up grudstngly He
was losing faith In MIR. R:lsl.ers and
dreading Mrs. Bowscr's words anu
looks. The inventor departed, visited
the drug store and a ssaloon md re-
turned after awhile with 4 a lump Of
something In his hand. st & Al
II Thought you went for powder r.
cueried Mr.. Bowser. 81, IS !;
is2' s.. Meant q Lump. n. 4
"Dl, l shy powtlcrT i often say that
wien mean lump. We Will be NIL
right now" 4 S. .s{5 !yas *
"lsn't there some change coming to-
me e. NJ Siis2 ?2 y -.
81 believe SO, but ! can't stop Just.
row. III with your paper and kim
Il. .sis
r. When n fire had been lighted once
more the powder was thrown In and
The men stood buck. They needn't
have done go. That lump Of, something
was only chalk and had no idea OF ex-
rlodlng. a ter two minutes some more
of the patent fuel was s1oveled H.,
md Mr.. Rnsller smiled and said: e
There won't be any more disnp.
nointments. Hear the furnace roar?'"'52s
~ But there WINS no roar. There came
q sound like lem woman frying
a}An bacon oteri corncoh fire, and
then there was n flicker, and 5all was
as still as the grave. Mr.. Bowser Look
.eo, Into the furnace to find the same
old hlackneFs. AZ he turned to nsk Mr..
Rnsliar what in I /! III! |! he meant
by the inventor Smn1e for.
the stairs. There was a yell. and Mr..
Bowser mnde after him. The fleeing
man ran through the kitchen hill and
out Of \ the aren gu but before he
could leap the front gnte Mr. Bowser:
caught: him. Fifteen minutes Inter us
AIrh. Bowser wns putting salve on a
Skinned nose and washing q bitten enr;
she quietly observed:
Never mind. dear. You hive got
shovclful Of sand md lime left down
cellar, md we will try and get along
come way until you can invest in a
new burglar alarm and make 81 600.
Ooo.'s NJ. QUAD:
Can't Always Tell. &:
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