The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-20
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WILLIAM
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suddenly come into prominence as a
building material. Chalioner and the
gnng stood inside a wooden mold some
two or three feet wide and ~ long AZ
the wall which, they were building:
another gang poured In about them .
mixture of sand. cement and stona
sand, cement and stone meant nothing
20 Challoner except that when those
three things were mixed with water
and dumped into his trench he had to
TIT fhts turper ana pound the uztrrurs
iaia- zoiidiiy- IN -or1er- to ~tnake- ths wall
hard and smooth.
For days he was stifr. lame and sore
all over. In his soul he wanted 10 die.
but he lived on. And then. much to
his nulazemenr. he found that the
harder he worked the better he felt.
Tho poison Of hts ttissolufe living was
working toward the surface.
Finally tie doctors allowed him to
visit Miriam In the hospital.
'i've got job. dear" he whispered
TO her. Those Ave words were a hs-
tory TO Miriam.
After little while Miriam put ont q
thin hand and let It rest In h.s. say.
Ing:
''Eow murh do they give ycu. dearr
Not without suggestion OF pride In
his voice. be answered.
"a dollar aud n half Gay
a mere pittance. yet the wouau's
face WINS radiant with joy.
1t WIS not hong before chalionet
found that bis arms and back and
shoulders were perceptibiy eularg1Hg.
And then-a greater joy-he realized
that his soul was surging back into
bis body. He had driven 1t out, but
1t would not stay away.
From time to time chailoner noted
that the taiaping WAS developing him
too much on one side With the long
broom handle. the weight down at the
end his downward stroke had been q
right handed one. 80 now be tried
using force from the Jeff side. And
with that Chaiioner made a discoy-
cry.
After many experiments IT had been
gradually borne In upon him that light
but incessant and vigorous tamping in
one spot was more effective than tho
heavy. battering strokes employed by
the Italians.
III the hampers were only lighc
enough" he argued TO himself. "a fell
low could almost use two OF tham---
one In each hand"
And so be tried It with the two tamp-
ers that were on the work, but they
- r. 4.
night he made pair Of lighter ones
and experimental with them II was
too much of a strain. He could not
handle them satisfactorily. Somehow
the work needed the concentrated ct.
fort of two arms.
All one night he sat up trying TO fg-
ure it out And yet" he assured him
self repeatedly. Tn on the right
track" And so 1t proved. for at 4
o'clock In the morning the idea came.
i've got It." he exclaimed. jumping
to his feet-'a pump handler
week later Challoner rugged up
simple continuance depending upon
strong leverage--one that wouid do the
work of man much more easily.
'.It will do the work of tsco." he told
himself
But when ChaIloner had taken it to
the works the authorities refused him
permission to nse IL
'srhis here 10 real job We haven't
time to monkey with things like that"
they told him with sneer.
But chalioner was not to be turned
aside 80 easily, and still he persisted:
III viii do the work OF two"
He now rugged himself up smau
trial mold. bought some sand and ce-
ment and rock and demonstrated the
superiority Of bis pump handle con-
rivance with Its strong leverage, its
regularity and its strong. steady beat
beat. heat. with two light hampers upon
adjacent spots When they knocked
Off the mold these same authorities
found that chailoner was right. This
bit OF concrete wall was as soiid as Ii
1t had been cut out OF smooth azoic
rock. So they called out
.All right. Chaiiener. Try 1t orr
Chalioner tried 1t on the big wall. II
worked like charm.
At the pay window ut the end Of
the week Chalioner said:
II want $3.50 day"
what fory' asked the voice inside.
Chaiioner replied firmly: N
Because I've done the work Of Y
more than two men" He was paid
at the rate Of So day.
Now be was allowed to have one Of I
the corners all to himself for his con-
trivance. They laid OF two men,
ChaIioner was doing the work Of three
men.