Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-02-02


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aea h.ca nss.t,an withnnt me
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81 one e..n 5e,ais t.,hers md nmthers
wheSe rhids.p s.,,.rn <. na ,1Seiess far
shuui1. tneir tisanno,nt,ueut Tom
knen that ha was a disapt.lntn,ent
ard mn. ni4ht affar 81, ..x,,rs.,..lon ot
hls f.,lt;ags ,......l, ,~.,,,.,,,.,n ba rpsolved
Il, lpsye bon,, ,,n,, 81 so,,e,yhere a,se
n lie marnina tta. 1eforp dawn ma
ba.sre an. aAa rsx Stirrina an tho
fara. n, .,a 81, al t...a ,iress,.d nm.
self anu s,sr.sa a..ar the road he
knew not wh,tter
rhea followed bar,Isbius that might
have neen exne,.tsd Wool. fter bis
,lrpaTnre hc .,foi,aed at mn omen door
of Il factury to look in NJ nm engine
thar was moving machinery distribnt-
I'd through a whole nIildInu. There
v-s something III the regular and con
lint,ed stroke Of the pis,on. the steady
revolution Of the nrwheel that fas-
,jnated The hoy He wondered what
KEPT il going he had seen machinery
Oh the farm moved by hnnd power.
bit nothing driven by heat While he
was looking the engineer. pale man.
who was evidently sufferin. from soue
disease. began to shovel coal into the
furnace The work was evidently hard
on him. and he stopped to rest between
every shoselfuI
I'm do that for YOU said Tom.
The man looked 1T him. then. taking
a ten cent piece from his poeket. said:
4 wish YOU would
Tom put Ii the eoal. then asked the
engineer all about the engine the prin.
ciples on Which il worked what the
piston accomplished. why the fywheel
was there. how uniform motion was
achieved ana LOT Of other questions.
The man answered his questions and
was surprised 1t how quickly he un-
derstood the explanations. Then Tom
told him ilint he had Jeff home. had
no means Of Il livelihood and asked if
be might Hnl shovel conf and do odd
Jobs about the engine room.
The enaiaeer went mto fhp office.
and when he came bacs told Tom
that he could stay NJ a SALARY Of S4
week III. bov wus beside himself
with Ioy.
one dnv a wooden post that was q
mart of one of The machines in the
building and that was Intended TO
turn on n niyof Hike Il rudder most be-
rsn 10 onen IN ffssnra4 ~ il turned
Every lime 4 tnrned the iiSsures nrew
larger. and II was evident the posr
would soon he twisted m fwo same
work ,hnt hatl baan t,romised The next
morning VAS de,e,,deut an the ma
chine and ,hcre yvas ~ t,ma n mt in
d now nost Tam s.aoa beside fhe fore-
man who was loal.in. M tho r.ost NOT
knuwine what 10 ,la
Get some wednes- suia The coal
heaver. .and everv tima tho tissuras
omen fin tlnam nm
The foreman tnrnad IN ,he haorfnaa
bov in astouishmpnt Then The wedges
were brought. driven in aud the post
was ag.,in rigid
The incident udvnuced Inn many
neos in ~. onini,n ~ bis ansnlovars
and they t,ied hin, Il, ,ar,o,,s ,,iacas
where GOOD vyt,r,, was naedad tnt ha
failed IN the.., all 10 haa M anti.
tnde far wo-k that ala not iptarast
been made for drndrery any more in n
factory than an !, farm There seem-
cd nethina tl,af he could do lint assist
the engineer. Who was sicElv man
and often was Obliged 10 absent him.
self from his duties 81 Tom was sent
back TO tbe engine room and made az
sistant engineer At tbis work he
thing else, for be loved the machine