The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-08
CHAPTER Il-contlnued.


Mrs, Green. who complained OF
headache, poor old lady. and decide
20 stay in bed.
did not help BOpp on his wa
much. as | should have liked to, be
cause know my limitations when
comes to motorboats. Now. with al
automobile | am right at home. Whel
car refuses to do what the advertise
ments claim for 1t. all you need to d,
is tC get out the tool kit, jack up on,
of the axles and telephone the neares
garage. Sometimes it isn't even nee
essary to use the jack. but II look
more professional and impresses you
passengers with your mechanical skill
Bopp looked the engine over and sniff
ed. Looks like it was built by a one
armed plumbers assistant with the st
Vitus dance. However. it's very sim
pie. A child could understand this"
He pulled a few levers, set the steer.
ing wheel and started to crank it.
Monty" he commanded, loosen that
line there and when the engine starts
throw it aboard so / won't have tc
leave the steering wheel"
| did as he asked.
He turned the hywheel over pain
fully. There was sort of wheeling
sound, but nothing resembling the reg
ular explosion of marine motor in the
flush of perfect health feeling its oats.
"The engine is cold" he announced.
''The principle of the gasoline en-
gine," l lectured glibly to Lucille, sis
easily comprehensive to the intellect
IF boy of ten. 1t consists simply of
mixing gasoline in the thing-a-ma- Jig
which is drawn into a what-d- -yOu-call-
it in the engine, and then when an
electric spark is applied from the ding
bat there is an explosion. See-he
trgns the wheel over-this draws the
charge of gas into the engine-now the
eccentric trips the sparkling device
now listen intently for the explosion.
You can't hear it because there is a
very good muffler on the boat"
B0pp expressed what he thought of
me by hitting the engine a smart rap
with the monkey wrench.
whats the matter?" inquired Lu-
cile sweetly, wishing to smooth matters
over. Wont the engine rum"
That is always the prize question to
ask the operator Of a gasoline engine
on n boat or an auto Next time you
see and auto stalled beside the road,
with the driver dripping perspiration
and tearing his heart out at the crank,
ask him that, and you will hear him
pour out his innermost soul in words
Of one syllable.
Bopp seemed disinclined to answer,
So did it for him. you see he could
make the engine go, any child could,
but he wants to get it all warmed up
Eefore he starts it, 1t is really kind
ness on his part. No humane man
would want to make a poor, cold, gaso-
line engine run fast riglt at first. See !
Mr. Bopp is going to hold it in his lap
until it gets warm"
"Oh, dry up!' snapped Bopp impo-
litely.
That's impossible" retorted 1.-THE |
earth itself is over two-thirds water,
and | stack up considerably higher
than that"
Bopp now had a smudSe of dark
grease on his light trousers, had worn
blister on the palm Of his hand and
had used up collar completely. He
opened valve on top of the engine,
shifted suspiciously and looked wise.
ITS flooded he snorted
II can sympathize with it," l said
feelingly.
After rummaging around in the lock-
er for awhile he got out collection of
tools and began to remove a steel plate
from the engine.
In order to make it easier to under
sand the inner workings of the en-
gjne," / explained to Lucille, 'he is
going to take it apart so that you may
ste each piece distinctly. l wonder IL
LIE knows that he spilled some cylinder
oil in that place where he is now sit
tUre, that thin piece of tubing covered
with black grease is the crank shaft.
No; am mistaken. That is the mans
leg. The crank shaft is that other
thing not quite so thin and shapeless.
Move your leg little, will you, Bopp,
so that Lucille can tell which is the
crank shaft?"
There was no reply save growl of
rage from below where the young man
was standing on his head peering into
he gizzard of the machine.
Don't forget to tell me when to let
20 of the rope" reminded him.
Lucille suddenly scrambled down into
he launch.
"Oh, Frank" she exclaimed, would
{ make any difference If this wire "
we're fastened to something's"
He arose from his imitation of q kan a
saroo about to jump down mine T.
haft and took the wire from her fin o
ers without comment. His feelings,
they were, he did not dare iN
rust to speech. There was something n
majestic about the repression Of the W
nan that forbade comment. In pal- y
itating silence he attached the wire il
0 place which seemed to be made
or it, reassembled the engine, wiped o.
fl his hands and grasped the crank. t.
Tc turned It once easily, and, "zing,"
be mOtOE cot down to business like a n
lock!