The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-15
CHAPTER WI.
Memorable scars.

" had been what had invited
Jeanle TwombIy to Imagine me mere
" an ordinary drifting tourist set
sf0ot In the wllds by circumstances
over which ] had no control, my cue
10 be on my way the following naprnlng
couldn't have been delayed much be-
. Iond the appetlzlng breakfast to which
! sat down little after seven o'clock.
But once | had reached the end OF
me rainbow. and had no Intention OF
moving ON before | could have my
shance to dig for the pot OF gold which
~ said 70 be the reward OF successful
rainbow chasers. ! was casting about
FOR an excuse TO prolong my stay when
Fwombly, In accordance with the bit
Of tplk which ! had overheard In the
oft chamber took the matter out of
ny hands.
when we was tnlltIn' about auter.
mobiles and such, las night, you let
on to me that you knowed something
shout machinery" was the way he be-
gun. IF you amt In a tearIn' hurry
70 be goin' somewheres. maybe could
get you to hang round for a spell and
how me how TO take a steam engine
10 pieces so I could clean II up and
keep II from gOln' to rack and ruin"
with all the pleasure Imaginable"
ahastened TO say, before he could have
hme to change his mind.
While the cerulean-eyed maiden wns
carrying the dishes out OF the kitchen.
Me old man donned overalls and a
Jumper. and few minutes later was
introduced TO the mIne-my mine, II
rou please--or rather to so much OF II
AZ was open TO any visitor other than
q submarine diver
My heart went hot In sympathy for
good old Grandfather Jasper. The
pcoundrels who had done him up had
act been content with merely selling
Aim the gold brick; they had let him
spend thousands more for the pump
ng machinery. after they, themselves,
were well assured that he was merely
throwing money AWAY.
I asked Daddy what he wished to
40 with the machinery. He said he
was afraid Il might be rustlng inside,
standing unused so long. and he want
cd 20 take Il apart; especially the
steam engine. So ! told him how to
begin, and he fell to work but In Just
q few minutes his awkwardness with
ihe tools gave me a tit OF the willles.
"See here" I said; III you've got
another pair OF oyeralls and jumper
-"
"Sure pop, have" he admitted /;
aud thnt was how discovered my first
zeal Job OF honest.to-goodness work.
We stuck az II until noon. dlsas-
rcmbllng, and scraplng rust. aud pol.
khlng und olling. and incidentally find
ing the machinery In great deal bet.
ter condition than Il had any right TO
DO after standing idle for SO long a
time. Of course. | bunged my soft
hands all up, and got as dirty as a
pig. md an that; but that first fore
aeon Is written down In my life as one
VI the most enjoyable I've ever known.
And when Daddy Hiram called the
noon halt. ana we went across To the
cnhin 60 wash up tor dinner, ! was
hungry. think that forenoon meas
ured about the only useful half.day's
work 10 ever done aud the afternoon
made Il full day. Say, people-lt
was great For the first time In an
tlle happy-go-iucky life ! had job
with a concrete object In view, and a
Keen ambition 10 see Il through, was
thirstlly eager TO gel that machinery
IN shape and In star, those old he
pumps. and this a spite OF Daddy III
rams repeated assurances that Il
.wouidn't do ne good a-tall.'
During Woodworking Interval OF
two weeks number OF things had
happened. One was visit from the