The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-01-19

a.. -, ''' we Coucned again In
me least-wet corner TO watch the Indev
OF the tell-tole steamgauge connected
into the supply pine.
we knew that the centrlfugels woro
Voraclous steam-eaters we bad nroyod
.nat when we were running them In
.le "eek-long test. had a notion
tliat maybe Fullerton had fired onlv
one OF the battery Of three boilers ~
run MS shower.bath machine ond tho
result speedily confirmed this ASSUME
tion' In a few minutes the steom
pressure had dropped to n polnt M
which 1t would no longer drive anv OF
the pumps, either ours or the one ONT.
side, and the window cataract stonnod
This will be only breathing
space prophesled, getting up to
squeeze some OF the superhuous water
out OF my clothes. "Bullerton will do
one OF two things: fire the other two
boilers, or dlsconnect this steam nine
OF ours"
Reckon so7" said Daddy.
you'll see In minute or so"
The attack began even while We
were speaking, sundry hammerlngs
ana twistings that shook the pipe over
mead proving that the besiegers were
going to stop the leak Ivy cutting rs
off from the boilers.
rake your whirl at the inventions,
this time. Daddyl" | urged. "When
they get this supply pipe cut out. wen
be In for another ducking-and one
that we can't stop"
Daddy was shaking his head and
wringlng the moisture-and mud-out
of his beard.
"Jerusalem-to-gosh, Stannle we got
to take a chancel" he muttered. "Any-
ways, I'd about as lief die as be
drowned to death. Wen have to muss
that blacksmith shop up and get II out
o the way, somehow. Gimme a match
out o that tin box o. your'n-if they
amt all soaked to i!z-whlzzlln' sop"
found the matches, which. luckily,
were still dry, and handed him one.
Before fairly realized what he was
going to do, he had taken one of the
dynamite cartridges out Of its bucket
hiding place and was splitting the fuse
with his pocketknife.
"Open that there door into the shop"
he commanded; and when / obeyed
mechanically, out went the bomb, fiz-
zing and sputtering, to land in a heap
Of scrap iron piled on the farther side
of the stone-built forge. The sight Of
It smoking and splitting sparks In the
heap Of scrap half hypnotlzed me,
guess, for / stood gaping at 1t, with
the door held open, until Daddy Hiram
jerked me away, slammed the door and
yelled TO me TO help him bar 1t.
We had barely time to get the door
closed and fastened with the heavy
wooden bar and to throw ourselves
fiat on the floor behind the hOlsting
machinery before the crash came. As
l have previously said, the blacksmith
shop was a rather filmsy shed-like
affair, rooted with corrugated iron.
and II seemed TO us as II broken tim
bers and pieces of sheet metal were
raining down for full minute after
the blast went off.
The shock to everything In the vlcin-
ity was, of course, tremendous and
the stout old shaft-house Itself rocked
and swayed like a tree In a hurricane.
But the walls still stood intact, and
when we got up and peeped through
hole which piece Of the flying
scrap had torn In the door, we could
see what we had done. II was a-plen-
ty. The blacksmith shop had dlsap-
peared. leaving nothing but "A scatter
ing of wreckage. The heavy anvil had
been thrown from It's block and the
forge looked as If giant had kicked
II. Out by the boiler-shed rack OF
cordwood had been t0ppled over ana
under II a man was struggling to free
himself. When he saw the imprisoned
enemy that mid-mannerei, soft-spOkeh
old soldier that | was shut up win
would have opened the door ana shOt
the struggler II hadn't stopped NM
This blowing up Of the shop settled
the shower-bath business for us DER
lnitely. with the impeachment OUT OF
the way we had a clear view on ms
third side; could command the row
NJ miners cabins, as well ms the boil
ers I'm their open shed. When got
through persuadng Daddy Hiram tlla'
we couldn't afford 10 murder the
wounded. the fellow who had been
wrestling with the woodpiIe had made
his exit md there was nobody IN
sight. shortly afterward a bullet
fired from somewhere In the ioresl
background. whanged upon our roof
and there were several to follow Du'
inside from punching q few more ho'es
IN the iron they did no HARM
"Looks like the Hercules Is the one
thing they're most skeered Of saiu
Daddy. with his queer little suffering
cbucltle. Now maybe they'll leave US
have time to get ourselves dried out
a mite" -.
Tottlng up the results Of the shower
bath we'd had, "A bread famine prom.
lsed 10 he the worst Of them. The fe"
cans of beans, tomatoes and peaches
the campers standbys7were I'M
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