Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-15
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Honorable Scars

If I had been what I had invited
Jeanne Twombly to imagine me: mere
~ an ordinary drifting tourist set
afoot in the wilds by circumstances
over which 1 had no control, my cue
to be on my way the following morn
Ing couldn't have been delayed much
beyond the appetizing breakfast to
which I sat down a little after seven
o'clock. But once l had reached the
end or the rainbow, and had no. in
tention of moving on before I could
have my chance to dig for the pot Of
gold which Is said t o be the reward
Of successful rainbow chasers, 1 was
casting about for an excuse to pro-
long my stay when Twombly, in ac-
cordance with the bit Of talk which
I had overheard in the loft chamber,
took the matter out, Of my hands.
when we waa} talkin' about auter-
on to me that you knowed something
about machinery" was the way he be-
gan. IF you amt in a tearin' hurry
to be goin' s~omewheres, maybe I could
get you to hang round for u spell and
show me how to take a steam engine
to pieces so t I. could clean it up and
keep 1t from goin' to rack and ruin"
With all the' pleasure imaginable"
I FASTENED to say, before he could
have time to change his mind.
While the cer~ulean-eyed maiden
was carrying the dishes out Of the
kitchen, the old man donned overalls
ter I was introduced to the mine-my
mine, If you please-or rather to 50
much Of 1t as was open to any visitor
other than q submarine diver.
Ny heart went hot in sympathy for
good old Grandfather Jasper. The
~scoundrels who had done him up had
not been content with merely selling
him the gold brick; they had let him
spend thousands mor for the pump
ing machinery, after they. themselves,
were web assured that he was merely
throwing money away. .
I asked Daddy what he wished to
do with the machinery. He said he
was afraid it might be rusting inside,
ed to take it apart; especially the
steam engine. So. L told him how to
begin, and he fell, to work; but in just
a few minutes his awkwardness with
the tools gave meHa fit Of the willies.
"See here ! said; AZ you've got
another pair OF overalls and a jumper
.sure pop; I have" he admitted;
and that was how I discovered my
AI6 xSoAsaJ
work.
We stuck att until noon, disassem-
bling u and scraping rust. and polish
ing and oilihlg, and incidentally find
ing the machinery in q great deal bet
ter condition. thanalt had any right ia
be after standing idle for 80 long a
time. OF course, I bunged my soft
hands allsup. and got as dirty as a pig,
and all that; but that first forenoon
L. ~rS{kkA- &~ = =, i, fas%~ .--E.---
Of the most enjoyable I've ever known.
And when Daddy Hiram called the
noon halt, and we went across to the
cabin to wash up for dinner, I vas
hungry. I think that forenoon meas-
ured about the only useful ahalf-dayB
work I'd ever dope; and the afternoon
made It a full day. Say. people-it
was, great! For this first time In an
Ftdle WORCESTERSHIRE had a.job
keen ambition to see.it through. I was
tthirsHlys eagerssto get that machinery
IN shape ana to start those old he
pumps, and this inssptte Of Daddy HI
rams repeated Assurances that II
wouldn't. do no good a.tall.'
During ahaFdsWorking interval OF
two wssks q 3npmber o.. things had
happened; One Was q visit from the
Observation-Disclosures Anglican who
had imprsassdsfn 4 With the tact that
Nc bel0ngedatogt THE Ancient and Hon
orable Order Of the Silver star. I'll
have to tell about SthAt Witt, because
# proved Whist 2 strsinentopsty lucky
thing II wai for me that had fallen
among frtSfsde. .as
Il We thEs way. Onsthe second: day
Of my stay inths bosom Of the Twom-
bly, family 1 noticed thAt q battered
surveying instruments transit which
Was probably . le~ft-over from the
time when the Cinnabar was . work
ling proposition. with an engineer to
figure out Its dips and anglesEhad
been mSssd from its .piAcs in. the cor.
ner Of the living room ana vss GOOD
hpon its three ieg6 sat I small, 4sare