The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-09
CHAPTER VII.
Honorable Scars.


10 De on my way the following morning
couldn't have been delayed much he
yond the appetizing breakfast to which
sat down little after seven o'clock
But once | had reached the end of
the rainbow, and had no intention of
moving on before | could have my
chance to dig for the pot IF gold which
is said tO be the reward of successful
rainbow chaSers. / was casting about
Tor an excuse To prolong my STAY when
Iwombly. in accordance with the bit
or talk which ! had overheard i'm the
lott chamber, took the matter out of
my hands.
when we was talku' about auto
mobiles and such, las night, Won let
on to me that you knowed something
about machinery" was the way he be-
gan. IF you amt in tcarin' hurry
10 De Solh SomcWhercS maybe | could
get you to hang round for spell and
snow me how to take steam engine
TO pieces so t I could clean il up and
keep 1t from G"in to rack and ruin"
with nll the pleasure Imaginable"
fastened to say, before he could have
time to change his mind.
While the cerulean-eyed maiden was
carrying the dishes out Of the kitchen.
the old man donnrd overallS and n
jumper, and few minutes later | was
introduced to the mne-my mine, if
you pleaSe-or rather to SO much Of il
as was open to any visitor other than
submarine diver.
My heart went hot in sympathy for
good fu
scoundrelS who had done him up had
not h"en content with merely selling
him the gold brick; they had let him
spend thousands more for the pump
lnS machinery, after they. themselves
We're we'll assured that he was merely
throwing money away.
l asked Daddy what he wished to
do with the machinery. He said he
was afraid it might be rustirg inside,
standing unused So long, and he want
eu 10 take II apart; especially the
steam engine. So told him how to
begln, and he fcl! To work but In lust
rev minutes his aWkWardnrSS with
the tools gave me fit of the willicS
See here" | said; "If you've got
another pair of oNeralls and jumper
n
Sure pop, ! have" he admitted; :;
and that was how discovered my first
- real job of honest to- goodness work.
w" stuck at il until noon. diSas-
sembling, and Sc"a.in; rust. and pol
lshing and 0ilinG, ANA Incidentally find
ing the machinery in a great deal bet
ter condition than il hoh amy right to
be after SIandin@ Idle for SO long a
time. or course. | lm@rd my Srft
hands all up. and got as dirty rs Il
pig, and AL that; bur that first fore
noon is written down in my life aS one
of the most enjoyable I've ever knuWn
And when Daddy Hiram called the
noon halt, and We went across to the
cabin to wash up for dinner, was
hungry. | think That forenoon meas
ured about The only USrful half-day's
work I'd ever done: the afternoon
made it II fun day Say, pcoplc--it
was great, For the first time in an
idle, happy go-lucky III" had job
with Il concrete object IN view, and u
keen ambition to see ii through. was
thirStily eager To get thar machinery
in shape and To start those OLD he
lmps, and this in spite of Daddy lii
rams repeated assurances that 1t
wouldn't do no good a-tall."
During II hard-wUrKing interval of
two weeks a number of things had
happened one was u visit from the
MISUNDERSTANDING AngciCan who
had impressed me will the fact that
he belonged to the Ancient and Honor
able Order of the Silver Star. I'll have
to tell about that visit, because it
proved what tremendously lucky
thing 1t was for me that | had fallen
among friends.
1t was this way. On the second day
Of my stay in the bosom of the TwOu-
bly, family / noticed that battered
surveying Instrument transit which
was probably leftover from the time
when the Cinnabar was working
proposition, with al engineer to figure
out It's dips and angieS-had been
moved from It's place In the corner of
the living room and was stood upon
its three legs at small, square win
dow which looked out over the plateau
bench Of the mountain to the south.
eastward.
the why and wherefore of the old
transit and its "set up" as an engineer
would gay. Daddy Hiram and were
standing with our backs to the hearth
Dire. waiting for breakfast to be put
on the table. when Jeanie came IN
from the kitchen with great stack
Of hot batter-cakes. AS she darted
out again after the coffee and bacon,
she paused just a fraction Of second
to put her eye to the telescope.
didn't see what kind Of signal it was
that she passed to Daddy Hiram but
whatever its nature, II made him get
action In tearing hurry.
Sup into the loft with you, quick
Stannie y he yipped at me; and as
went stumbling up the ladder In blind
obedience saw hiJn hastily helping
his daughteE tQeresfOve my plate, knife !.
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