| Show SMASHED THE CRYSTAL curious to know whether an oft ite ee heated tale was waa true to say what you ton mean and mean what you yon say is a good rule to follow always an amusing story which illustrates the value of this course was told isome some years ago by an old gentleman who was visiting ff a rolling mill for the first time ile he had heard wonderful stories of the machinery in the mill und and he was desirous of putting some of them to test 1 I have been told said he to the hammer maii man as he watched the great steam hammer rising and falling that a good hammer man can break the crystal of a watch with that thirty ton hammer yes sir said the hammer man it can be done doe 11 1 I should like to see it said the old gentleman eagerly feeling in his watch pocket 1 I can do it sir 11 and will you said the visitor drawing out his watch come I 1 am anxious to see it tried ile he laid his watch on the great anvil plate the hammer rose to its full height and the next instant all its ponderous weight with a crushing force that shook the ground for an acre round came down on the watch there sir said the hammer man quietly if you dont believe that crystal is broken just stoop down and you can see it sticking to the hammer the curious old gentleman swallowed a whole procession of lumps and gasps before he could speak but I 1 forgot to say he exclaim exclaimed ed that it was to break the crystal without injuring the watch oh yes said the hammer man yes I 1 know I 1 have heard that rubbish myself but Ws its all gammon I 1 dont believe it but you ton can break the crystal every time if the visitor had said what he meant he would undoubtedly have saved his hig watch but it must be confessed that if the hammer man had not be been en one of the meanest menan men in the world he would have saved it anyhow harpers young people |
