Show cillo called the fie det hut but got left some years year ano ago tit an english engineer now in cie official management of one of our great was tup crin the hie construction coilet ruction of a new rod road iu ill after supper sapper one evening evenin he strolled into alio llio hettic cwm of tin the country cou itry I 1 ahei it re some eonia twenty irk iliin n v were ere mated at buttil the altoe smoking g and chatting A down dova et ett cast t yankee was expounding the remarkable klIc strength of tit th arch its use anil and application appL calion in it mechanics mid illustrating his remarks by pawing a half bushel buhel measure you aint no idee fraid he be bov ho strong the arch is it if beset yc set iiii it krisht lit it if ye know low now N ow theres the eg agg got a prettier arch that than the egg anil and II if you set it right its mighty strong wh why y I 1 lin ket an all egg on this floor in such shape that yo yc cant break brcak it with abig halt half burbel buhel in measure easu re I 1 I 1 A general murmur of sneering disbelief dis bellei ran around the room but the yankee was wai game 1 I said mid I 1 kin kid and I 1 un kin and ill bet th drinks tor for the carowil on oil it the engineer hated a yankee and though 1 a reserved man he be could not dot permit a yan kee to bluff a whole party with such at ar arrogant and pi preposterous statement sc lie he quietly said 1 I will tike mke that bet an egg was brought brough t in from the i and handen to the yankee ile ho took it il and stood it upon the floor in the corner ct cl the room where the measure reach the engineer did not even attempt to fill a square corner with a round measure but paid for t the be drinks arid and retired sadder and wiser wiser Cas cashiers cassiers magazine |