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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE. UTAH n tr THE LIGHT NTHtELEARINI? OF THE NORTH COUNTRY THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT A TALE IN IRVING BACHELLERw AUTHC EBEN HOLDEN. &TU AND Of t DARREL OF THE UE3SED ISLEi KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE. ETC, ETC COmcOT XI CHAPTER f Continued. 12 I i "That's sound!" . this one of the great events count But there was a greater it seemed not bo at the traveler on the road to tim had dropped his pocketbook BaHybeen amount of money containing a large 07OO was the sum, if I remember ji'htly. He was a man who, being lastly suspicious of the banks, had iithilrawn his money. Posters an- bounced the loss and the offer of a The village was pro- arge reward. Searching foundly stirred by them. jarties went up the road stirring its dust and groping in its grass "and bri- rs for the great prize which was sup- posed to be lying there. It was said, however, that the quest had been unSo the lost pocketbook successful. became a treasured mystery of the tillage and of all the hills and val a topic of old leys toward Ballybeen-r-wives and gabbling husbands at the freside for unnumbered years. By and by the fall term of school ended. Uncle Peabody came down to I pet me the day before Christmas. Jiad enjoyed my work and my life at the Hackets', on the whole, but I was My glad to be going home again. uncle was in high spirits and there ere many packages in the sleigh. I "A merry Christmas to ye both an' youth. although of It- - A f my one, s I - i f ' f l ' f f 'ray the Lord love yel" said Mr. Backet as he bade us goodby. "Every day our thoughts will be going up the tills to your house," j The bells rang merrily as we hurried through the swamp in the hard snow paths. to move," said "We're goin my uncle presently. "We've agreed to get out by the middle o' May." "Dow does that happen?" I asked. I "I settled with Grimshaw and agreed to go. If it hadn't 'a' been for Wright and Baldwin we wouldn't 'a' got a cent They threatened him at the sale. So he to bid against settled. We're have a new home. We've bought a hundred an' fifty acres from Abe Leonard. Goin' to build a new house in the spring. It will be nearer goin 5 i to the village." playfully nudged my ribs with E ,hl8 elbow. "We've had J he went on. I a little good luck, Bart," "I'll tell ye what it Is if say anything about it" f yon won't I I promised. ; "I dunno as it would matter much," "but I don't want to do It ain't anybody's business, anyway. An old uncle over in j Vermont died three weeks ago and left us t hundred dollars. I It was old Uncle Ezra Baynes o' BinesburR. Died without a chick or j child. Your aunt and me slipped down fto Potsdam an' took the stage an' ient over an got the money. It was .more money than I ever see before Jin my life. We put it in the bank in Potsdam to keep it out o' Grimshaw's i lands. I wouldn't trust that man as jfur as you could throw a bull by the he continued, ?any braggin'. thirty-eigh- J tail." I It was a cold, clear night, and when I we reached home the new stove was J mopping with the heat in its firebox I and the pudding puffing in the pot and old Shop dreaming In the chimney !; comer. Annt Peel eave me a bus at ,ne door. J Shep barked and leaped to my J shoulders. Brt t "Why. You're growln like a ye? ayes ye be." my s'lnt said as she stood and looked at fire. svt right down here an' warm f ye a?, j'.ve rlnnp flii the chores f ayes!Hw 01 ra an(j comfortable was the I peedain't ! dear old room with those beloved faces j I ,n It. I wonder i if paradise itself can Wem nmro ( pleasant to me. I have had ie nest ft)0(, thig word can provi(ie. my time, but never that j anything te with a keener relish than the Pidrtini: and mill and bread and but-and !i,...s nrid pumpkin pie which 1 . Annt D.m-- i -i- ve us that night Supper over. I wiped toy am ; while M to f. ,.,1 :ric NiNTtDkltVINTm. the dishes for Uncle Peabody went wat(.r theorses. Then s;n ,w jn the geniai I toM the story of my life in i)i;y town,", as they filled it. That 'it-' and attention they gave e the My fj. clothes and the story of ho-- v I had " by them taxed my ingc- - tvino bcius Uncle Feabody ex- claimed with enthusiasm. Aunt Deel took my hand in hers and surveyed it thoughtfully for a moment without speaking. "You ain't goin' to have to suffer that way no more," she said in a We're goin' to be more comf table ayes. Yer uncle thought we better go West, but I couldn't bear to go off so fur an' leave mother an' father an' sister Susan an' all the folks we loved layin' here in the ground alone I want to lay down with 'em by an' by an' wait for the sound o' the trumpet ayes ! mebbe it'll be for thousands o years ayes!" To our astonishment the clock struck twelve. "Hurrah! It's merry Christmas!" said Uncle Peabody as he Jumped to his feet and began to sing of the little Lord Jesus. We joined him while he stood beating time with his right hand after the fashion of a singing master. "Off with yer boots, ' friend !" he exclaimed when the stanza was finished. "We don't have to set up and watch like the shepherds." We drew our boots on the chair round with hands clasped over the knee how familiar is the process, and yet I haven't seen it in more than half a century! J lighted a candle and scampered upstairs in my stocking feet, Uncle Peabody following close and slapping my thigh as if my pace were not fast enough for him. In the midst of our skylarking the candle tumbled to the floor and I had to go back to the stove and relight it How good it seemed to be back ln the old room under the shingles ! The heat of the stovepipe had warmed its hospitality. "It's been kind o' lonesome here," said Uncle Peabody as he opened the window. "I always let the wind come in to keep me company it gits so warm." "Ye can't look at yer stockin' ylt," said Aunt Deel when I came downstairs about eight o'clock, having slept through chore time. I remember it was the delicious aroma of frying ham and buckwheat cakes which awoke me ; and who wouldn't rise and shake off the cloak of slumber on a bright, cold winter morning with such provocation? "This ain't no common Chris'mas I tell ye," Aunt Deel went on. "Santa Claus won't git here short o' noon I wouldn't wonder ayes !" About eleven o'clock Uncle Hiram and Aunt Eliza and their five children arrived with loud and merry greetings. Then came other aunts and uncles and cousins. With what noisy good cheer the men entered the house after they had put up their horses! I remember bow they laid their hard, heavy hands on my head and shook it a little as ttey spoke of my "stretchin up" or gave me a playful slap on the shoulder an ancient token of good will the first form of the accolade, I fancy. What joyful good humor there was in these simple men aDd women enough to temper the woes of a city if it could have been applied to their relief. They stood thick around the stove warming themselves and taking off its griddles and opening its Riors and surveying it inside and out with much curiosity. "Now for the Christmas tree," said Uncle Peabody as ho led the way into our best room, where a fire was burn"Come-oning in the old Franklin grate. an' girls." boys What a wonderful sight was the Christinas tree the first we had had in our house a fine spreading balsam loaded with presents! Uncle Hiram his jumped into the air and clapped feet together and shouted: "Hold me, tree so;nebody, or I'll grab the hull !n' run away wifth it." Uncle .Tabez held one foot in both hands before him and joyfully hopped n round the tree. These relatives had brought their to be family sifts some days before, that bung'on its branches. The thin? mv eve was a bk' silver watch oar-- hl han-in- g bv a long golden chain to one j took it of the bonghs Uncle Peabody chain. ,i,wn nd held it aloft by the. " the miss ;ght, should none so that low-ton- , say-;rt!- irser : "From Santa Clan" for l: I'v.i n h rt A murmur of ndwimtbm r; .' iJ- l i id to be careful not to lot the company which gbor.' arrmiidl;i- -'v t Kni.i n treasure in my tremJ1' that I had been ashamed . the li .iiioniade salt. They somehow Fug bands. v l'1 th" truth about it and a little "This is for Fart, too." Unce " down took be f"l lowed the shouted ns f n story. Then Aunt jj laid K dreW her chair near me aDd of soft blue cloth andsonielnm thats 'whod my hair there's very gently and arms. "Now d into slick as a as nbont my face without speaking. lest AJ'S ! I know," she said it. It's for a suit o clothes, presently, Feel of tmA 1(1 of caressing tone, with a tome all the way from Burlington there. You've got your Now get-am" "iivaa 111 iu A loity .m ''tl:it nlttirtinrH HAf imnrilfl- - - Pm-hod- "ed to r'n iu-- ,. We in the &. ... .. j .. v . . T p . . 1 1 r, ,0idmoved out of the way in a hurrimade fun village. They was his .... i ni,iu' .u i uiey, tsart cane of merriment. It He ojj and vanity. anu't of pride about that," I assured great day thera. nL "lhe mind's the measure of nor trv to conceal floated for a " I presents other The the quoted, remembering tide ot laugh- ne, irresistible this in benatoi- had repeated to ne. 0 .Ve mo-pe- nt .111 . - t.vu iui mu louna inetr owners, I have never forgotten how Uncle Ja-te-a chased Aunt Minerva around the house with a wooden snake cunningly carved and colored. I observed there were many things on the tree which had not been taken down when we younger ones gathered up our wealth and repaired to Aunt Deel's room to feast our eyes upon it and compare our good fortune. The women and the big girls rolled up their sleeves and went to work with Aunt Deel preparing the dinner. The gieat turkey and the chicken pie were i:iade ready and put in the oven and the potatoes and the onions aud the winter squash were soon boiling in their pots on the stovetop. Meanwhile the children were pluying in my aunt's bedroom and Uncle Uiraia and Uncle Jabez were pulling sticks in a corner while the other men sat tipped against the wall watchiug aud uiakiug playful comments all save my Uncle Peabody, who was trying to touch his head to the floor and theu straighten up with the aid of the broomstick. In the midst of it Aunt Deel opened the front door and old Kate, the Silent Woman, entered. To my surprise, she wore a decent-lookin- g dress of gray homespun cloth and a white cloud looped over her head and ears and tied around her neck and & good pair of boots. "Merry Chris'mas !" we all shouted. She smiled and nodded her head and sat down in the chair which Uncle Peabody had placed for her at the stove side. Aunt Deel took the cloud off her head while Kate drew her mittens newly knitted of the best yarn. Then my aunt brought some stockings and a shawl from the tree and laid them on the lap of old Kate. What a silence fell upon us as we saw tears coursing down the cheeks of this lonely old woman of the countryside tears of joy, doubtless, for God knows how long it had been since the poor, abandoned soul had seen a merry Christmas and shared its kindness. I did not fail to observe how clean her face and hands looked! She was greatly changed. She took my hand as I went to her side and tenderly caressed it. A gentler smile came to her face than ever I had seen upon it The old stern look returned for a moment as she held one finger aloft in a gesture which only I and my Aunt Deel understood. We knew it signalized a peril and a mystery. That I should have to meet it, scmewhere up the hidden pathway, I Jiad no doubt whatever. "Dinner's ready!" exclaimed the cheerful voice of Aunt Deel. Then what a stirring of chairs and feet as we sat down at the table. Old m '4 "From Santa Claus for Bart!" ayea! She's goin' to stay witn us tilt tomorrow." "Good idee!" said UtcJe Peabody. So I took the money out of th(Jr hands and went in and gave it. to the Silent Woman. "That's your present from me," I said. How can I forget how she held my arm against her with that loving, rocking motion of a woman who is soothing a baby at her breast, and kissed my coat sleeve? She released my arm and, turning to the window, leaned her head upon its sill and shook with sobs. The dusk had thickened. As I returned to my seat by the stove I could dimly see her form against the light of the window. We sat in silence for a little while. Then Uncle Peabody rose and got a candle and lighted it at the hearth. I held the lantern while Uncle Peabody fed the sheep and the two cows and milked a slight chore these win-tdays. "You and I are to go off to bed pnrty early," he said as we w ere going back to the house. "Yer Aunt Deel wants to see Kate alone and git her to talk if she can. "I dunno but she'll swing back Into this world ag'ln," said Uncle Peabody when we had gone up to our little room. "I guess all she needs is to be treated like a human bein'. Yer Aunt Deel an I couldn't git over thinkln' o' what she done for you that night in the ol' barn. So I took some o' yer aunt's good clothes to her an' a pair o' boots an' asked her to come to Chris'mas. She lives In a little room over the blacksmith shop down to mill. I told her I'd come after her with the cutter but she shook her head. I knew she'd rather walk." He was yawning as hespoke and soon we were both asleep under the shingles. TEST OF IGNITION SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT . IN LOCATING GASOLINE -- . 5 Tractors Are Coming Into Use on Many Farms Which Emphasizes the lm portance of Knowing How to Run a Gasoline Engine.' (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) With all engines using spark plugs It Is comparatively easy to ascertain whether the Ignition system Is working properly. Simply remove a plug and ascertain that the porcelain or other Insulating material on tlie inside' of the plug is not coated with carbon and that the points are properly of an Inch spaced. One thirty-secon- d is about the right space for most systems where a dry battery is used. This Is about equal to the thickness of a worn dime. A wider gap will often make starting difficult, especially when the spark is rather weak or where a high tension magneto is used. In the latter case the best results will often be obtained when the gap Is not more or even than the wire of an inch. Then and lay the plug so that the metal base touches the engine casting, while the end of the wire and the metal But-ttrfiel- one-fiftiet- h one-fortie- tip of the plug are at least half an CHAPTER XII. The Thing and Other Things. I returned to Mr. Hacket's house late in the afternoon of New Year's day. The schoolmaster was lying on a big lounge ln a corner of their front room with the children about him. The dusk was falling. "Welcome, my laddie buck!" he exclaimed 'as I entered. "We're telling stories ' the old year an you're just ln time for the last o them. Sit down, lad, and God give ye patience 1 It'll soon be over." After supper he got out his boxing gloves and gave me a lesson ln the art in which, I was soon of to learn, he was highly accomplished, for we had a few rounds together every day after that He keenly this form 'of exercise and I soon began to. My capacity for taking punishment without flinching grew apace and before long I got the knack of countering and that pleased him more even than my work ln school, I have sometimes thought "God bless ye, boy!" he exclaimed one day after I had landed heavily on his cheek, "ye've a nice way o' sneakln' In with yer right I've a notion ye may find It useful some day." I wondered a Utile why he should say that and while I was wondering he felled me with a 6tinglng blow oo my nose, "Ah, my lad there's the best thing I have seen ye do get up an' come back with no mad la ye," he said as he gave me his hand. One day the schoolmaster called the older boys to the front seats in his room and I among them. "Now, boys, I'm going to ask ye what ye want to do In the world," he said. "Don't be afraid to tell me what ye may never have told before and I'll do what I can to help ye." For some months I had been studying a book Just published, entitled, and had "Stenographic Sound-Hand,- " learned Its alphabet and practiced the use of it. That evening I took dowa the remarks of Mr. Hacket In sound-haneelf-defens- e, Vn-joy- Inch from any metal part connected with the engine and In such a position that the points are visible while cranking the engine. Then turn the engine over a few times (at least as many times as there are cylinders) and note whether a spark jumps across the space between the points. It is not sufficient, however, merely to ascertain If there is a spark It must be hot enough to fire the compressed charge In the cylinder. It is, of course, difficult to tell by merely looking at it whether' the spark Is hot enough or not, but if it is a heavy blue, or a bluish-whitor a "fat" yellow one looking like a small flame, It is probably all right If very thin antUgreen-ls- h or showing red, the chances are Testing Battery Strength. It Is too weak to fire the charge. One Is a good thing to keep ah amIt asfamiliarize himself with the may meter handy for use in testing tho pect of a good spark as follows: strength of the cells of a battery. In Finding a Good Spark. testing with an ammeter It Is best to While the motor Is In satisfactory discard all cells that do not test over running condition loosen the nut on 12 amperes. A new cell should test the top of he plug while the engine Is between 20 and 30 amperes. ,. If no stopped so It will be easy to remove ammeter Is available, a crude test can the wire from the plug after the en- be made by striking the end of a wire Then start the en- connected to one end cell of the batgine Is stnrted. gine and, by taking hold of the wire tery against the first connection on where It is covered with insulation, the cell at the other end. , move the end of the wire very Blowly Do not keep the wire in contact nway from the center of the plug and with the cell for more than an inwatch the spark Jump, closely observ- stant. Doing so will weaken the bating its color and thickness. tery, but by snapping it quickly across It is also weli to note the distance the edge of the knurled nut a few the spark will Jump, yet hot advisable times and noting the sparks, one can to force it to jump too great a gap, ascertain whether the battery is pro, nor should the end of the wire be al- duclng a good current. By making this lowed to rest ln a position where the test a few times with a battery which spark cannot jump to the plug or the Is In working condition, one can easily engine while the engine Is running, as learn about how much of a spark this tends to break down the Insula- should be expected. , n tion of the coll. In the case of Oil Causes Trouble.' magnetos there Is no danger Sometimes too much oil will canse In this respect, as they are fitted with a safety spark gap which thee spark trouble by accumulating on the conwill Jump, If for any reason the circuit tact points in the breaker box. It Is usually easy to examine these points is broken elsewhere, and see if they have oil on them ; are a of how much of Knowledge just spark one should obtain with each rough or pitted, or not'openlng propkind of ignition system Is frequently erly. If oily, rinse with a little gasof great value in locating trouble, and oline and wdpe'dry. If rough or pitshould be smoothed everyone who operates a gas engine ted, the points d tests with a file made' especially for this should make the while the engine is in good order. If purpose. If such file is not available one is not sufficiently familiar with a small knife blade may be used to rethe looks of a good spark to tell by move the tiny tips of metal which mere observation Kvhether it is hot have formed, on the "points and to enough, a rough test may be made round off the btrrrcd corners. It pays, Place a thin piece of however, to keep a suitable file on such as an ordinary, vis- hand for this work, for pitted points cardboard, dry iting card, or three or four thicknesses are not uncommon, and Unless properly of dry newspaper, between the points smoothed up are liable to get Into bad of the plug while It is lying on the shape again very quickly. A gauge Is manuengine in' the position first mentioned, generally furnished by magneto then crank the engine. A good spark facturers to determine the proper diswill jump through those, leaving a tance between the points In the open means of adjusting this tiny hole. A spark which will not do position. The with distance different makes of vary weak-to Jump the spark this is too masrnetos, but are usually apparent gap in the cylinder under compresThe points should upon examination. sion. , of an inch. If the engine Is equipped with a separate about one thirty-secon- d An is abdut in pin ordinary k system, Ignition an of and a in inch diameter, which an igniter block Is used instead of a spark plug, it can bo ascertained fairly close estimate may bo made uswith ing this fact as a criterion, if no gauge easily whether .the entire the exception of the igniter block, is Is available, Provide Waterproof Cover. in good shape by disconnecting the It. is important that a waterproof wire from the igniter block and snap-p-ii g it across the corner of the en- cover be provided for the magneto, esgine casting or the end of the other pecially in the case of engines used wl-- e leading from the coil. I'.ut even out f doors, such ns gas tractors, in though this giver, a food spark it order to protect the magneto f nun do's not riecessari'y meen that the moisture and dusr, as either of these or spark is given ir th" cylinder when lis likely to cause trouble sooner " If may infer. the engine is tinn'd over. 1 f the electrodes be flmt the point Miring the past few years many Ftv Inside the cylinder do not touch each jtionnry iu eiiiririos have been equlp-- j other when they should or iu'e not ped with oscillating making a good contact, because car- magnetos. .Time oi mese are mounted accumulated on the ignjter block, and it bon, oil, dirt, etc, hive directly between these points. Therefore, If is easy to test the spark by removing, a good spark occurs when the wire is the block and tripping the oscillator snapped across part of the engine, with the. moans provided. In other crank the engine until the movable cases It Is necessary to remove the end electrode Is released and allowed to of the wire attached to the Igniter block and wipe it across a metal part fly back. of the engine, 'at tne same time tripContact Not Being Made. If one is not sure just when the ping the oscillator. It is necessary points of the electrode should be touch- that the end of the wire leave the ing, the engine may be cranked very metal almost Instantly after the oscilslowly for two full revolutions while lator' is tripped, otherwise the, spark the end of the wire is repeatedly will not occur. A little practice will snapped across its connection on t'ne make this .test comparatively easy. high-tensio- d. above-descrlbo- : one-fiftiet- h mr.ke-and-brea- , syt-fem- s. i i electrode. If no spark can be obtained at any position of the electrode, it is evident that contact Is not being made by the points Inside the cylinder (this is in case the other wire is grounded directly to the engine). Sometimes the other wire Is fastened to a piece of metal Insulated from the engine, btit which touches part of the engine for an instant when the spark should occur in the" cylinder. In this case, if a spark can be obtained by bringing the ends of the two wires Into contact it should be determined whetli-e- r the insulated piece is making contact with the englM properly. ' if no spark Is obtained at the ping or Igniter block when tested as directed, it will, or course, be necessary to look over the electrical system In order to ascertain what Is wrong. The electrical systems of various engines differ considerably, and no definite Instruction can be given for different makes, but some general points will be mentioned. ' First of all see that the switch Is In starting position. Much time has been lobt in thousands of cases by trying to start the engine with the . switch off, Next, look over ail wire connections to see that they are tight and clean. If the engine starts on a battery of dry cells see that all connections between the cells are tight and that no short circuits are caused by the metallic portions of the cells touching with other, or by metal connection with the engine, or by tools lying on the cells, etc, The smnll knurled nuts on dry cells frequently lo(&n from vibration and thus JnteVrupt the whole , Ignition system. , Kate sat cnc-doiln- - a ' .Li w 1 fi xt ei The academy chapel was crowded by the side of my aunt and were all surprised at her good man- with the older boys and girls and the tcwnfolk. The master never clipped ners. We Jested and laughed and drank his words In school as he was wont to cider and reviewed the year's history do when talking familiarly with the and ate as only they may eat who have children. "Since the leaves fell out little vilbig bones and muscles and the vitality of oxen. I never taste the flavor of lage has occupied the center of the sane and currant jelly or hear a hearty stage before an audience of millions In the great theater of congress. Our laugh without thinking of those holicitizen the chief actor has day dinners in the old log house on knding been crowned with immortal fame. We IJattleroad. w ho watched the play were thrilled by That Christmas brought me nothing the query: Will Uncle Sam yield to the those than words, memory better nf which is one of the tallest towers in temptation or cling to honer? He has that long avenue of my past down chosen the latter course and we may which I have been looking these many still hear the applause In distant galleries beyond the sea. He has decided days. About all you can do for a boy, worth while, is to give him something that the public revenues must be paid In honest money. good to remember. "My friend and classmate, George The day had turned dark. The temBancroft, the historian, has written was the and had air risen perature Oils letter to me out of a full heart. dank and chilly. The men began to (TO BE CONTINUED.) hitch up their horses. one left by one, the sleighloads So, Poor Widow Gives Mite. and a grindus with cheery good-by- s were only four sacks, washed They ing of runners and a jingling of bells. and pieced together by patient lingers PeaWhen the last had gone Uncle and then fashioned Into undergnr-mentt(.dy and I went into the house. Aunt Around the neck of each was Dee! sat Cy the stove, old Ka'te by the a crocheted edge made from the window looking cut at the falling dusk. string with which the sacks had been How still the house seemed! sewed. A poorly dressed woman "There's one thing I forgot," I said them Into the department of brought as I proudly too!; out of my wallet the of the Red Cros na clothing refuge r bids which I had earned six "widow's raite.'- her i and liandtd y working .Saturdays "It Isn't much," die said, as she unthroe of them to my aunt and three to did the bundle, "but it is all I had, and uncle, my saying: will be of use to some Bel- -' it i hope to "is my Christmas present "That woman who may have less than gian it I earned myself." you. I remember so well their astonish- I have." ment and the trembling of their Bands Dunner und Blitzen. and the look of their faces. Charles Hanson Towne of Editor eaid Deel Auut !" "It's grand ayes New York looked up from a newspaper in a low tone. She rose in a moment and beckoned account of the magnificent American to me and my uncle. We followed her victories on the Marne. "Wonderful!" said Mr. Towne, and through the open door to the other his eyes shone. "Our troop are lightroom. "I'll tell ye what Td do" she whis- ning trained, and they do tendering or Kate welll" pered. "I'd give 'em to ENGINE TROUBLE low-tensi- |