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Show f V . m I 0 j3 i II Heber VOL. 2 . 1891 No. 20 the Bigc Sandy about seven miles east, of the small station of Kit Carson, and a long cable, here it was that our two boys clung to wheel at the top of tlVe each other in the darkness, as passing over a they situatis windmill the which in turned at last despair from the firmly tower on This 5 7 2 device consists of of which reach down in- -, To each end is attached a to the well. large bucket One of these is fdled with the other, being, empty, is suspended immediately under the waste-pip- e 3 el, both-end- s locked door. They were startled at length by a roaring sound, which they knew was made by a coming train, and springing to their feet, their despair was turned to from the water-tanThis waste-p:p- e joy by hearing the shurt sharp whistle leaves the tank near the top, for the brakes which told them that it then th.e tank becomes fdled the water .was stopping for water., j ll We wait till it stops, said Virgil, escapes through it. and fills the empty bucket. This one being now the heaviand then well holler and pound the er drops and turning the wheel over dour, and then the engineer will come : scrap-iro- n; k. - ... 1 . the cable passes, throws and let us out. l oat of Yes, replied little Homer, as an gear by turning the fans away bm the wind, and thus ocasional sob still welled up in his throat stops it. When the water in the tank gets be- - and when get out out of here, I which the-mil- 1 (as it wijl when an en- gme takes the water), .then jhe contents of the watr--r bucket escapes by means da small hole in the bottom. I he cm pty water btffcketnow being thejigl tT ascends, the machinery is thrown n again, and the pump clicks rnernly away until the ever faithful which in this ease acts as a valve, reverces once more the Pne of mechanical ' seesaw. All tuh ts needed is an occasional oiling to I revent too much friction ne es.e wells was located on the, waste-pip- e . t STRANGE PRISON 1 f 4 f Wasatch Countv, Utah, Monday, November. 2nd . A : . . 1 ! tta$te-ptp- e, nevir will disobey papa again! .As the train stopped; they began to shout with all their might, while they pounded the door with both feet and hands; but though they were ndfc more thaiT fifty feet from the track, the noise made by the hissing steam so effectually drowned their efforts that they could not have been heard had the distance been half what it was. Not realizing this the boys redoubled their effort-- , "a Yd only desi t :d when the toot-too- t of the engine told them the train was moving away, , . X - 5 |