Show A cloe ca alla I 1 hart or a as the men alap 1 him for or hie his mirth loving nature it t I 1 in the thi doorway way of the engine roi ro i i ii it t n t gli 6 aily against the mm ale 1 11 1 heavy brick wall walli and anti eur aur 11 v ir 4 i the scene about the iron mine ind rid miler were chrtt vertical bl PR engines abl ran on all th avar vw to make inake the blast th WOM rp gigantic old fashioned aeh lond I 1 engines with the steam evil v under rider at one end nd of the beani beam and t fi alry air under linder on the other bac each h j rotc it ald twelve feet lu in length j eaklor an artl it caa can he bean th the ri rt ands ien an boist c aitio hi attention there was a snap men a arll at the crash h he sprang ft tra franl rn ard nl to the ih th atle ails valve oa on no on agin and anti before obe she bad turn I 1 over to make another can all stroke hy had bad topped her fl thong it he knew what bail bait bap I 1 and anti before investigating ie is put the other two engines to their epee 1 that the air pressure pree aure mif ht bo maintained tt it possible to kei 1 the air pre u ur or blast steadily on the furna arnak ur naK 14 waa was the moat most imbor ta t work the engines had bad to tio do miler nn ller tapu seized a amp lamp and a v rench and ran through tb the arch into th tbt room here the three air cylinders stood in a row fifteen feet apart lie ran up tip the stain airway vay to to tb tbt upper upp r floor here there he looked down at the cylinder attached to the ino 10 tionne as engine it waa was as be he had hail supposed the boke oke holding the manhole plate pinto and anti gasket in position had broken and the whole arrangement had bad dropped into the cylinder sprang lo 10 the oil down he connect ingrad ing rod to the crosshead croe ahead ani ant down don the r aton ston rod to the cylinder bead head stai ing there a moment on the im mense calling casting wae ave fet fe t in hamper a thought of 0 danger he squats it d down stuck his ret through the email small oblong opening ote anil anti rig fled through to hie his boulders voiding up his arm arms with the wrench and limp in hie his handa hands he reachel reached out with his tope tops anu anti touched the air platon the engine being 1 at lees less than middle this vae mas a third of the way up in the cylinder drawing hie his arms through h crouchE 41 down flown and so gained the in gerior of the cylinder it aas liko an avem the gleaming Rie aming polished walla walls reec rejected ted ills his light he ile could ant any jart it was all too hot and to amov d 1 bla his lamp over the top of tte jeston looking for the broken yoke ard plate A it nomen had dropped out of eight sight dennison Dennl Bon the boia u fur na ceroan entered tho engine room ex n lie ile hn hit I 1 missed the fa millir beat cf ct one machine and feared a alm diminution ilm intuition of the blast I 1 kniller Sn iller he shouted looking round 0 0 then he went to the throttle valve and took up tho the bar meanwhile gathered up tip the broken yoke and leached up to lay t t en it tup top of th head shoving his hand hands throng the narrow opening the plate waa was a heavier piece and be it ant arst it was a severe train strain la in the close hot cylinder to puah push it through U t arm arms i kanth aai tee he laid it beside the broken yoke he fell felt the piston beneath his bt feet move vor ur an instant hie his heart stopped beat ing the piston went down lowly slowly with a hesitating motion it would go down about buur feet more if it the en blue rime had bad been started and then ruih rush up twelve fet and flatten him agaline the iron heair thia this be he realized but when the piston hail had moved down two feet it stopped stopp cil the wa manhole by which bf ho had wae was now almost 44 4 4 fet t above hie his head lie gave a bearre iry try of tutor but it only reverberated in bin bis eare ears above fie itle jar pound and anti u of the other engines he could hardly hope bow to make himself haard flo hotting tiling to attract attention he threw wrentt arem cut out of the manhole it disappio ared the platon piston continued lo 10 descend steller la in an ail agony of app rheulon rait cast the lamp after the wrench meanwhile the polished polla hed hot walls rad radiant lIsit with heat and the piston burcel hie his feet if it he be could only jump and catch fie the manhole nut but in lit vi V t i narrow space lie wae uns unable to spring more tian lien a few inches tak lug of off hia his jumper he lie tried to throw it through but it ell fell back balk on him then throw his key keys his knife and hie his bat hat through the hole at laet last out flew tic ft his hi beloved watch it ballel ial lel in iii a high curve and anti ilia dis appeared outside something fell on the itono stone floor near denniston Denn loon and broke with a crash lie looked down A natch watch dennison Denn leon looked round for the young fellon and saw sarr the other Smil rs key eye krift tamp hat and wrench lint but where was dennison Dennl san deciding that something om ething wae wag ang shut off the ill steam then running up tip the steps which hail bad ascended but a ley minutes becort ho he looked and 1 callol for the young engineer seeing tho open manhole he went to the top of 0 the nead bender ho he called bending over the hollow echoing cylinder I 1 ies I 1 ira in herel answered dennison Denn lson lying out full length on the head reach LI down his hand and grasped it As Denn dennison lson slow ly roan roso to his knees with his burden ascended inside until he was able tr to grasp the edge ot of tho the head and with the turnac furnace emana mans assistance ho be emerged emer geil streaming reaming Bt bilth ith per spira tion and so eak with fright that ho he could hardly stand close call young fellow 1 dennl derial son n observed grimly close enough staller returned help me m e get this manhole head in position so I 1 can start up tip it you yott had known how have bad me flattened out long ago phil more in youth a companion |