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Show J ..A Close Call.. il . fir & -r & & r a & 3 H CA & J"ka llnrt. or "Sinlli f," as the men rallH hint, for his tnirth-lovltig nstiire, ido"l In I ho ilonr war of iho rnr,ln-root rnr,ln-root ki intlna en-lly ni'nln.t the frame b Iho heavy buck alln an, I survey's sur-vey's Iho si cue about the Iron mine. I''"i!r..l Ktnlb r. wen- three vertical blntr engines, hlch ran contlnti-ou'lill contlnti-ou'lill the v..n to mill... llio blast. Tb 1 were Klunniic, old fashioned al-tif; beam etiKlnc. Willi the ati-uui-cy'lr nt one end nf the beam, and tl"' Ur eyiitnier on thn other, each rer'kie n,., W,.iv ,,t eni!lh. luiTt; an oil can lie bcuin ll.e mi' A v. j -ii an unusual nnlno caui;:it hi- Hinilmi. There a a siinp-II" siinp-II" "i 1 1 in-h. At lb,-i nihil lie spun,,, for u-, t tn,. tbrntll,. vulvo on No. )"'' u:llie; nnil brim,, .bo bail nu"4 over to tnalie nuiiiher com-ph't com-ph't stroke he ha, I stopped ln r. ll-lliotlK'it he knew v. but hud Imp-PC'M, Imp-PC'M, ami before lnv.tl:ntlliK !in put llio other two tiiKlms to their nuiilanm speed, that the nlr pressuio 1 : -bt bo ninlnialneit, If possible. To ke'Pthe nlr preisure ot bla.l sl a,llly oa Us fitrnncis was the most Important Impor-tant ork thn enKlnes had tn do. Halier then selred a lamp and a vh and ran through Iho arch Into tHe nmpressor-room, whero the three alrtyiinders stood In a row, fifteen feetrnart. He ran up llio stairway to the ppor floor. Ihero ho looked down at a cylinder attached to the mo-tlonkss mo-tlonkss engine. It waa as he bad supposed. The yok hoi, ling the manhole plnta and laskn In position had broken, and the whok arrangement bad dropped Into U cylinder. Smller sprang to the aallkiR beam, slid down the connect-Ingnd connect-Ingnd to tho crosshead, and down the tlston rod to the cylinder head, laming thero a moment on the Im-Bens Im-Bens casting, which waa Ova feet Is stmetcr, Wlhout a tlinught of danper ha squanrd down, stuck his feet tlironun thesnall oblong opening and wrlttgb d thrauth to bis slinulilers. Holding up blsirms, with tho wrench and lamp In Its hands, he reached out with his toe) and touched tho sir piston. The tntae bring at less tnun nilrlillo-tirtte. nilrlillo-tirtte. this was a third ot tlie way sp a the cylinder. Dawlng his arms through. he crurhed down, and so gained the In-turtr In-turtr of the cylinder. It was like aniven. Tho nloutnlng. polished iJs r-flceted his llKht. Ho could aoltoucb any part; It waa all too hot, ant ho moved his lump over tho top Of he jilalnn, looking for the broken yoe and plate. , moment after Bmllor had dropped ou of alRht, Hennlson, the boss fur-aman, fur-aman, enutred the engine room ex-if ex-if illy. Ho bad missed the familiar atsl of one machine, and feared a ll-lnullon of the blast. Hmller!" he shouted, looking round. "OHtnller! Bmller!" Then ha went to b throttle valva and took up tha Hurting bar. Meanwhile Bmller gathered np tha krnken yoke and reached up to lay it on lop of tie hen. I. shoving his liHtnls throng the narrow opening. The plain was a heavier piece, and he shouldered It tlrxt II was a severe strain In the clone, hot cylinder to push It throite.fi nt arm s length. As he laid It li.n lib. the bn.keii yoke he felt the pinion belli Blh Ills feet move. Fur ail Instant hlH heart stopped heab it rr. The piston went down slowly with n hehllntliiR motion. It would go 'own about four feet ni"re. If the en liino lia.l been started, i ml then rush up twelve fiet. nml llntli n him ai'iilnsl the Iron head! This ho minted. Hut when the pMnn had moved down two lc. I It ainppi ,1. The lunnliln by which tie had uieie, wu now almost five L i l above bin bend. Ho ruve a hoarse i ry of terror, but it only reverberated In his earn Above ftp Jnr. pound and scroti m of tin- other engines he could liunlly hope lo iniikn htniielf heard. Hoping to nttrnet attention be threw the wreiic'i out of the mnnholn. It lisiiplH-aii'il. Tho piston continued tn ,e, ciiil. Stniler. In an agony ot apprehension, cast the lamp after tha wrench. Meanwhile the polished, hot walls radiant with heat, and tha platon burned bis feet. If he could only Jump and catch the mnuholel Hut in tVi narrow space bn was unable to spring morn than a few Inches. Taking Tak-ing oft his Jumper, he tried to throw It through, but It fell bark on him. Then Hmller threw his keys, bis knife and his hat through the hole. At last nut flew his beloved watch. It sailed III a high curve and disappeared. dis-appeared. Outside something fell on the stone floor near tlennlson and broke with a crash, lie looked down. A watch) rtmller'a watehl Ilent.lson looked round for the young follow and saw the other things Hmller s keys, knife, lamp, hat and wrench. Hut where was RmllerT Dennlsnn deciding that soinelliliic was wrong, shut oft the sleam. Then, running up the steps, which Bmller bad ascended but a tew minutes before, ho looked and called for the young engineer. Boeing the open manhole, bo went to the top of Uia head. "Bmller!" he called, bending over tha hollow, echoing cylinder. "Yes, I'm hern!" Bmllor answered, pennlson lying out full length on Hie head, reached down hla hand and Bmllor grosped It. As Dennlsnn slowly slow-ly rose lo his knees with bis burdon, Bmller ascended Inslilo until he waa able to grasp the edeo of tha head, and with the furnaceinnn'a assistance ha emerged, streaming with perspiration, perspira-tion, and so weak with fright that he could hardly atand. "Close call, young fellowf Dennfr son observed, grimly. j "Ckise enougb," Bmller returned. "Help me gel this manhole bead In position so I rsn start up. If yon had known how you'd have bad me flattened out long ago." Pkll More la Youth's Companion, |