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"You will have to put that conundrum to your brother; but doubtless the needs of the Confederate States require that it should stop." "Which is the bell, Christy?" inquired Percy, looking at the pulls on the frame of the wheel. "The large one is the gong bell, the other is the speed bell, and the latter is a jingler." "Well, which one do you ring to start her?"
If you start the engine, the engineer will run it slowly at first, and continue to do so till he gets the speed bell, or jingler, which he can never mistake for the gong." "I see; and that is a good scheme." "If you are approaching a wharf or another vessel, or if a fog come up, you ring the jingler, if the boat is going at full speed, and the engineer slows her down.
Another diversion common at these country gatherings was the jingling match. A large circle was inclosed with ropes, in which the players took their place. All were blindfolded with the exception of one, who was the jingler, and who carried a bell in each hand, which he was obliged to keep ringing.
The sound of voices wakened him. Dud was talking to the jingler who had just come off duty. The sunlight was pouring upon him. He jumped up in consternation. "I musta overslept," Bob said. Dud grinned. "Some. Fact is, I hadn't the heart to waken you when you was poundin' yore ear so peaceful an' tuneful." "You stood my turn, too." "Oh, well. It was only three hours.
"But also I am, Heaven forgive me, a jingler of rhymes, with the stars for my candles and the roses for my toys, and singers of songs sometimes love in another fashion. And so it has chanced to me for my sins and to my sorrow." Villon's chin had dropped upon his breast; the cock's feather drooped dismally; the singer seemed quite chapfallen.
And he displayed the recovered treasure to the eyes of the astonished jeweller, exclaiming, with great triumph, "What say ye to that, Jingler?
"Precisely so; and two strokes are to back her," continued Christy. "Going at full speed, the jingler brings the engine down to half speed, or at half speed carries it up to full speed." "That is my understanding of the matter," replied Mr. Amblen. "Then we understand each other to a charm," continued the temporary engineer. "Report to Mr. Flint that we are ready to go ahead."
"O my Master," thought he "my dear Master, is it then fated you are never to indulge any kingly or noble sentiment, without its being sullied by some afterthought of interested selfishness!" The king troubled himself not about what he thought, but taking him by the collar, said, "Ye ken my meaning now, Jingler awa wi' ye.
'I thought ye had been mocking me, said he; 'oh, Bon Bec, Bon Bec, if I had found the world like thee at starting I had put my wit to better use, and I had not lain here. Then he whimpered out, 'I gave not quite a rix dollar for the jingler; and threw me back that he had gone to cheat me of; honest for once, and over late; and so, with many sighs, bade me Godspeed.
Miller was torn howling from the arms and legs that bound him and Dave found himself jerked roughly to his feet. The big raw-boned foreman was glaring at him above his large hook nose. The trail boss had been out at the remuda with the jingler when the trouble began. He had arrived in time to rescue his fat friend. "What's eatin' you, Sanders?" he demanded curtly.
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