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They offer us a house and a roof to cover it and some wood to burn. I guess we'll be able to make our own sunshine in a few minutes." Samson peeled some bark and repaired the roof and, with his flint and tinder and some fat pine, built a roaring fire against the rock and soon had his family sitting, in its warm glow, under shelter.
Taking a wooden box from the mantelpiece, he drew out a flint and struck it. It was some time before the tinder took fire, and Julio laughed at his own failures; but at last he succeeded in his efforts, and a large lamp made the whole room bright with its rays. Julio approached the table and said: "Now at least I can gratify the desire which has irritated my nerves during the last hour.
As every one but I knew, and even I now know, he was born a Greek with the name of Theotocopuli, and studied tinder Titian till he found his account in a manner of his own, making long noses and long chins and high narrow foreheads in ashen gray, and at last went mad in the excess of his manner.
When, however, he at last struck a succession of sparks, he also struck an equal number of short, sharp expressions of astonishment out of his friends, and when the tinder caught there was a suppressed grunt of surprise and pleasure; but when he put the fire into the pipe and began to smoke, there burst forth a prolonged shout of laughter.
“That is all very well, Wilcox; but how are we going to heat our stones?” “You have done me there, Master Stephen,” the sailor said, in a tone of utter disgust; “we have not got flint or tinder.” “We might manage the tinder easily enough,” Stephen said, “by using rotten wood; but tinder is of no use without steel.
What is wanted is tinder, and tinder can be made of various materials, all of which must be absolutely dry. Here is one receipt for making tinder given by Daniel C. Beard: "The tinder is composed of baked and blackened cotton and linen rags. The best way to prepare these rags is to bake them until they are dry as dust, then place them on the hearth and touch a match to them.
He had helped hang the banners and lamps tinder the lindens, and when the storm arose he assisted in removing the best pieces. In return a jug of wine, with some bread and sausages, had been given to him, and he had just begun to enjoy them with two comrades. The Hiltner house was soon reached. Nothing had troubled Barbara during the nocturnal walk since the fisherman had accompanied her.
Why should I wish to live? When your father comes home he beats me if he finds the room cold, and do what I will I can't make the fire burn in the stove. The tinder will not light, though I have often struck the flint and steel together till I made my poor hands quite sore.
Have you got flint and steel in your pocket, Master Trench?" "Ay never travel without it; but by ill-luck I've got no tinder. Flint and steel are useless, you know, without that." "If ill-luck troubles you," returned Paul, "good luck favours me, for I have got a bit of tinder, and "
Then, lying there in the stinking filth, they drew the spigots out of holes that they had made in them, and in their place set the slow-matches. Jeffrey struck a flint, blew the tinder to a glow, and handed it to Emlyn. "Now get you gone," she said; "I follow. At this job one is better than two." A minute later she joined him on the farther bank of the moat. "Run!" she said.
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