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"Whither goest thou, pilgrim stranger, Wandering through this lowly vale? Knowest thou not 't is full of danger? And will not thy courage fail?" Then a little pause, and the refrain of the answer broke in with a change, quick and jubilant, the treadle moving more rapidly, also: "No, I'm bound for the kingdom! Will you go to glory with me? Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!"
The board for this treadle should be much thinner and lighter than the rest of the trap, and should fit loosely in place, its surface being slightly below the level of the bottom board. This is shown in the interior of the trap. The pivots should be inserted in the exact centre of the sides, through holes made in the edge of the bottom board.
With many mutual wallahs the bargain was concluded and the machine reached Bahrein. It was the first on the islands, and all the sheikhs came to see its marvellous build and wonderful work. Mohammed has a Western head on Eastern shoulders, and there was not a screw or tension from treadle to shuttle, which he did not learn the use of.
"He said he'd consider it," answered Guy; "but I expect that means 'yes. Hurrah! I tell you what I shall do. I shall go hunting." The speaker gave vent to his delight by hopping about on one leg; then, coming in contact with the grindstone, he put his foot on the treadle, and began to work it as fast as he could. "The water's all dried up," he said at length, when the stone stopped.
This simple device brought its owner a fortune. Isaac M. Singer, destined to be the dominant figure of the industry, patented in 1851 a machine stronger than any of the others and with several valuable features, notably the vertical presser foot held down by a spring; and Singer was the first to adopt the treadle, leaving both hands of the operator free to manage the work.
How long it had been going on, or when it first began to mingle in a confused manner with her dreams, she could not say; but now she heard it plainly enough, and recognized what it was the peculiar, grating hiss of a grindstone, punctuated every now and then with a subdued little squeak made by the treadle. Who on earth should want to be grinding anything at that time of night?
One large bruise on the shin is even more characteristic of the 'prentice cyclist, for upon every one of them waits the jest of the unexpected treadle. You try at least to walk your machine in an easy manner, and whack! you are rubbing your shin. So out of innocence we ripen.
They use only the ancient spindle turned backwards and forwards by a treadle or by the left hand while the right guides the chisel or turning-tool, which cuts only half the time. They use only the turning saw, which often fails them because it cannot be used in splitting wide boards in the middle, and in many other places. They are great sawyers, however.
I have been told by parlour experts that repetitive labour is soul as well as body destroying, but that has not been the result of our investigations. There was one case of a man who all day long did little but step on a treadle release.
McHurdie gave his treadle a jam and swayed forward over his work and answered, "Marry in haste repent at leisure." But nevertheless that night Watts sat with Nellie Logan on the front porch of the Wards' house, watching the rising harvest moon, while Mrs. Ward, inside, was singing to her baby. Nellie Logan roomed with the Wards, and was bookkeeper in Dorman's store.
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