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The agent turned out less like Henry Ward Beecher than Harry had thought, and it was sickening how he lost interest in us after he got his money. But he threw in a tooter for nothing and a socket-wrench, and in some ways lived up to the resemblance. He would not take me out himself, but gave me in charge of a weird little boy we called the Gasoline Child.
Leroy had not only fallen in a lonely spot, but he was made unconscious by his fall and injuries, and when he recovered he was lying near his almost demolished plane. He managed to get out his log book and other confidential papers, and set fire to them and the plane with the gasoline that still remained in the tank.
Two of our party had unshipped their cameras by now, for the pass which we carried entitled us, among other important things, to commandeer that precious fluid, gasoline, whenever needed, and to take photographs; but we were asked to make no shapshots here.
Bud was a good driver, and he had a friendly pair of eyes dark blue and with a humorous little twinkle deep down in them somewhere and a human little smiley quirk at the corners of his lips. He did not know it, but these things helped to fill his car. Until gasoline married into the skylark family, Bud did well enough to keep him contented out of a stock saddle.
Moths having digestive organs and that are feeders are susceptible to anaesthetics in a far higher degree than those that do not feed. Many scientific workers confess to having poured full strength chloroform directly on nonfeeders, mounted them as pinned specimens and later found them living; so that sensitive lepidopterists have abandoned its use for the cyanide or gasoline jar.
During the season the fishermen from all the resorts at the south end of the Lake bring their patrons over in this direction. The Inn has its own fleet of gasoline launches and row boats, with experienced men to handle them, and it supplies fishing-tackle free, but those who wish to use the rod must bring that with them.
And all the skill and study and knowledge of the ablest of chemists and mechanicians should find themselves challenged by the problem of petroleum. Coming to the use of petroleum in its various forms we find a field of promise. The engine that doubles the number of miles that can be made on a gallon of gasoline doubles our supply.
With Jennie Stone's usual impulsiveness she accepted for herself and "mon Henri" and Aunt Kate, promising to be at Cheslow within three days, and all within the limits of a ten-word telegram! "The ancients," stated Jennie Stone solemnly, "burned incense upon any and all occasions red letter days, labor days, celebrating Columbus Day and the morning after, I presume. But we moderns burn gasoline.
The commandant of the camp rushed in. He asked, "What have you done with the corpse?" The bread-bakers pointed to Matthews, who apologized for his bad choice of landing-ground. He was hardly scratched. Mac lost his way in the clouds and landed near a small village for gasoline and information. The information he had easily, but gasoline was scarce.
"I should think if he wanted to put a hole in the boat he would have done it amidships, where the water would have a better chance to come in, or perhaps he wanted to flood it with gasoline and " The idea of fire was in Tom's mind, and he did not finish his half-completed thought.
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