. Phaeton Rogers; a novel of boy life . wn, gentlemen-en tirely my own ! Then he took up his slate, and went to figuring uponit. Several of the crowd, who were now jammed closetogether around him in the little octagonal room, madegenerous offers of assistance. I was always good at the multiplication-table, saidone of them. I have a fine, clear eye, said another; 4< cant Ihelp yez aim the pipe ? This excited a laugh of derision from another, who in-quired whether the man with the fine, clear eye didntknow a pipe from a chube ? Another rolled up his sleeves, and said he was readyto take his t
. Phaeton Rogers; a novel of boy life . wn, gentlemen-en tirely my own ! Then he took up his slate, and went to figuring uponit. Several of the crowd, who were now jammed closetogether around him in the little octagonal room, madegenerous offers of assistance. I was always good at the multiplication-table, saidone of them. I have a fine, clear eye, said another; 4< cant Ihelp yez aim the pipe ? This excited a laugh of derision from another, who in-quired whether the man with the fine, clear eye didntknow a pipe from a chube ? Another rolled up his sleeves, and said he was readyto take his turn at the crank for the cause of science ;while still another expressed his willingness to blow thebellows all night, if Professor Adams would show himwhere the handle was. They all insisted on having a peep at the comet throughthe telescope, and with some jostling took turns about. One man, after taking a look, murmured solemnly : That thing bodes no good to this city; Im goinghome to make my will, and elbowed his way out of r a ou oz a u H So A COMICAL COMET. 155 Ah, Professor, said another. your fortune s madefor all time. This 11 be known to fame as the GreatAmerican Comet. I dare say its as big as all the cometsof the old world put together. Mr. Wheeler took an unusually long look. Gentlemen, said he, I dont believe that cometwill stay with us long. We d better leave the Professorto his calculations, while we go back and have a toast tohis great discovery. But nobody stirred. Then Mr. Wheeler left the ob-servatory, and walked straight up to Havens barn. Hepicked up a cart-stake, swung it around his head, andhurled it; and, in the twinkling of an eye, that comethad passed its perihelion, and shot from the solar systemin so long an ellipse that I fear it will never return. Unfortunately, the flying cart-stake not only put outthe comet, but struck Phaeton, who had been left thereby Monkey Roe to manage the thing, and put his armout of joint. He bore it heroically,
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