Against heavy odds, a tale of Norse heroism, and A fearless trio . The boy pulled a small harpoon out of the 52 Against Heavy Odds. smouldering fire on the hearth, and in hiseagerness thrust it up under tlie mates started back, but recovered himselfand began to inspect the weapon. That is nt made right, said he. Just so, ejaculated Ingomar; thatsjust the point. Why have you made it hollow? Listen to me, Tobias, You know yousaid a third of the whales caught, on anaverage, went to the bottom, and that thisthird was apt to make the difference betweenprofit and loss. Now, this harpoon
Against heavy odds, a tale of Norse heroism, and A fearless trio . The boy pulled a small harpoon out of the 52 Against Heavy Odds. smouldering fire on the hearth, and in hiseagerness thrust it up under tlie mates started back, but recovered himselfand began to inspect the weapon. That is nt made right, said he. Just so, ejaculated Ingomar; thatsjust the point. Why have you made it hollow? Listen to me, Tobias, You know yousaid a third of the whales caught, on anaverage, went to the bottom, and that thisthird was apt to make the difference betweenprofit and loss. Now, this harpoon is madehollow, because it is to contain a bomb,which, when it explodes, will generate gas;and this gas will buoy the whale up andprevent him from sinking. But whos to explode the bomb? Yecant get inside the whale with a fuse oranything of -hat kind. The whale himself is to explode it. Therope which is attached to the harpoon is tobe connected with a wire running throughthe hollow shaft, and the first pull the whalegives will burst the bomb and fill his insides. The Great Invention. 53 with a gas which will make his huge, lumber-ing carcass ten per cent lighter. The young inventor, carried along by hisideas, gazed in joyous excitement at hisfriend, challenging him with his eager eyesto find more objections if he could. Themate in the mean while scratched his headmeditatively, and looked, half embarrassed,about the walls. Now, supposin that is all right, he be-gan at last, who is to fire yer light har-poon, which, mind ye, is hollow, so far intothe whales body that it 11 stick? No humancritter is strong enough for that. This ! cried Ingomar, proudly, jumpingup and putting his hand on his model of theswivel-gun. I put the harpoon into themuzzle of the cannon and shoot it out withgunpowder. Wal, wal, wal! exclaimed Tobias, inrapt astonishment. If ye be nt the smart-est lad I ever clapped eyes on! He began to examine the gun with pro-found interest, while Ingomar took it apartand ex
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