. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . fof a smoked haddock, and Billys cat im-mediately fell in love with Shaw and hishaddock. Shaw and Billys cat were still busydissecting the veterbrae of the haddockwhen Jack Macfarlane, an upstairs vise parlors at six oclock, and also to meethimself alone occasionally at the sameplace. Shaw agreed at once, and theworthies shook hands. Shaw duly wethis job, and plodded along in a heroiceffort to catch up with his half-forgottentiade. He was great at losing tools, andclever at clutching at the t
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . fof a smoked haddock, and Billys cat im-mediately fell in love with Shaw and hishaddock. Shaw and Billys cat were still busydissecting the veterbrae of the haddockwhen Jack Macfarlane, an upstairs vise parlors at six oclock, and also to meethimself alone occasionally at the sameplace. Shaw agreed at once, and theworthies shook hands. Shaw duly wethis job, and plodded along in a heroiceffort to catch up with his half-forgottentiade. He was great at losing tools, andclever at clutching at the tools of he his lamp, others lost theirlamps shortly afterwards. An air ofmystery soon gathered around Shawscloset. Missing articles or their ghostswere said to have been seen there. Theclimax came one day at noon when apiston had suddenly to be taken out ofa refractory engine. A short piece ofround steel with a little projection onthe centre of one end was missing. Itwas adapted for setting between the endof the piston rod and the main rod frontend, then with a taper key and a blow. REVERSING \R ON THE ERIE M.\ COMPOUND. hand, came hastily back from Clarksparlors and jumped into the pit. Shawturned red, white and blue. Jack askedShaw how the fish business was, andwhat he meant by coming into a machineshop. Shaws voice came floating out ofthe fire-box door into the cab and wecould hear him pleading, with all thetremulous fervency of the passionate ex-haust of an overworked freight engine,for Jack to let bygones be bygones andnot to speak to any one of his pastcareer. Jack was awed into silencewhile Shaw proceeded with his appeared that Shaw had worked as amachinist many years ago, but had be-come a dealer in smoked haddocks; buthad given them up in despair, and he didnot wish it to be known now that hehad a chance to begin again at his oldtrade. Jack stipulated that it would be neces-sary to meet a select coterie at Clarks struck with a sledg
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