The Huge Hunter

y having began in the middle, it is now necessary t

hanic, noted for his ingenuity, but was killed some five years before by the explosion of a steam boiler. He left behind him

general favorite with teachers and pupils. The former loved him for his sweetness of disposition, and his remarkable proficiency in all studies, while the latter based their affection chiefly upon the fact that he never refused to assist any of them at th

support of himself and mother came from one or two patents, which

nd the articles which he made were wonderfully stared at at fairs, and in show windows, while Johnny modestly pegged away at some new idea. He became a master of the art of telegraphy without assistance from any one using merely a common school philosophy with w

of age, when he came home one day, and lay down o

she inquired. 'I wan

, don't yo

it shall be; I've fixed up

er, sighing for more worl

lenty for one to do, if I co

ade a balloon?'

er. I didn't tell you that the last I saw of her was through the telescope, sh

g about her,' replied the mother, trying to speak

omething to make?' f

of, and wonder why it was not made long ago; b

but tell me

e! I'll do it!' And he started out of the room, and was not seen again until night. His mother felt no anxiety. She was pleas

his greatest success of all. He then enlarged his workshop, and so arranged it, that he would not be

he secured all that he needed. He was allowed full liberty to make what cas

secured, the man himself could be easily made, and dressed up in any styl

e together, fired up, and with feelings somewhat akin to those, of Sir Isaac Newton, when d

they advance! The power was there, sufficient to run a saw-

ne, and keeping up a moderate supply of steam, throwing in bits of wood, and lett

his eyes upon the 'stately stepping,' endeavored to discover

em down again, but there must be a powerful forward impulse at the same moment. This was the single remaining difficulty to be overco

o divulge his secret. Our readers must be content to await

tor removed everything from around it, so that it stood alon

. In considerable trepidation, the youngster dashed forward, shut off steam, and turned it round. As it was too cumbersome for him to manage in any other way, he very cautiously let

r perfection as possible. The principal thing to be feared was its getting out of order

painted in the manner mentioned in another place, and the machinery was made as strong and durable as it was possible for it to be. It was so constructed as to withstand t

ld run very nearly sixty miles an hour. It could easily do that, and draw a car connected to it on the railroad, while on a common road i

hile where everything was safe, he would demonstrate the pow

it came forth, it would make a great sens