The things we do!

Soon faces
appeared at the windows, and the Captain himself came. He did not answer
my greeting, so intent was he on the machine.
"Well, how do you think it will work?"'
I set it going.
"Upon my soul, I believe it will...."
Fruen and Froken Elisabeth came out, all the maids came out, Falkenberg
came out, and I let them see it work. Aha, what did I say?
Said the Captain presently:
"Won't it take up too much time, fixing the apparatus to one tree after
another?"
"Part of the time will be made up by easier work. No need to keep stopping
for breath."
"Why not?"
"Because the lateral pressure's effected by the spring. It's just that
pressure that makes the hardest work."
"And what about the rest of the time?"
"I'm going to discard this screw-on arrangement and have a clamp instead,
that can be pressed down by the foot. A clamp with teeth to give a better
grip, and adjustable to any sized timber."
I showed him a drawing of this clamp arrangement; I had not had time to
make the thing itself.


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