River Queen
“Dallas said to Ring. “They’re squeaky, and they’re clattering. And I don’t know what’s wrong with the rods, but they’re wobbling. It’s got to be either the reach rod or the pendulum rod, but I can’t see a thing wrong with either of them.”
Ring’s tough face wrinkled. “Dallas, you know I don’t know no more’n a mule about an engine. Wish I did, but guess I’m just dirt-dumb. It’s just too bad that Hansen left us in the rub like this.” Willem Hansen, their engineer, had left to take a job on a b...igger boat that paid twice as much as the Ashbys were paying him.
Dallas sighed. “Yeah, I know, Ring, but I can’t blame the man. And you’re not dumb, either. It just takes an engineer to know an engine. I’m no engineer either, or I’d know what’s wrong with the—” he hesitated, glancing at Carley squatting at his feet. “With the blamed thing,” he finished lamely.
Julienne came in then, holding her skirts closely around herself so as not to brush up against the greasy machinery.MoreLess
Ring’s tough face wrinkled. “Dallas, you know I don’t know no more’n a mule about an engine. Wish I did, but guess I’m just dirt-dumb. It’s just too bad that Hansen left us in the rub like this.” Willem Hansen, their engineer, had left to take a job on a b...igger boat that paid twice as much as the Ashbys were paying him.
Dallas sighed. “Yeah, I know, Ring, but I can’t blame the man. And you’re not dumb, either. It just takes an engineer to know an engine. I’m no engineer either, or I’d know what’s wrong with the—” he hesitated, glancing at Carley squatting at his feet. “With the blamed thing,” he finished lamely.
Julienne came in then, holding her skirts closely around herself so as not to brush up against the greasy machinery.MoreLess
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