He then went up, lashed the small pole to the head of
the tree, made the end of the copper wire fast to the pointed wire, and
then he descended. The other tree near to it was then cut down, and the
lower end of the wire buried in the ground at the bottom of the tree on
which the lightning-conductor had been fixed.
"That's a good job done, sir," said Ready, wiping his face, for he was
warm with the work.
"Yes," replied Mr. Seagrave; "and we must put up another near the
outhouse, or we may lose our stores."
"Very true, sir."
"You understand this, William, don't you?" said his father.
"O yes, papa; lightning is attracted by metal, and will now strike the
point instead of the house, run down the wire, and only tear up the
ground below."
"It's coming on again, sir, as thick as ever," observed the old man;
"we shall do no work to-day, I'm afraid. I'll just go and see where the
stock are."
Juno was now up again, and said that she was quite well, with the
exception of a headache. As Ready had predicted, the rain now came on
again with great violence, and it was impossible to do any work out of
doors. At the request of William he continued his narrative.
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