But it took ten days to get the contraption ready for the next fizzle.

Then poor, shaky, scart Augustus was pilot, and he went so deep into the bank that Nate says he wondered whether 'twas wuth while doin' anything but orderin' the gravestone.

But they dug him out at last, whole, but frightened blue, and his nerves was worse than ever after that.
"Then old Dixland announces that he has discovered somethin' wrong in the principle of the thing, and they had to wait while he ordered some new fittin's from Boston.
"Meanwhile there was other complications settin' in.

Scudder was kept busy providin' grub and such like and helpin' the niece, Olivia, with the housework.

Likewise he had his hands full keepin' the folks alongshore from findin' out what was goin' on.