"'Somebody'll have to help me crank her,' he says.
"The crowd goes to work. They all take turns. But she don't start.
"'Er—it occurs to me there may be something wrong with her,' says Harry Evans, 'n' starts to lift off the cover where the machinery is. Peewee gives me a poke in the ribs.
"'I expect he's right,' he says.
"'I'm gettin' all-fired tired of this putterin' around,' says the old Jasper. 'Tom', he says to a guy in overalls, 'get a crowbar an' knock them padlocks off.'
"'If you do that I'll put ye in jail!' yells Burns. 'That's a criminal act! It's destruction of property with burglarious intent! Ain't it, Harry?'
"Harry comes up out of the machinery. There's grease even on his specs.
"'It's the carbureter,' he says.
"'I'll leave it to the judge!' hollers Burns. 'Ain't that a criminal act?'
"'A—hem!' says the judge, 'I am not prepared to say you have the right to those stalls, but I wouldn't advise breaking a lock. As you say, it's a criminal act.'