"I never have, but, of course, I'll try," and she, too, pulled off her gloves.
Cora quickly opened up the tool box, got out the jack, and then she unbuckled the shoe that was fast at the side of the Whirlwind.
"I always thought folks carried them to ornament the cars," said Hazel, with an attempt at good nature, "but it seems that a cobbler is the thing we ought to carry for an ornament. We really don't need him, but we do need new shoes."
"How long will it take?" asked Belle.
"There's no telling," replied Cora. "It isn't exactly like putting a belt on a sewing machine."
She handled the inner tube freely enough, and soon had it in the big rubber shoe, partly inflated.
"Easy as putting tape in a jelly bag," remarked Hazel.
"But we must get it on now and blow it up," said Cora. "Bess, get the pump."
The pump was gotten, after which, with much exertion, the shoe was on the rim, and then the blowing began. This was not so easily accomplished as had been the other parts of the mechanical operation. First Bess pumped, then Belle tried it. Hazel was sure she could do it, for she often blew up Paul's bicycle, but this tire would not blow full.
The girls were rapidly losing their complexions. Such strenuous efforts!