[Illustration: Fig. 39. Cutting out the Door Flaps.]
[Illustration: Fig. 40. Sewing on the Door Flaps.]
[Illustration: Fig. 41. Adjustable Ridge Pole.]
[Illustration: The Wall tent Set Up in the Back Yard.]
[Illustration: Fig. 42. The Tent Set Up.]
[Illustration: Fig. 43. The Wood Tie Block.]
[Illustration: Fig. 44. The Wire Tie Block.]
[Illustration: Fig. 45. Bottom of Tent Wall.]
These were made of wood 1/2 inch thick, 1 inch wide and each measured 3
inches long. A hole was drilled into the block at each end and through
these holes the rope was threaded. A knot in the rope then held the end
from slipping out. The loop between the two holes, or the bight, as
sailors would call it, was now slipped over the stake, and the rope hauled
tight by drawing up the tie block, as shown in Fig. 43. A still later
improvement consisted in making ties of stout galvanized iron wire, bent
to the form shown in Fig. 44. The wooden ties were apt to swell and split
open when exposed to the weather, while the wire ties could always be
relied upon.
The walls of the tent were held down along the bottom by railway spikes
hooked through the tent loops and driven into the ground. Wooden pegs with
notches to catch the loops would have served as well, but Dutchy happened
to find a number of the spikes along the track and in his usual convincing
manner argued that they were far better than pegs because their weight
would hold the cloth down even if they were not firmly embedded in the
ground.
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