Crossword-Solution: SNATH 5 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

ENTERING PRISON--THE SCYTHE SNATH BUSINESS--BLISTERED HANDS--I LEARN NOTHING--THREAT TO KILL THE SHOP--KEEPER--LOCKSMITHING--OPEN REBELLION--SIX WEEKS IN THE DUNGEON--ESCAPE OF A PRISONER--IN THE DUNGEON AGAIN--THE MAD MAN, HALL--HE ATTEMPTS TO MURDER THE DEPUTY--I SAVE MOREY’S LIFE--HOWLING IN THE BLACK HOLE--TAKING OFF HALL’S IRONS--A GHASTLY SPECTACLE--A PRISON FUNERAL--I AM LET ALONE--BETTER TREATMENT--THE FULL TERM OF MY IMPRISONMENT.

From the roots of an oak or ash he could fashion his hames and sled runners; he could make an axle-tree for his wagon, a rake, a flax brake, a barrow, a scythe-snath, a grain cradle a pitchfork, a loom, a reel, a washboard, a stool, a chair, a table, a bedstead, a dresser, and a cradle in which to rock the baby.

The snath is full of notches--probably the owner's record of work done and of his share in the harvest." The said owner was by this time far down the steep path.

But we drove 'em out." "And a lot of good it did us," said Bud gloomingly, "if there isn't any gold in there." "No, the evidence is too plain to be mistaken," said Professor Snath.

This is a most remarkable natural phenomenon--one of the most remarkable I have ever happened upon." "Very remarkable," agreed Professor Snath.