Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22
rHECHIMNEy At LISGARyAN WILL

THECHlMNEY AT LISGARYAN MILL.
1t was when | was counting Kate that
the accident Inn going totell YOU about
happened. But for that same accident
| don think Katie and would 81 man
an wife this day, for YOU see my father
WAS set again the match Katie being
only q laborer'S daughter, while he WAS
foreman Of the mills, getting good
wages, and thought Il dead of by his en-
ployers. An' ifit wasn't for Katie.
don't think Ill he here now to tell YOU
about II, for twas she that saved my
litc, through hitting on plan tha
never once came into the heads of me
or my comradcs-av, or uf those that
you'd Il thought would have known bet
ter than any lis
was not broughtup TO do my fathers
trade, having been taken when Young
BY brother of my mothers. Il master
hrick-layer living i'll the town When
my uncle and came home to Lisgar-
yan bit, Just to see my father, and
finding that they were nj work on the
new buildings III the mills, looked for
employment there, an got it at once
Lisgarvan Mill is flour mill an II
pretty place it was i'll those days, with
the river running just by the old rcd
brick buildings, an the big water-whccl
Away, going round an round. The
river falls into larger one Il little
lower down, an the tide comes up is
far Dis the MILL SO lis in boats that most
Of the corn is brought in. IN the flour
i carried away
As was saying. got taken ON is
Il bricklaycr katie's father was work
ing there too, an | used To see her
bringing him his dinner, and, after
bit, began to think I'd like to have
hnr bringing minc too. she was Il
pretty girl then rs you'd see anywhere
she's good-looSing to This day-an !
soon became that fond of her, that Id
have done anything almost to get her
She herself was willing enough, twas
my father that made the difficulty. He
was a proud man, rs proud III his way
rs amy gentleman, an he was right
down mad 1t the notion Of my marry
ing lahorer'S daughter TO he sure, |
was earning good wages. an might
have married without asking any ones
leave If I'd been 81 minded, but didn
like TO go again him that had al
ways been good to me. Besides, Katie
was just as proud MS himself,
an' would have nothing to say
to me unless lie vas satisfied. got
the one master to speak to him, but
sure 'twasnt il bit Of use. How would
You like, sir he saysto his master, If
| had daughter, to have Master Phil
lip take up with her, an wouldn't that
he the same thing" | believe that
the master didn't think il would be 1T
I'LL the same thing but my father
wouldn't hear reason from him any
more than from me; So Katie and !
had Just nothing for il but to wait i'll
the hope OF his coming round, an very
little hope we had Of the same.
As we were putting upasteam engine
in the mill, we had al course to have a
big chimney, an we got a man down
from town to build it--one of them
chaps that builds chimneys an moth
ing else, an thinks nobody knows any
thing about it but themselves. | was
working along with him, an indeed
twas | that built the most Of it. an Il |
right good job i was. Twas finished |
by Christmas-ten years ago this !
Christmas coming on--all but the
lightning conductor and that was not |
put up owing TO the masters wanting |
to make inquiries when he'd go 20
London. III 500 for himself what would |
lie the best kind to use. The master /
IN had ideas af his sometimes /
they'd bc better than other peoples
and sometimes maybe not so good At n
any rate. there was delay about the /
conductor, an III the meantime tho en-
gines We're at work, an the biz Chin
ney was smoking away like hlazes.
Mr.. Brown. the strange workman, had |
conc away. saving very understanding
ike. that ne was sure Jim Forde that
Ma me would be able "a flsten tic rod ,
ID tho chimney a. well ~ he could do \
X himself. He took all his seatioldng
with him hut before he went away lie
fixed beam With a pulley IN ], into
the t0p 0f the chimney. All left 4 long
rope hanging g il. - thata man could
be hoi,ted ur ~ any time an there
the rope hung dangling week after
week, until tie master came home,
bringing tine rod along with him.
0nee i lad come, there va, ~ soud
losing any more time fixing IN ID one
saturday afternoon ia January, up Il
went on plank. shng securely II TIE Y
end Of the rope, my tools along with
ne NH settled myself astride on the
stone coping Twas rather late u the
sIay. bnt the morning lad been tao wet
ind stormy to nork ard the master IVA
4, impatient "a get the job done a +
III hadnt been himself that Nas hinder
nc X AL tat tlne 81 III nue.