Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-06
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"lcu can't AWAY, tell what's in q
bundle ~ The LOCK oil tho wrapper
Ia, Gle man had found z seat on q
fallen tired tina. lay upon P sunny hill
siae. u was carefully smoothinga and
snapIEe & cane he hac cu' neal ey.
de heic 4 ur as he spoke, and lei his
ms eye run along It length IA II to
discover IL irregularities but his gaze
wanoerec quite beycnd the stick TO
the valley ano river below, where
stooc the great mill with ITS tail, black
ened chImneys and massive walls.
NC. SIT, yo3 cant always tell by
the looks oI 6 bundle whats inside
oI IT" nc repeated. more emphatlcally.
And u iCAa would only understand
II. and stop tryin', 'twould save &
deal OF trouble. New there's the Oar.
lin -
"Daliin'T' the visitor repeated un.
certainly.
The keen eyes under the old mans
shaggy brows twinkled. and his gray
mustache twitched.
''Uh, faint the name Of any kind
OF workman, like puddler, oI mailer,
OF such; it's just e name that's his.
We give II when he first come here,
twelve years and more ago. Things
had been going pretty bad al the mill
~then-stops and bitches OF n kind
or 'ncther-and times gettin' worse tor
the men all the while.
''Mismanagement most Of il was, or,
ieastways. we thought so. Old Res-
wick-he was the overseer here-was
n Of the short sighted, savin' kind,
that would lose a dollar in tryin' to
keep q penny. bed pinch and screw
and 'conomize, as he called IL and let
things go that ought 20 be tended TO,
till at last SOME big break would sweep
off in a day all his stinginess had
saved in a year. Then he'd think ex-
penses was so high that wages ought
TO be cut a little lower.
II don't need TO tell you that there
wasn't any love wasted between him
and the men. They'd got discouraged
and bitter, and sort OF reckless like,
when all of a sudden one day Kes-
wick dropped down in q dead faint in
the mill. and had 10 be carried home.
That was the beginnin' Of o long sick.
ness that ended his work al the mill.
The rest Of the company bought
out his interest, and he went of to
Europe. We didn't know who would
be sent to take charge then, but we
sort OF hoped 'twould be left in Jim
Bryce's hands. He'd been here the
longest Of any OF the men, and knew
e deal about the business in o practi-
cal kind Of way.
There wasn't much reason 10 ex.
pect il, OF course, but he was the man
we wanted. Naturally, after the way
things had been goin', We thought one
of ourselves. who'd feel some interest
in his old mates, would be an improve.
ment. Then, one day, down in the
mornin' train comes m OF the com.
pany, bringin' with him o young tel.
ler-looked younger than he was. with
his white skin, blue eyes, and light
curly hair like o girls; that kind al
ways does-that he said was the new
superintendent.
superintendent says Tom Clark.
son, as they passed by where we was
workin'. That chap never superEl-
tended nothin' heftier than q band
box in his born days
"well, he didn't look like il, that's
a fact. But the company owned the
mill, you see, and this feller was n
OF their sort. and SC into the place he
goes, fine clo'es, curly hair. white
hands ana all. ] b'lieve them white
hands made the boys madden than
anything else. They was strong
enough looilD' too. but white as o
lady 5.
= LOOK at emf says Ion, holdin' ur
his rough, black paws TO show the
difference. III the company's bound
70 give him somethin' TO do. why
don't they buy him n pretty little
pianner, and set him 10 playin' III
That's all he's fit for. He ought TO be
safe at home, mammy's darlin'f
SO that was the name we got 10
calm him-'1he Darlin Not 10
his face. bless you, mol Them blue
eyes could turn steel blue now and
then. and flash out sharp of a sudden
like q knife blade.
After a while we found there was
some experiments 10 be made-some
inventions OF his-and that was one
reason why he'd come here. We didn't
like him any better after we heard
that. | can tell you. for we thought
the company'd sink a lot money
In such nonsense. 1wasn't our money,
and so we hadn't no reason 10 grumble,
you say2 Well, there's two sides 10
that. There's two sides TO most things,
if a bodyll only take the trouble 10
look for 'em.
ibid you ever think how you'd feel
10 look down al your hands, big,
strong and willin'. but helpless tc
provide Tor them dependin' on you
and then see o pair Of soft, Whit
hands carelessly wastin' what woulc
be life 10 you and yoursi
That's how il looked TO US. Fol
times had been hard with US, and, al
told you. Old Keswick had always
calculated that the losses must bt
eyened up on wages somehow.
"'And this feller-TU be bound he's
never invented nothin' more useful
than a new tie TO his cravatr says Jim
Bryce-'hell fool away no end OF
money, and then either the mill will
have 10 20 down or wages will, and
mine has got about 10 the foot Of thu
ladder now
"'Oh, there's no doubt we'll q
down, unless some OF his experiment
blows him up. Wish they WOULD an
swers Tom. only he put it rather uglie
than that
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