The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-09-30


wsfdsburg u,lI At 500 nuUlh. de vii
! board Al tbe osupsby's hotel Have hin
) report Al Malhesn Let ne kaos esol
week bow be t doing,
I'm VERY mach obliged 10 you villa
! isllsrsd, hardly rea iuug that Al last b
bad foand loh
Dent ihsnE me yet, said his uDcle, e
most srGmJ y00 may Dot waoi to site'
you hsre been Working Tor ssbile
Willis weut bone in high spiri.E
Mother. mother, be called. I've got :
job al last and b H. U0els Judsou,
too.
sitsrno9n Willis packed bis saicbel
snd took The ttsia down The valley for Ed
~sfdsbufs, where the Hsrdscre mills
we're located Ii Was sbout twenty five
miles from home aud be bad never beeB
10 the place tI1ept 90 his bicycle snd be
! hardly kuew where the mills were located.
/ Bat be found them essily enough. and
wilh them the foreman. Matthews "a big
red faced. stoop shouldered giant With =
voice like iogboru, Matthews read the
letter, aud then glanced at Willis eenly
aud bali contemptuously, Willis thought
Well, be said, be on hand at o'clock
tomorrow noroiog aud III put yoa to
work.
Willis found place 10 the eompsnys
boarding house-s single bunk 10 an attic
room with four other meu. The walls
we're dingy, the a)or was covered with
coarse mating and the bedding did not
look any too clean, One little cobwebby
window commanded = view OF wash heap
OF sawdust sud slabs. Supper was served
on d long table covered with oilolotb, and
tue tea was brought 10 by men walters
who laughed and joked one smother. The
wotkmen, their sleeves rolled up, came 10
aud ate almost IN silence,
10 the morning Willis was set to loading
slabs from . waste pile into y boz oar
which stood on . siding near st hand
One man banded them down from ths
pile. a second toss them into car and
3 third corded them mp. Willis was given |
the easiest Job th Il OF pIllng but be |
WAS compelled TO keep mp with the other
two. The sllvers stuck into his soft |
palms aud the jagged bark bruised bis
AIMS, Besides that 1t was a bot June
day without breath OF Uir stirring 10 the
car. For Al hour or two be stood 1t pret
iy we'll. but before noon he began TO feel
that be should drop 10 his tracks, but be
was determined never to give up. He
was cog in the machinery OF the big
mill aud he proposed to do bis duty until
be broke down. Never was a sweeter mus
c than the sound OF the noon whistle.
He wearily dropped the last Slab and stag
gered into the dining room OF the board
ng house. At fret he was too tired to
sat, but he managed TO swallow a little din
DER and by O'Clock be felt better. Bot
be knew be never could last through the
ong afternoon at the same work and it
v as with deep feeling OF relief that be
heard Mathews order bis crew from The
,ar loading to the sswdust chutes. Here
le required to stand knee deep 10 soft
swdust at the epd OF the chute, where
he waste OF the mill came blowing out 10
dusty cloud aud shovel for dear life 10 |
Ieep himself from being buried. 1t was
lot wearing work and by the time the si ,
ernoon was flushed Willis was thorough
y discouraged.
But be was naturally vigorous OF body
nd, although his upcle had made fun OF I
ls tennis and foo ball. he knew now how .
ouch gooi strength they had added to |
lis muscles. He awakened the next morn t
ng lame in every Joint and with his c
ands almost raw With blIsters.
Bat | II stick to it, be said, grtting his I
eetl I've go. to get through college next t
ear
That day be wac paired with bIg, red A
esrded Sootchmsn, and they were assign '
to the work OF trimming up some tim il
ers with long cross cut saw. For few
ours Willis bent brsvely back and forth o
was fesriuIy hard work, particularly
ecsuse be did not understand the science p
getting the sreatest results from the d
,sst effort. Toward noon the big Scotch y
ian, who bad beet watching him keenly,
lund tbst the saw would need fling. b
1llis never ielt more grateful for any
ling in bis life aud 10 the afternoon be g
as eGo1gh rested to continue the work Ell
Aud so 1t went on, day after day. Be II
re the end OF the seco1d week il
ls grew somewhat hardened. and 81
lough the work was still very hard, be q,
ID not grow painfully exhausted. BE al oil
found that the other men were good ri
,arted, kindly fellows spd slvsys ready D
help him where they could Before bi
e middle oiJuly Matthews, the big lore
40, bad given bin the place OF obecke Ia
ID sosler 10 the temporary absence OF the
gulsr checker. This was much easier th
orb. aud v ills did it With 8 quickness Il,
d thoroughness and kept bis accounts 30
ourstely that Mathews more than once or
unied bis satisfaction.
Abou this time Willis saw bis uncle for
G FIST time. Judson Hsrdscre came
ound With the superintendent, eIsuin
2 the work Of the mill and be u ust have TEL
30 Willis a. be stood with bis psd and hs
neil where the lumber SHOT from vhir y
u save, but be gave no sign Of recogui 81
10. 1t hurt Willis sensitive nature, but a
only set bis teeth the harder. ed
In uAking The money, be said TO him
4 aud I'm Going back 10 college, vi