The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-11-11

Baptiste Teller, the Frenchman who
played the fiddle. TIE freeze t'rou to
hees eenslde.. Dat is too cole for max
in de work"
"Them plains is sure holy fright"
assented Purdy.
9TH old man knows 1t himself"
agreed big Nolan.
"Did you see him rammin' around
yesterday askin' US II we found her too
cold? He knows vsEy well he ought
not to keep a man out that sort o
weather"
"You'd SILVER like dog in brier
path on Il warm day in July" said
jackson Hines coAtenptuously.
"Shut upr said they, You're barn
boss. You don't have - be out in the
cold"
This was true. So Jackson's inter
ventlon went for a little worse than
nothing.
at amt lax he has muffin besides"
went on Baptiste He can max de
cut in de needle of de fores'."
MT > IlSllts dSlNfu bOb pAib''CAA'
"They's the west half of eight Amt
been cut yet"
So they sent delegation to Railway.
Big Nolan was the spokesman.
Boss" said he bluntly, "she's too
cold to work on them plains today.
She's the coldost day we had"
Railway was too old Il hand Mt the
20 ,,,olya o,,xy sNvO n, iSae IN tho
spot.
"I'll see. boys.v said he.
When the breakfast was over the
crew were sent to making sideways
and travoying roads oN eight" This
was a precedent. In Cane the work on
The plains was grumbEm&ly done in any
weather. However, rs 10 this Roadway
proved firm enough. lie was a good
fighter when ne knew he was being i'm
posed upon.
And as the days slipped by he tight
ened the reins. Christmas was ap-
preaching An easy Rssthematical COM
putation reduced the question of COM
pleting his contract with Morrison &
DAILY to a certain weekly quota. In
fact. he was surprised at the size Of it.
He would have to work diligently and
steadily during the rest Of the winter.
Having thus definite task to ac-
complish in a definite Number Of days,
Roadway grew to De mere OF a task
master Thus he regaIAed TO n small
degree the respect OF ms men. Then he
lost 1t again.
One morning he came in from talk
with the supply teamster and woke
Dyer, who was not up yet.
I'm going down home for two or
three weeks" he announced to Dyer.
"You know my address. You'll have to
take charge, and guess you'd better
let the scaling go. We can get the tally
at the banking grounds when we begin
to haul. Now, we amt got all the time
there is, so you want TO keep the boys
at it pretty WELL"
Dyer twisted the little points OF his
mustache. "All right, SIR" said he,
with his smile so inscrutably insolent
that Railway never saw the iBselence
at all. He thought this n poor gear for
a man in Railways position to spend
Christmas with his family, but it was
none of his business.
do as much as you can in the marsh,
Dyer" went on the jobber. 81 don't
believe it's really necessary to lay Off
any more there on account of the
weather"
"All right" repeated Dyer.
The scaler did what he considered
his duty. All day long he tramped
| back and forth from one gang of men
to the other, keeping a sharp eye on
the details Of the work. His practical
experience was sufficient to solve readi-
ly such problems as bGeksn tackle, ex-
ira expedients or facility which the
days brought forth. Fhe fact that in
him was vested the power to discharge
kept the men at work.
Dyer was in the habit of starting for
the marsh an hour or SO after sunrise.
The crew, of course, were at work by
daylight. Dyer heeSa them often
through his doze, just as he heard the
chore boy come in 10 bxfid the fire and
fill the water pan sfresh. After a
time the fire, bufft " kerosene and
pitchy black pine, would get so hot
that in self defense 10 would arise and
dress. Then he woHSd breakfast lei
surely.
Thus he incurred the enmity of the
cook and cookee. TksHe individuals
have to prepare fooA three times day
for half a hundrsA eaters, besides
which on sleigh baud they are sup
posed to serve breatfAst at o'clock
for the leaders and a variety of lunches
up to midnight for the sprinkler men.
AS consequence they resent infrac-
lions of the little system they may
have been able to intrstance.
ITO BE CONTINUED