The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-09-28

and for heavens sake. do It Quick,'
And after Danny went out Rigby
connected himself with the speaking
lube again.
Make a sign, Brown" no said,
telling the men that our whistle is
jigging-what a word,-and that for
the ensuing three weeks, until our
own is thoroughly cooled, they will
listen for the whistles of adjacent
faclOries. Put it on the same post"
There's no room, Brown chuckled.
Then take another post. There's
plenty of posts" said Rigby, going
back to his newspaper.
Danny got another little idea, too.
His fireman had to cart out ashes
and bring the coal from the pile in
big sheetron wheelbarrow, and the
way lay over the cObblestones under
the window of little Rigby's Office.
Just before Otis died, he bought
Danny fine new wheelbarrow for
the purpose, for the old one was loose
in the joints and pretty rickety gen
orally, and when man was pushing
her She sounded more than anything
else like a carload of tinware being
struck by lightning.
But two or three days after tho
whistle stopped work, Danny-he's a
tender hearted feller-Danny got a
sentimental feeling for the old wreck
and dragged her out of the scrap heap
ard set his fireman wheeling ashes,
back and forth, back and forth. back
and forth, till the din sent Rigby to
the speaklng-tube once more.
Brown he cried, what on earth
ails that wheelbarrow?'
Ripe old age answered Brown.
Well, does it have to make that
noise?"
The poor thing cant speak and
tell us chuckled the old gentleman.
i presume it does
We'll. it's enough to drive a man
mad said Rigby. III have it stop
ped, except when I'm ont of this Of
fee. Listen. You make another sign,
reading like this. .Workmen are pos.
itiyely prohibited from carting coal
and a.hes without obtaining permits
sion frem the superintendent. Nail i
up
another sign muttered Brown.
Rigby didn't Gene back that noon.
time, but he sent boy to Brown
with note. saying that lie had
severe headache, and would the fac.
tory kindly try to run without him till
the following morning.
He took his time getting there the
following morning toe, and by the
time he finally did arrive the boss had
come i'll in a fury.
What under the sun is the matter =?
Why is the factory shut down." he
demanded of Brown.
Too many sEns," sniCkerad Brown.
"The last OF them being the most re-
sponsible."
What do you mean?'
We'll. to put it another way, want
of coal is keeping us from running"
Coal! Great Scott" shouted the
boss. You had GO tons last week
What's RiSby doing with it? Eatin
/ it?"
Il haven't seen him at it," said
/ Brown, speaking slowly and distinct.
/ ly and enjoying every word But
he forbade any man to touch
/ the pile without his permission, and
/ he hasn't been lere since yesterday
noon. The boilers were cold at six
| O'Clock"
Brown, Brown. Brown" groaned
the old man. Had you no more sense
than to follow fool orders like that To-"
why. bless me-" said Brown,
/ looking at him squarely with his in
nocent old eyes, isn't it one of the
new notions? One of the latest wrin-
kles in acid manufacture? I'm doing
my hest to cooperate
And what wretched idiocy is this ?"
he said, pointing to the new sign, and
then to the others, with his cane,
What are they doing here?'
Mr. Rigby's orders
Well" said the boss. And there
he had to stop, for the situation was
too much for even his extended vo-
Cabulary
When he got breath he said
There's another sign in your hand,
Brown. What is it,"
"Well-oh, that" stammered Brown
going red
Lets see it." said the boss. What
ever it is, heaven knows it can be no
worse than the others
And with that he took it and read
this;
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