The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-29

hiGhness. "Unscrew the governor
and for heavens sake, do. 1t quick"
And after Danny went out Rigby
connected himself with the speaking
tube again.
Make a sign, Brown" he said
telling the men that our whistle is
jigging-what a woodland that for
the ensuing three weeks, until our
own is thoroughly cooled, they will
listen for the whistles Of adjacent
iactories. 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 a
big sheetron wheelbarroW, and tho
way lay over the cobblestones under
the window of little Rigby's Office.
Just before Otis died, he bought
Danny a fine new wheelbarroW for
the purpose, for the old one was loose
in the joints and pretty rickety gen.
orally, and when n.al was pushing
her she sounded more than anything
else like a carload OF tinware being
struck by lightning.
But two or three DAYS after the
whistle stopped work. Danny-he's a
tcnder-heartcd feller--Danny got a
sentimental feeling for the old wreck
and Ira 6ua1 har Of hna =,
and set his fireman wheeling ashes,
back and forth, back and forth, back
and forth, till the din sent Rigby 70
the speakinE-tube once more.
Brown" he cried, what on earth
ails that wheelbarrow?"
Ripe old age" answered Brown.
We'll. does it have to make that
noise?'
THE poor thing can't speak and
tell u.s." chuckled the old gentleman.
Il presume it does"
We'll, It's enough to drive q man
mad" said Rigby. ri have 1t stop
ped, except when I'm out of this Of
flee. Listen! You make another sign,
reading like this: 'Workmen are pos
lively prohibited from carting coal
and ashes without obtaining permits.
sion from the superintendent Nail Il,
up"
Another slgn," muttcred Brown.
Rlgby didn't come back that noon
time. but he sent a boy to Brown
with note, saying that he had a
Dnh nd Ln Fan
tory kindly try to run without him TIL
the following morning
He took his time getting there the
following morning, too, and by the
time he finally did arrive the boss had
come in In fury.
What under the sun is the matter?
Why is the factory shut down. he
demanded of Brown.
TOO many signs" snickercd Brown.
"Tho 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 tho
boss. You had GO tons last week,
What's Rigby doing with it? Eatin,
it,"
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 tcrc since yesterday
rho Inil.,rg,
O'clock"
Brown, Brown, Brown" groaned
the old man. Had you no more sense
than to follow fool orders like that?"
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 best to cooperate"
And what wretched idiocy Is thiso"
he said pointing to the new sign. and
then to tho others, with his cane
What are they doing here?"
MIR. Rigbys orders"
Welt" said the boss. And there
he had to stop. for the situation was
too much for oven his extended yo
Cabulary.
When he got breath he said:
There's another sign In your hand,
Brown, What is it,"
"Wel-oh, that" stammered Brown
going red
Let's see Il" said the boss. What.
ever II Is, heaven knows II can be no
worse than the others"
And with that he took 1t and read
this
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