The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-03-13
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with horrible straw and worse blan.
kets jumbled here and there. Old and
dirty clothes drying feiidly. lie saw
au unkempt row of hard faced men
along the deacon seat reckless in
bearing. with the light of the dare
devil In their eyes.
Where is the boss:" asked Fitz Pat
rick steadily.
The Rough Red lurched his huge
form toward the intruder.
Il am your sca!er." explained the
latter. Where Is the Officer
"You kin have the bunk bcyand." Ia,
ilcated the Rough Red sur!ily.
You have no office. them
What's good enough fer In men Is
good enough fer a boss. and what's
good enough fer III boss Is good fer
any blank blanked scaier-
"It Is not good enough for this one"
replied FItz Patrick calmly. Il have
no notion Of sleepin' and workin' In
no such noise m dirt. need m Of.
Gee 10 keep me books an tn van. Not
log do scale for re. Jimmy Bourke.
TIL yeze give me III place 20 tally
in"
And so n came about. though the
struggle lasted three days. The Rough
Rcd storprd rcsilessly between the
woods and the camp. delivering tire.
mcndous broadsides Of oaths and
threats. FItz Patrick sat absolutely
imDcriarbahle on the deacon seat look.
Ing s,raIct; In front Of him. mis- lcgs
stretched comfortably asiant. one hand
supporting the elbow Of The other
wilt i In turn held his short brlr pIpc
The c0ok. a thin faced. sly man.
serrctl" admired him.
"I.rkc ont for tn Rough Red: he'll do
go" be- wo-id whisper hoarseiy when
ie faS =pl the silent scaler.
But In the three days the Rough Rcd
Pat his men to work on n little cabin
Fitz Patrick at once t0oG his scaling
rule from the corner and SET out into
the forest.
IIls business was. by measuring tire
iilncgrT ~ each log. tn ascertain anil
'ahul7ir the number Of board feet put
ln hy the contractor. ON the basis ~
| his .Ia:i' ~ .1rt Iai1os rrurse would
l,,s t1'd fur 'hr srasons wnra. Inevita.
| , j. re NJ o,i,.p became james Bougk"'s
natural rarrYr. and 80 81 every man
In the r~ev. with the possible execution
e the cn1s.
Suppose sou h. a I'm u which "our
&c tci;s ~ mr.t grow ~ lraat ha'f 3
g.'lilon: Suppose y'u w"r. '3rs :''.
'ioitsly fnr twelve Ga.s: st'."'~c yoI'
average ha~ riwat~ hoes lciweru 81.
Dn0 and Eo."9o d7: .tnt t',an slip
nusp nc cnlrr'a sheets credit YOU with
oaly ilt:!, orc~ tic 4Oo.o %: What
wouIl yc.i t'.rH - ~ N'"nll son IL;
t., f.r'':rd - a"zoet I that tn scalrs
hel CHEATED sou 10 favor of h:s t'a<.
tse ~tlsat sou had trrH compelled r.,
f.t'~a f,lr"u So work cay or 80 fog
nr.blne?
fItz Patrick scaled honc8tly. for he
Mas Il Just man, hut cSac;iiute nnj
optimism IT estimate meyer have az.
proxlmatct. and they lid not 10 tliis
raec The Rough Grd rrumhlcd. ac-
~',srtl. rworp. Threatened T'ii2 Patrick
slaokC,l steadily and sGld no,ltlne.
y'hr two men early canr {, a Cl'%''
ovas the methods ~ ci,tlng. The
f,ourh Rel and hls crrv' crt anywhere.
g., ..~s -v'r~e. anyhow. The easiest way
was theirs. Small timtcr they Skipped,
large tln'pr they sawed high. top
they left rather than trim them Inf"
Iogs. Fits Patrick would not have the
pine slaughtered"
Never would thc Red ac';n"~iclsr th
wrong nor prumisc the Improvement
but both were there. and both he aud
| riz Patrick knew II. The Rough Red
rhnfrd frlghtfully. but IN a way bis
hards were iira. lie could 10 nothing
without iha report and II wns too fai
out 10 send for another scllcr, even Y
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