The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-12-03

Now run 'em up to the shop" or
| dered Moran when they had finished
"there, on that dumb waiter A boy II
| take 'em Off"
you're pretty fair helper
| SO week"
"More than that" replied Haggle.
ton. "Where did you get the potato
water l put on those loaves? l mean
the water, not the potatoes"
There, at the sink. Yes, the one
with no trap to 1.-THE typhoid fever
sink. You're thinking 1t won't do PEG.
pie any good to eat that bread. May
be not. Huh! Now you can do some
kneading."
They went to a long trough where
the tobacco chewer was in hand to
hand conflict with a great mass of
dough, three or four hundred pounds,
that seemed to writhe and culver in
his arms like live creature.
"You watch him awhile and then do
the rest" said Moran.
Haggleton watched the second
hand" and presently took his turn at
the trough and struggled with the
dough. For twenty minutes he turned
the sticky, sodden mass over and over
upon itself, kneading 1t and crushing
1t down and tearing 1t apart until his
whole body ached.
''That'll do" relented Moran finally.
"What are those brown stains in the
trough" asked Haggleton.
Moran examined the stains and
frowned. "That fool has been drib-
bling tobacco juice in the dough again.
Petro," he said sharply, look there!
Haven't told you to spit on the floor
if you have to spit?'
"We'll make a baker Of you yet,
Jackson" grinned the foreman. BE
fore the loaves go into the oven we
brush 'em over with eggs to get nice
brown. You can do that. Here's the
can and brush, and the eggs are in
that box. Break half dozen in the
can and go ahead"
Haggleton obeyed, but presently
came back to Moran, holding the can
at arms length and wrinkling his nose
bad
"Are, eh? Well, what do you expect
for 30 cents hundred?"
81 didn't think you would use bad
eggs" said the old man.
you're not here to think, Mr.. Jack.
son. I told you what to do. Now do it."
So the night advanced. and Haggle
ton worked with scarcely pause. He
rolled barrels and dragged bags as
fresh flour was needed; he carried
coke for the fires and split wood; he
helped at the sponging tubs; he sifted
flour; he bent over the kneading
trough; he carried boxes; he drew
water at the sink; he worked the dumb
waiter; he stood by at the ovens, and
he never complained. At 10 o'clock he
thought his strength had failed him;
he was sore all over and sick and
weak, but he forced himself to keep on
At midnight he asked for q few min
utes' rest, but Moran shook mis- head;
he must do his work. another batch Of
loaves was ready-ready for the eggs
The eggs. His stomach at last revolt
ed, and he had violent fit Of vomit-
ing.
knocked out, eh?" said Moran.
"Lie down there"
The old man lay down on some bags
time he did not move.
Presently Moran came over to him.
at always makes a new man sick.
You'll get used to it,"
81 hope not" said Haggleton. care
there many bakeshops like this in New
York;"
Dozens, and some worse"
"Not worse than this?"
"Huhw retorted Moran. "Fd like to
show you one on Allen street, dogs
and chickens all about, and-hey,
Petro," lie called, roll that barrel
here"
Petro rolled over barrel filed with
crumbs Of sour bread and moldy
dough and sweepings from the floor.
"See that:" continued Moran. 1--WE |
let it go as garbage, but there are
bakers who use it. Yes, sir; they soak |
it In stuff that takes away the smell, !
then they dry it and put in currants |
and molasses and bake 1t into cakes. |
And heaven knows who eats EN-"
That's an outragev'
Moran leaned toward him with a |
CLEAN of hatred "Tll tell you another |
outrage, Mr.. Jackson-it's when a
landlord takes big rent for rotten
cellar like this and won't fix the
No wonder we're sick. l
worked in cellar bakeshop on Hester
street where the plumbing was so bad
we got back flow from the sewer
every time it rained hard, and the
whole floor was-wcl, I'll cut out the
gest."
"Great Scott" muttered Haggeton,
but all this mrst be against the law
Moran laughed harshly. THAT'S fine
to talk about law. Why aren't the
laws enforced against trusts and rail-
roads? Because somebody has mighty
good grating reasons for not enforc-
ing them. It's the same here"