The sun., 1910-05-08

r ght 20 keep the animal on bis own
property as long a. d was not iuterier-
ring with any one on the public highway.
This loft tho lineman In quandary
a. 20 how he could clear the wiros, for
each month when the chief operator
u that district sent In his report of the
insulation of all wires under has lurisdic-
ton q always showed poor at this
point. and the trouble man would receive
orders to clear them az once.
This continued for some time. but try
a. he might the lineman would always
find the bull waiting for him. A.
last one day. meeting the trouble man
from the next district, he arranged % 60
with him at night and trim the tree. for
they were positive that In the dark they
would be able 10 sneak up climb the
tree. cut tn limb and get safely away.
just a. they were about 20 start their
courage began % fail and they rosorted
20 some stimulant 90 brace them up. after
which they started for the scene Of trouble
On arriving one agreed 20 climb the tree
and cut on the limb AFTER events seem
10 show that the Dutch courage imbiber
must have gone 20 the wrong place and
affected the eycsight instead Of the head
Of the climber. He succeeded in saving
on limb and after hauling il away they
drove back home believing the trouble
was a thing Of the past Two days later
as the trouble man was driving past he
looked up In amayement. saw the limb still
there and a large branch on the opposite
side Of the tree missing. II IL still stand
ing question how he could make such a
mistake II was costly for the COMPANY
he vas employed by. as II was COM
PEELED 10 buy the tree at the farmer |.
own price. cut it down and haul II away.
The trouble man meets with many sur
nTises and never knows what be will find
Ehen he II sent out 20 repair a break
evefal years ago a temporary line was
cult Tor a telegraph company by one OF
tho leading railroads Some Of the poles
were 40 short that the wires could h.
reached from the ground. One morning
the trouble man received orders 90 cover
his line north and look for -sWtnging
cross. meaning that several of tho W res
Were touching each other IN some way
every few minutes and causing trouble
all over the line
After going several miles and not seeing
anything be came Ia a large railroad con
struCtiOn camp, whers several hundred
Italians lived ia the little huts furnished
by the contractor who was grading q new
cut for the railroad. Il must have been
wash day FOR these Italians, a. be- dis
covered their wet clothes hanging on the
wires and the wind blowing them against
the other wires, causing the trouble
Another man while covering his linz
looking Tor two open Or broken wires
found after an al day drive that they
must have been broken by "a Wild gOOsp
that he found dead on the ground az the
point 0f the break On making inquiries
farmer living close by informed him
that the previous night he had heard Wild
gcfse homklng and evidently flying very
low and that Que of them must have been
low enough tO hit and break the wirUs.
is WIS well repaid In this instance Tor his
long journey, as b. secured "A good TAT
gluse In addition 90 finding his trouble
There b. a young man who has a station
In the northern part - tho country and
has over one hundred and fifty miles of
line to cover. While this Ia comparatively
eary la the sIuinief months. a. hg has only
a few wires on the line. Iu the winter it
h often almost impossible 10 cover it;
bit no matter What ths weather may b.
when hp raoglvgg m ORDER no Is expected
b. % ont and ruin IL at ones.
THIS lno Tor mile after mile runs
through a dense forest, and boz some
places b. has tD make lfty miles in a day
30 find a place % sleep. This can De- done
in summer on horseback, but In the win