Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-04-02
WINNING OF
AGATHA

Of the sausage packing gang that had
reported for work. Teofila, the inter-
prefer, had quit the preceding Satur-
day to get married.
Old Heine, the foreman of the san
sage department, ruefuiiy surveyed
the half-dozen new girls standing
around aimlessly, and big Boleslaw,
who had been sent up from the gate
with them because enough girls had
not appeared for work that morning.
An hour of a busy day had gone al
ready with no orders packed, and
O'Brien, the shipping boss, was likely
to stalk In at any moment, storming
at the delay.
sHow can dey expec' me to turn
out work with such cattle?" groaned
old Heine.
wat you want US to dor" demand
ed pretty little Agata.
Old Heine stared. He had always
associated prettiness with shallow
ness, and he thought Agata passed too
much time primping ever to learn
anything.
You speak English?" he queried.
Sure" answered Agata.
He told her what he wanted done
In ten minutes everybody was busy
the impending visit of O'Brien.
Stalwart Boleslaw felt Inundated at
having to work at such tasks as the
girls did, and he listened shamefully
as Agata translated old Heine's orders
to him. The other men saw that he
was bashful, and they increased his
soon determined to make himself in
dependent of Agata's assistance by
learning to understand the foreman
himself.
Old Heine was pleased with Agata,
except for her good looks. He feared
that she would soon leave him to get
married, as Teofila had done, with
green gang on his hands. To post
pone this evil as long as possible he
determined that no man In the sau-
sage department should court her II
he knew 1t.
In few days Matte, the trucker,
began to loiter between loads at the
table where Agata worked. Agata,
marking old Heine's displeasure, tried
to rid herself of Matte by telling him
II Piotr, back In the old country, who
some time would come to Chicago to
claim her. But instead of acting as
deterrent, her story seemed to arouse
In him sudden ambition to over
come his absent rival. Then one day
be got down to the loading platform
with box Of sausage after the train
had been pulled. Thereupon old
Heine discharged him and put Boles-
law In his place. Truckers were cas-
Yer to get than interpreters, and he
ielt certain that the bashful Boleslaw
would not try to WOO Agata. Boles-
law was pleased to find himself doing
mans work.
In few days Franciszek, the mailer,
began to linger, after his days work
was done, for chance to walk home
with Agata. Old Heine soon noticed
this. One morning Franciszek came
few minutes late and found Boles-
law in his place. Rheumatic Tomasz
was put to trucking.
Anton, the sealer,. was the next to
fall victim to the charms of Agata
A few days later a customer CON-
planned of the weights of a consign-
ment, and Anton was discharged
Boleslaw was put In his place at the
scales.
Old Heine did not relish these in
roads on his gang. No one seemed to
understand why the men had been
discharged for offenses that hitherto
had been condoned, SO the foreman
limited the reason to Agata, hoping
that she would keep the men at a dis
lance.
Boleslaw, not realizing that his APP
parent bashfulness had had an impor-
tant influence on his advancement, felt
pardonable pride, because after only
six months of work he was earning as
much as any one on the gang. He no
longer had to get his orders through
Agata, and now his fellows seldom
laughed at his shyness. But he had
long admired Agata, as she was aware
from his glances.
One day Boleslaw whispered re-
quest to Agata for permission to take
her to dance on the following Sat
urday evening. She put him off with
an evasive answer, but he took 1t for
4 refusal due to his awkwardness and
blushed and stammered confusedly.
He had heard the story of the absent
Piotr, and now he blamed himself for
his holiness. Agata seemed so unat-
tainable to him that he marveled at
bis effrontery in asking to accompany
her to the dance.
/ For the next few weeks Boleslaw
worked harder than he had ever work
ed before. He had done every kind of