The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-29

I would get 1t, and a damned good Job
too; blocking that run with your foo
tricks"
Then he noticed the pasty-facet
horseman- STOPPING over the bleeding
; man.
sGet i'm by the heels, you cross be,
tween corpse and mummy, and drag
him out OF the way. We've bloody wei
got TO get this ship loaded TO catch
the tide
The pale-faced man kept on with his
examination without paying any atten.
tion 10 the foreman's instructions Fhe
foreman got blue In the face and bub.
BLEED over with rage.
"DO you hear what I tell you? Gel
| i'm out Of the way. This ship has got
to be loaded or I'll 90 down there and
pound some obedience into you"
The man stilI paid no attention. The
foreman was speechless. In few sec
onds the STOPPING man Strengthened up,
and looking the foreman straight in
| the eye, calmly replied: Hes dead"
This did not seem to Tease the fore
man I'm the least and he beloved out !.
''I1ow do you know he Is deadY The
man answered simply: I'm doctor"
Then the foreman once again explod-
ed: "A doctorl Blawst my headlights,
a doctorl Wen, If you're doctor,
what In h--l are you doing on horse
ship? You ought to be rolling pills
for the highbrows.'
The doctor never took his piercing
look from the eye of the foreman The
foreman was now like an enraged bull
Splitting all over himself, he clustered
out: "Well, II he's dead, there is no
doctor that can do him any good. Al
couple o. you black skunhs over there
| addressing two negroes who were all
most blanched 10 blush white and
who were trembling near by, get
ahold of him and drag i'm out OF the
way One Of the negroes. with
leeerlng grin, replied: Il shipped on
this here ship to handle bosses, and
| don't allow nohow that it's my work
TO tote corpses around"
Just then the second foreman rushed
over, gave the negroa push out of the
way, and, grabbing the heels of the
dead man, pulled him away from the
run. / turned away, sickened with
disgust. The foreman then took an
empty oat sack and spread 1t over the
bloody head.
Just then the changing bell Of an am
bulnnce was heard and white-clothed
doctor, followed by two men with a
stretcher, pushed their way through
the crowd of horses and horsemen.
They were accompanied by police
man. The body was put into the am
bulance and taken away, while the POI
llce-officer went on board the ship.
The pasty-faced doctor was holding
onto the rail of the runway and cough
ing. thought each gasp would be his
last. The second foreman was talking
70 him. The doctor paid no attention.
Going up behind the doctor, the fore
man coolly measured his distance and
swung on the point Of his jaw. The
doctor crumpled up and fell on the
dock. At this cowardly and bastard
~ act, saw red and made leap
at the foreman. An onrushing light
flashed In. front Of me and huge To-
connective, going 60 miles an hour, hit
me between the eyes; then blackness.
When came to, / was lying In my
bunk in the hold. / had an awful
headache. Then everything came
back to me with flash. / could hear
the gurgling of water on the ships
side and knew we were under way.
Right then and there / decided never
again, especially while aboard ship, to
interfere with the foreman. Among
that gang of human wrecks and cut
tlroats 1t was every man for himself,
and the survival of the fittest. had
two beautiful black eyes, and my nose
felt like a football.
went up on deck The moon and
stars were out and the twinkllng lights
OF New York harbor We're gradually
fading into the distance. Leaning over
the rail We're the foreman and the
veterinarian, doc Casey, by name.
The foreman was talking, Snatches
OF his conversation reached my ears;
LOAD horses? Why. that bunch of
scum they wished on me couldn't load
lump sugar, one lump at a time. How
Brown expects me to deliver 1900
horses into Bordeaux with this scurvy
outfit, I don't know We're lucky, I'm
thinkin'. If five hundred O. them don't
die. Why. there's not one o. the
hlighters knows which end OF horse
eats hay. l tell you. Doc, your work
Is cut out for you. II, in a few days,
you don't have a couple of hundred
cases OF collie on your hands. then I'm
a hloomin' liar"
Doe" Casey answered;
swell. III tell you, Mr., Goorty. this
is my third trip over and have seen
some tough lunches. but this one is
the limit. and sure have a job on my
hands. It's too bad that Pinero let out
ON that young fellow, because. In my
mind, that was pretty cowardly blow.
He seemed TO know how to handle
horses. What do you say IL give him
the job OF assistant veterinarian He's
had six years cavalry experience"
The foreman answered: