The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-07-08

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By N. K BUCK

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nerve9 NOthin' to It. !
Just naturally couldn't have much
nerve-him just out Of college. It
takes more experience than q kid like
him has got to work up much nerve.
Take Black Tom there, the nerviest
man IN these hills. bow did he get
his nerve, do you suppOse2 Out OF
books. Nix. he just naturally made
It by being In a thousand tight places
In his time and pullln' out Of every one
with q little mite more experience and
nerve than he had before. Course the
kid Is all right-nOthin' against him,
but It Just amt natural for a kid Just
out Of knee pants to have q mans size
supply Of nerve"
Just then the kid" q young min
ing engineer, came into the swing
room. In looking at him you might
easily give him the same rating az
was given him by Shorty Long. Then
again, yOu might differ with that al
thOrity. Young he was; slight he was;
light-haired and blue-eyed, with q
pleasant smile. Yet there was some
thing in his eye which might lead
you to ask II, after all, there wasn't
considerable 5'stUT1 behind there which
cOuld,be brought out when occasion de-
maHded f5og b1o
One year 9pt from graduation, with
only such experience as he could &C
quire Ii that year plus such additional
time as he had spent in vacations dur
ing his course at the university, the
hid certainly looked yOung-yOunger
by reason Of his light complexion,
than he really al
He had for three months been IN
sole charge Of the mine, operating IN
der the supervision Of the general nan
hger In control Of a group Of mines
scattered over 90 miles. The work
was getting on well, bat evidences Of
INSTRUMENTATION were not lacking. Dur
ing the last visit OF the general man
ager, this air Of unrest among the men.
had been apparent and had been the
subject Of consultation between the
two men.
Wellington" said his superior.
this spirit Of devTlment among the
. men is something you viii have TO cure
yourself. There Is no real help / can
give you and mighty little advice that
will serve you. These things come nov
and then to every nan in control Of
men and especially to q young fellow
just getting bis pace. There's some
D thing In the average miner or muck&
that calls for q trial. OF strength
strength OF character, not Of muscle
with the boss, and they won't be happy
until they get It. When the test comes
the result will lei success or failure
for the boss-especially the young
.e boss. Go to it and handle It your owl
b way"
Wellington walked into the swing
room where the men we're waiting t
20 on shift; twenty Of them, miners
muckers and helpers. where's Blacl
N TOmT" he asked.
n mot here yet. Be here by the tim
n the other boys come mp. / guess" re
Do piled one Of the maekers.
35 Turning to one Of the men, yelling
ton said, "GO tell Tom 70 come n
please. l want to see him."
The man reappeared a moment late
followed by Black Tom.
"TOm," began Wellington, there
one OF two things / want to speak {
Q you about. In the first place. yOu knO'
q the rules-the entire shift are expecte
to be In the swing room ten minute
M before the hour for going to work.
doesn't look very well for you, tn
"a shift foreman, to be the only a a,
on time. In the second place, there
been booze taken down into the mir
100 and you know what that means. No
how about itT'
90 Black Tom stood a few feet from Il
W engineer during this talk, a half smil
90 half sheer on his face.
"Well, boss" he began In reply, q
for bein' a tFiAe late. I take 1t tn
40 rule Is meant just to get Us all he
.25 plenty early and you nor no other MI
..O2 ever knew me not to be on hand VIII
the cage went down. Then for d
balance Of your kick do you mean Oh
I've been taking the booze dOWn2
so, I'll just say you can wait TN {
''ot big boss comes around neXt trip a
20 you can prefer charges against me
Loo you want 70. IN the meantime I'll d
say I don't ike this balling out prOcs
? NJ before the boyA Il don't sound nj
But We1l pass an that and leave It
the big bOsA"
Wen not leave Il to The BIG DO
as you can him," returned Wallingtl
"Pm n charge o. this mine and
boss. XOun Dc O q two thin'
answer my questions IA regard 20 th.
things OF tuEn your shift 0veR
: - Burna"
"I0u mean TO say I'm nredT'
"You are not aFed yet You
given a chance TO answer abcut
booze and VIII Be given one 10
chanee 60 &c 81 1e swing room
1928 time"
- ~Who said ! knew anything ab
1884 the boozee declared IOm.
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