Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

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Say. all at once felt as il could shovel =
the whole garbage heap in one scoop. wouldn
have given up that job at any price. Afts
all, had gritl Very truly yours,
JUSTIN McGREGOR, u.
1 July. 1880.
DEAR JUDGE wHITERIDGE:
shoveled garbage for week, and the
! got promoted. 1t happened this way:
When I went home that night made
important decision.
/ had made some inquiries, and had found
out quite lot about jamie March. She bel
longed TO one Of those nice old families thai
SICK so he couldn't work, and she had learned
stenography and come to the plant as Mx.
Peters secretary. Mr.. Peters had fallen for he|
hard. and was giving her heavy rush.
At first I couldn't understand what q girl
like jamie March could see in q man like that
But the more thought about it, the more DAM
gerous 1t looked. He was Successful-my age|
and head Of department. He could probahl3
be nice enough when he was alone with jamie
And he was handsome In dark, flashing SORT
of way
Before went to bed that night decided ID
do something Maybe I, too, could succeed.
studied the situation for two days. Their
got some stuff and extended the chsatd
through the door to the loading platform, and
fixed . trapdoor at the end to open and shut
and q movable end-piece When the trucks
came put the end-piece over each barrel IN
turn and opened the trapdoor and let 'er rip.
A truck could be loaded in 10 minutes without
moving the barrels.
At the end of the week there was nothing
for me to do. 50 they transferred me to sup
plies. Supplies consist chiefly of sugar and
oranges. These came up in freight cars on .
siding and were unloaded on hand trucks. The
system was to place i've 1OO-pound bags Of
sugar on truck, or i've boxes of oranges. and
then push.
First you went down an incline holding back
hard; then across paved court running u
fast as you could, to get momentum; then hp
another incline to the receiving platform and
the supply room. If you did not run fast
enough, or push hard enough, then the truck
would not go all the way up. and you landed
at the bottom again with 500 pounds of sugar
on top of you. At the end of the day felt as
If had been riding wild mustang in a nom
stop polo match.
once jamie March came by and stopped TO
speak TO me.
You're awfully strong, aren't your" she said
"Am I?" said J. And after that put ak
bags Of sugar On my truck and never noticed
the difference.
After I had studied the situation q little, I
got some boards and built bridge from the
car to the receiving platform. With level going,
we were able to put twice as much on our trucks
as before, and the cars were unloaded twice e.
fast At the end Of the week there was Moth
Ing for me to do, 50 they moved me to the sli6-
ing room.
In the slicing room We made the garbage IN
stead Of shoveling 1t away and at FIRST didnt
see much difference. But after while re-
membered the good oranges that used 70 come
down the chute, with just speck at the end.
and began to cut OF the speck and save he
rest. At the end Of the week they made me
room inspector.
jamie March came In one day and stopped
20 see me slicing
"You're awfully quick aren't yOuq. she saAA
do you think po2s said I. And after 19,at