What he knows
will surprise you. Yes, indeed, you'll find he knows considerable.
He's picked up loose shingles around the yard an' bundled 'em in
vacation times, an' I want to see the shingle-weaver that can teach
him some tricks. Also, I've had him come up on the steam carriage
more'n once an' saw up logs, while at times I've seen him put in a
week or two on the sortin' table. In a pinch, with a lot o' vessels
loadin' here at the dock an' the skippers raisin' Cain because they
wasn't gettin' their cargo fast enough, I've seen him work nights an'
Sundays tallyin' with the best o' them. Believe me that boy can grade
lumber."
"An' I'll tell you somethin' else," Zeb Curry cut in. "If the new
boss ever tells you to do a thing his way, you do it an' don't argue
none as to whether he knows more about it than you do or not."
"A whole lot o' dagos an' bohunks that's come into the woods since
the blue-noses an' canucks an' wild Irish went out had better keep
your eyes open," Dan Kenyon warned sagely. "There ain't none o' you
any better'n you ought to be, an' things have been pretty durned
slack around Cardigan's mill since the old man went blind, but--you
watch out. There's a change due. Bryce Cardigan is his father's son.
He'll do things."
"Which he's big enough to throw a bear uphill by the tail," Zeb Curry
added, "an' you fellers all know how much tail a bear has.
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