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and ,ritore th a n l’ojice,.he was, Compelled to take* a firm er hold, of his
$fg@jpm to convince himself th a t he had n© idea'òìP giving up h is job,
W hen he had finished he accompanied the foreman S the office
Avhefe he reported to^Mr.’-Dàbél.
Ì^t^D^tìe ^Q’S oonÌ^W ell, you are a steady hustler,, fe ssu re . W ell
dòihb I suppose* Brow n?”
sir. N eat as a pin,” responded Brown.' .
“W ell,
Q sbórn cares to-* place hj,s name on the regular list
a n d p u t him in the piill. ’ B etter give him the job tho'^w ede had". H e
.■will h a ^ ‘ a chance' tp, climb ’f rom there)”’'
S tarting in sorting and counting grain arid flour sacks, Osborn
^ o rk e d ^ w jth -th e same* ea^érn eès,and determ ination he had shown
while'-sweeping fhe ,waréhóri/g. H e took as mric-h care and put as
;inuch thought in the w ork 'a s J if the succe.^-'pf the entire plant dé?
fe n d e d on, his end of the w o r k - i n due tim e his chanpe-'to advanced
parile and he/istarted on the upw ard path.;/ Leaving the dingy so rt
in g ,ro o m ^ f^ y a d p la c e d ; ori the b.arley' r o li flr.st as>Cutter, then sack
jig and s e d d ra n d at fh e end of fqut m onths was’ given a flopr pack
er, orie/ of the b est positions on the floor.
I t tyris" now his
Qpera,tte; the machine that-, filled and
packed the sack s/ w.eigh the sack, place a sm all dodger R earing th e
brand of the ’flour and the nam e/of the firm,, inside*- then sew up the,
sacks' and truck them ’d© the endl^s^ehain th a t carried them to the
fl'opr abbvé.A It was. not a bad job and Osborn-,I who had téept his own
sindeicoming to, the mill, liked it in a way, as he was notyin
be bothered by questions. But there w as ,one--drawback :
|l|g a y p him too much, tim e to, think. ThirSc^A b^veZ ^ll elsè,> that
^ ¿ S ’ the-iàne’fh in^ffig-J^sired to avoidJ/his^ow n thoughts/; W hen
his mind traveled back to the past, .ìuM yè^J^vpuld tal/e on a wild,
half maniac,'èkpr,èsslon and he .would make, his machine fairly hum
and the 'p^ddle^bboptn.e w arm /, so rapidly did he w.ork. One day,,
Brown, inpasSrngp^aw him thris'engaged.and th inking'the man w a s
m c j ® tnying f o ^ e t; capght up /¿|iiéd~ outA o him.
“No need. hurrying sdpWid p/àn,iéfow rip an d tàke^it. easier.”
^ o -^ 'lo w B B ea^s^h/How f a r a w a y th ó ^ ^ o r^ k -'S e e n je d to 'h is
‘fèy-er racked brain. -I jf ^ ^ m e d ages; since ahything had-gbhe/slow ;
a n d d^sy^and looking ahead there fW a^no' p ro sp e c to f an immediate,
change. A nd so the machine wejit hummifl-g away, t-t^in g d n vain
to o-utdo thought, th at m any tim e |-b lp sse d 'b u tto ff’ cursed guide of