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But apparently those who had sent the messenger had given him precise instructions; for he controlled his wrath, and turned and strode away. Hal continued his vigil. He had his lunch with him; and was prepared to eat alone understanding the risk that a man would be running who showed sympathy with him. He was surprised, therefore, when Johannson, the giant Swede, came and sat down by his side.
Whenever there was any public criticism about conditions in the coal-mines, this law would be triumphantly cited by the operators; and one had to have actual experience in order to realise what a bitter mockery this was to the miner. In the dining-room Hal sat next to a fair-haired Swedish giant named Johannson, who loaded timbers ten hours a day.
May I call you George? It is so much more friendly." I nodded in hearty approval. "It is not by any means complete, but it contains the principal people among your near-hand neighbours. You can trust them to pay their last cent: Neil Andrews, Semple, Smith, Johannson, Doolan, MacAllister and Gourlay.
If, as Old Mike and Johannson and the rest maintained, the bosses would "make your life one damn misery" till you left then he would be ready to make a few damn miseries for the bosses in return! "It would be an adventure," said Hal, suddenly. And the other laughed. "It would that!" "You're thinking I'll have another Pine Creek experience," Hal added.
There came a response, in a woman's voice, "They've found Rafferty!" "Alive?" "Nobody knows yet." "Where?" "In Room Seventeen. Eleven of them Rafferty, and young Flanagan, and Johannson, the Swede. They're near dead can't speak, they say. They won't let anybody near them."
Rafferty sang praises to the Rafferty God, who had brought him safely through these perils; it seemed obvious that He must be more efficient than the Protestant God of Johannson, the giant Swede, who had lain by Rafferty's side and given up the ghost. But the doctor had stated that the old Irishman would never be good to work again; and Hal saw a shadow of terror cross the sunshine of Mrs.
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