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With Johnnie bustling hither and thither in a proud and entirely willing manner, the longshoreman could not fail to remark a new spirit in the flat. But in spite of the well-cooked, tasty meal, Big Tom was not moved to speak any appreciation. After a time, Johnnie decided to invite a comment. "I made y' biscuits and gravy again," he pointed out. "It's about time," returned Barber.
In Huxley's admirable biography, written by his son, you may read of a 'longshoreman who, thanks to reasonably short hours of work and a little leisure, took up the study of scientific subjects. He was aided by Huxley, who lent him a microscope, and ultimately this common 'longshoreman's researches were of real value to the scientific world.
"CIS BAR-R-BER-R-R! Cis Bar-r-r-ber-r-r! Cis Bar-r-r-ber-r!" It was the shrill voice of the Italian janitress, calling up from the area, and the summons was peremptory and impatient. The day was Sunday, so that Cis, as well as Big Tom, was at home. At the moment the longshoreman was humped over the sink, rinsing his bluish jowls after a shave. Cis was beside him, standing at the kitchen window.
He always brought cigars for the longshoreman, and fruit or candy, or both, for the others. He never had a great deal to say, but being something more than a common man, he would dry dishes if there were dishes to dry, or help split kindling for the morning fire; and once he scrubbed the sink. If he said little, nevertheless he inspired others to talk.
Barber discover her there, since, if the longshoreman were to decide that she was interfering in any way too much he might, she feared, remove his household to some other, and distant, flat, where she could not be near the children oy! oy! oy! Father Pat gave her his address.
But her beauty was startling, and, after all, I thought, a woman so handsome must try to live up to her reputation. Now for some weeks Jack had been investigating the sulphur well, which was beneath the old pump in our corral. He had had a long wooden bath-tub built, and I watched it with a lazy interest, and observed his glee as he found a longshoreman or roustabout who could caulk it.
They were designated by arm bands each marked LONGSHOREMAN. Then she called for girls for the other two detachments and divided them into two sections, one marked SORTERS and the other DISTRIBUTORS. Under Roger's direction a chair, turned over on its face, made a sloping gangplank down which the bundles could be slid.
The man carried a valise in each hand, while behind him walked a 'longshoreman with a trunk on his shoulder. "Now, my man, be very careful of that trunk," urged the short, stout, pale man. "Don't drop it for the world." "I'm not going to, sir," and the 'longshoreman attempted to touch his hat as a mark of respect. "Don't do that!" exclaimed the nervous man.
But she watched him breathlessly as he rose and went to the table, and reached to take the books. "So y' keep 'em upstairs?" he said to Johnnie. "Yes, sir," it was a whisper. "She's accommodatin', ain't she, the old lady?" "She she yes." "A-a-ah!" The longshoreman placed the books atop the olive-drab hat, crushing it flat with their weight. "Oh! Oh, don't hurt 'em!" pleaded Johnnie.
Also he had a secret joy in the fact that his shirt that is, his outer and most visible shirt was a coarse garment of blue flannel, a very virile and knightly tabard with large white buttons, which Mother had never let him wear in public. It was such a noble habiliment as a fireman might have worn, or a longshoreman, or Dan'l Boone.
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