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I left everything aboard an' had to borrow this outfit from Scab Johnny." He grinned pathetically. "So I guess you understand, Captain Hicks, just how bad I need that job I spoke about a minute ago." "I'll think it over, Mac, an' let you know," Hicks replied evasively. Mr.
When a cough is taken, when the skin itches with the scab, and the teeth are numb and hollow, and the stomach turns squeamish, then old age banishes the grace of youth, covers the complexion with decay, and sows many a wrinkle in the dusky skin.
He turned to Mascola. "Tell your men to come into the office and get their money," he said. His quiet manner disappointed the Italian boss. He had hoped for a scene. An argument at least. His men expected more of him than this. Gregory had calmly turned his back upon him and was walking away. Mascola could stand no more. "All right, Gregory," he called. "You go ahead and hire a scab crew.
Of another dozen it might be claimed that they were also due to this same adventurous spirit, although the first six were classed as disorderly conduct: Calling a neighbor a "scab"; breaking down a fence; flipping cars; picking up coal from railroad tracks; carrying a concealed "dagger," and stabbing a playmate with it; throwing stones at a railroad employee.
Yells of "Scab, scab!" filled the air. "Good land, I ain't no more of a scab than you be!" shrieked Sadie Peel, in a loud, angry voice. "Scab yourself! Touch me if you dasse!" Many young men among the returning force had stout sticks in their hands. Granville Joy was one of them. Andrew, who was quite unarmed, pressed in before Ellen. Granville caught him by the arm and tried to draw him back.
The old foreman of the West Oakland stables had died, and since then two other foremen had done nothing but make messes of everything. The point of all which was that the Boss had spoken that day to Bud, regretting the disappearance of Billy. "Don't make no mistake," Bud wrote. "The Boss is onto all your curves. I bet he knows every scab you slugged.
Finally he managed to gasp, "What does it mean; all this?" "Our association has been notified that Van Praag is having his new music hall built with non-union bricks, and " "Scabs," broke in Mr. Ryan, once more banging the inoffensive music with his stick. "Scabs! We called out our men and they put in scab carpenters.
The horizon is a circle of cones, of dry scoriæ, like pumice, or covered with short grass; above them, the glassy slope of perpetual ice and snow; to walk on, a scanty growth of grass moth-eaten by sand. In two words, to sum up the scene, it was nature's scab, the leprosy of the earth.
It seems demonstrated that a treatment of the seed will practically insure against potato scab. One method is dipping the potatoes in a solution of corrosive sublimate. Dissolve one ounce in eight gallons of water and soak the seed potatoes in this solution for one and one-half hours before cutting. Gopher Poison. I have some alfalfa, some hogs and some gophers, also some strychnine and carrots.
How pleasant to have been able to call at a cottage, and get a draught of home-brewed! On the contrary, could not find even a pond, or a pint of water, and was nearly worried to death by sand-flies. 2d. Some scabby sheep having got among our flock, have played the deuce with it. The scab has regularly broke out. Dressing lambs all morning beastly work.
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