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Seeley telling 1 of the lieuts. that the reason we come in here ahead of time was on acct. of them expecting the Dutchmans to make their next drive on this section and the birds that we are takeing their place was a bunch of yellow stiffs that was hard of hearing except when they was told to retreat and Gen.
"Well, what did the bank say? I guess it surprised 'em some, didn't it?" Then Adelle was obliged to tell him of her fruitless expedition to the Washington Trust Company. "So they turned us down hard!" Clark commented, with a slight contraction of his eyebrows. "The stiffs!" Already a sardonic grin was loosening the corners of his compressed lips.
The casual laborers had greatly increased in numbers, especially in the West. These migratory workingmen the "hobo miners," the "hobo lumberjacks," the "blanket stiffs," of colloquial speech wander about the country in search of work. They rarely have ties of family and seldom ties of locality. About one-half of these wanderers are American born.
He could have clapped stoppers on Boston's and Blackie's jaws by just telling them to shut up. They stood in such awe and fear of him. He could have as easily silenced Cockney; aye, and the gang, too. We all stood in awe of him. There wasn't a man forward who would dream of opposing him openly. But Newman was contemptuous of stiffs' talk. "Oh, let them blow off steam," says he.
"Waal," said Joe, "I guess you've got some money on this trip. I was strikin' fer the Big Horn, and I found them two stiffs up yonder layin' fer ye. We had a little misunderstandin', and now I has 'em to plant." Will thanked him warmly, and begged him not to risk the perils of the Big Horn; but California Joe only laughed, and told him to push ahead.
As you know, it very nearly was only the parson's courage averted trouble in the dog-watch, and but a little while ago I had to quiet a storm. But the danger is passed now, I think. The little fellow's mates are naturally quiet, law-abiding fellows." "The squareheads may be kept quiet," I said, "but how about the stiffs? How about Boston and Blackie?"
"Well, you're going to get the same thing if you make one funny move. Now pile those two stiffs into the back of my car! Get moving!" Seething with frustration and rage, Astro turned to Roger and Tom, standing like solid slabs of stone. He picked up Roger and carried him gently to the car, placing him in the back. Then he turned and walked toward Tom.
"Big talk, small deeds; that's their caliber, Jack. They'll have their sauciness hammered out of them quickly enough when Swope plays his next card." "Aye, but what if Blackie and Boston, or that Cockney, make trouble? They are bossing the stiffs." "Those two jail-birds know what I will do to them if they go beyond talk," said Newman. "As for that Whitechapel beauty, he is quite harmless, I think.
Now, brutality feeds upon itself. Some officers, after living under the system for a time, became perfect fiends. They came to enjoy beating up men. In some ships, the dressing down of the crew was a continuous performance, and sailors, as well as stiffs, caught it. As in the Golden Bough. God's truth, there was blood spilt every watch!
The Golden Bough's mates could be trusted to hustle the crowd whether or not the skipper's eyes were upon them. There was bloody, knock-about work with belaying pin and knuckles, while the ship settled down into deep sea form, and the mob of stiffs learned to keep out of its own way and hand the right rope when yelled at.
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