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and it would take him 2 hours some
times, I should say; some times an hour.
That would be the morning work besides
wheeling the ashes out.
Q. Did he do it all at once, or work a
while and then sit round a while?
A. He never left off work after he
began until he was through.
Q. Then what did he do in the afternoon?
A. Wheeled in the coal for night.
Q. How much time did it take him on an
average? A. I should say nearly as
long as it did in the morning.
Q. From one to two hours? A. And then
he brought in the water.
Q. Suppose he was there 8 hours a day, how
much time did he work out of it on
an average? A. I could not tell you
on an average. Some days he would
have more to do and some less. When
the engineer would call him he would work all
the time.
Q. Then within what limits would it
run? A. I should set it 6 hours.
He used to do odd jobs, one thing
and another, stave up wood. He