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[page 753] 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