The Railway Conductor, Volume 34Order of Railway Conductors, 1917 - Railroad conductors |
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... tell , and let you know you're a nuisance they while they do not say so openly , they don't quite dare turn down , and the sooner rid of you the better for all . In short , you already realize that you must make the best of what scraps ...
... tell , and let you know you're a nuisance they while they do not say so openly , they don't quite dare turn down , and the sooner rid of you the better for all . In short , you already realize that you must make the best of what scraps ...
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... tell what it meant she puzzled him and he felt like slapping her or hugging her into naturalness . " What will you bet I don't get ahead of the game again when those notes are paid ? " he asked , boldly . " I don't gamble , " came the ...
... tell what it meant she puzzled him and he felt like slapping her or hugging her into naturalness . " What will you bet I don't get ahead of the game again when those notes are paid ? " he asked , boldly . " I don't gamble , " came the ...
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... " Syl- vanus did not think it necessary to tell her that he stopped there because no one in his senses would ever think of looking for a missing cowboy in such a place . " Poor fellow . How lonely you must be . THE RAILWAY CONDUCTOR 17.
... " Syl- vanus did not think it necessary to tell her that he stopped there because no one in his senses would ever think of looking for a missing cowboy in such a place . " Poor fellow . How lonely you must be . THE RAILWAY CONDUCTOR 17.
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... tell you something about myself , and ask you to help me . help me . Suppose we sit down . " Stafford nodded , and seated himself in a deck chair . " All ready , " he said . " Fire away ! " For a moment Drake was silent , evi- dently ...
... tell you something about myself , and ask you to help me . help me . Suppose we sit down . " Stafford nodded , and seated himself in a deck chair . " All ready , " he said . " Fire away ! " For a moment Drake was silent , evi- dently ...
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... tell you , my boy , that your interests are well protected . Gad , sir , I can't tell you how pleased I am with you . You've changed enormously since you were a boy . I never thought you would turn into such a man . To tell the truth ...
... tell you , my boy , that your interests are well protected . Gad , sir , I can't tell you how pleased I am with you . You've changed enormously since you were a boy . I never thought you would turn into such a man . To tell the truth ...
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Page 156 - I am come that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly.
Page 535 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign state ; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 247 - SOMEBODY'S MOTHER. The woman was old and ragged and gray, And bent with the chill of the winter's day; The street was wet with a recent snow, And the woman's feet were aged and slow. She stood at the crossing, and waited long, Alone, uncared for, amid the throng Of human beings who passed her by, Nor heeded the glance of her anxious eye. Down the street, with laughter and shout, Glad in the freedom of " school let out," Came the boys like a flock of sheep, Hailing the snow piled white and deep.
Page 542 - No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize and accept the principle that governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that no right anywhere exists to hand peoples about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were property.
Page 308 - A new emphasis upon the application of Christian principles to the acquisition and use of property, and for the most equitable division of the product of industry that can ultimately be devised.
Page 45 - God's trophies, and His work pursued, While Darwen stream, with blood of Scots imbrued, And Dunbar field, resounds thy praises loud, And Worcester's laureate wreath: yet much remains To conquer still; Peace hath her victories No less renowned than War: new foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose Gospel is their maw.
Page 542 - There is no entangling alliance in a concert of power. When all unite to act in the same sense and with the same purpose all act in the common interest and are free to live their own lives under a common protection.
Page 350 - ... involving or growing out of a dispute concerning terms or conditions of employment, unless necessary to prevent irreparable injury to property, or to a property right, of the party making the application, for which injury there is no adequate remedy at law, and such property or property right must be described with particularity in the application, which must be in writing, and sworn to by the applicant or by his agent or attorney.
Page 55 - That this section shall apply to seamen on foreign vessels while in harbors of the United States, and the courts of the United States shall be open to such seamen for its enforcement.
Page 273 - Here again it is obvious that what we have previously said is applicable and decisive, since whatever would be the right of an employee engaged in a private business to demand such wages as he desires, to leave the employment if he does not get them and by concert of action to agree with others to leave upon the same condition, such rights are necessarily subject to limitation when employment is accepted in a business charged with a public interest...