The New Hampshire College Monthly . THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE MONTHLY 169 No, dey fixa door so we cant get out, den taka bigga hoseand water coma whish ! right through de window, jusa same likafireman. We all coma weat pretty soon, three feet water in deshinta. By-um-bve we get out. Water strika in de face, knockame fourteen feet! Bada man dis, me maka troub some day. Why did nt you shoot, John? My gun in de box, too mucha water, me cant unlock. Where did the bad man go then ? uOne man hold lantern, the other rollea de hose and gone. Meno ashleep, me jusa shake all night. Two other men jusa sa
The New Hampshire College Monthly . THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE MONTHLY 169 No, dey fixa door so we cant get out, den taka bigga hoseand water coma whish ! right through de window, jusa same likafireman. We all coma weat pretty soon, three feet water in deshinta. By-um-bve we get out. Water strika in de face, knockame fourteen feet! Bada man dis, me maka troub some day. Why did nt you shoot, John? My gun in de box, too mucha water, me cant unlock. Where did the bad man go then ? uOne man hold lantern, the other rollea de hose and gone. Meno ashleep, me jusa shake all night. Two other men jusa go see Billy Reech an Missa Hannacock ; dey passa disa menon de jail right Underlying this desire for fun was a little feeling of revenge,for they felt that these foreigners were getting the labor thatbelonged to the students who have need of work to pay their way,as the institution offers to supply them with work. Last year thestudents were offered only thirty-five dollars per month for vaca-tion work, while these foreigners were paid one dollar and fiftycents per day. That their inefficient labor is preferred to that ofour sturdy sons of New England, who will work well whether theeye of the Biggie Boss is on them or not, is a much talked ofgrievance. One of the victims was heard to say, Wish dey cum gin, we 170 THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE MONTHLY fix em. So, to accommodate them, that night another siege wasplanned, and, with military precision, carried out with equal suc-cess. Again figures gather from all directions and hold a whisperedconsultation until their captain appears. He leads them withcat-like steps up to the very walls. Stooping with united effor
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