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When he gets his start Slim is only a kid "grunt" (fetch & carrier for the linemen). He wins the respect of his Boss and the protection and affection of Red Blayd, crack lineman, known the country over as an almost legendary figure. Their first job finished, Red takes the Kid along to Chicago where, with the help of Cally and Grace and a big roll, he gives Slim the time of his young life. Then they go on to a new job of rearing towers and stringing wires over the Rocky Mountains, winding up in San Francisco...
...King of France and his gifts to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown. Rich indeed were Louis Philippe's gifts, if indeed he gave Bardstown a Murillo Virgin, three van Dycks, two van Eycks, a Rubens. If the collection is authentic, it would easily fetch...
...told Newshawk Randolph Churchill, 22-year-old son of British Statesman Winston Churchill: "Chancellor Hitler has done a marvelous work in putting a new life and soul into the German nation. . . . The German people turned me out and if they want me back they will have to come and fetch...
...Lincoln Perry in Key West, Fla., in 1902, Stepin Fetchit went to divinity school. When after two years he learned that it would take two more to finish the course, he resigned. Discharged for incompetence as a racetrack tout, he adopted the name of his favorite horse (Step and Fetch It) and decided to try acting...
...regards Jackson, it is true that he did, acting on Mrs. McCormick's orders, fetch a ladder with the help of Farmer Gay and subsequently entered the Duke de La Tremoille's room through the window. Long previously by shouting and throwing stones at the window I had sought to rouse the Duke if he were there. Behind the window curtains Jackson found little smoke, no fire. The room was empty, the lights lit and the door to the corridor closed. The Duke had unfortunately left his room without attempting to escape by the window, and tried instead...