The western Avernus; . / dont want youto go away, so go back to work. I went back andstayed four more days, but so anxious was I to getaway from such detestable work and companions that Imade all the overtime that I could. At last I workedone day ten hours in the ditch, went to supper at six,at seven came back, and with a little German forpartner, pumped all night till six in the morning, thenhad breakfast, slept two and a half hours, worked from9.30 till six in the evening, and after supper again wentout pumping till midnight. At a quarter to twelve Ilay down on a pile of loose bricks, as we
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The western Avernus; . / dont want youto go away, so go back to work. I went back andstayed four more days, but so anxious was I to getaway from such detestable work and companions that Imade all the overtime that I could. At last I workedone day ten hours in the ditch, went to supper at six, at seven came back, and with a little German forpartner, pumped all night till six in the morning, thenhad breakfast, slept two and a half hours, worked from9.30 till six in the evening, and after supper again wentout pumping till midnight. At a quarter to twelve Ilay down on a pile of loose bricks, as we were pumpingturn and turn about, and fell asleep. At midnight twoothers came to relieve us, and it was with difficultythey woke me up. Next morning I got what money was coming tome and went into town. Ray would not come, soI shook hands with him, bidding him farewell. Inow had a new partner, who was not so much to mymind as Ray, and of entirely different character. PatMCormick was an American Irishman who had lived 44.