Word: watchman
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...digging in the hill under their town. When the company tunneled back 100 feet into the hill and its shafts threatened to undermine Maryd's homes, Maryd took action. One night last week, Maryd's menfolk marched down the hillside to the mine opening, dragged out the watchman, machinery, tools. As Maryd's womenfolk stood back looking on, they set off 36 sticks of dynamite, blew the new mine clean out to the sky. Maryd shook slightly, settled down. Maryd Mining Co. had nothing left but a big hole. "If we arrest anybody," shrugged Sheriff Fred Holman...
...fairly good sized crowd of Exonians had turned out to see, the take-off. The group was shortly augmented by three-quarters of the town when the tree development occurred. Stevens thought that some of the crowd looked a little too much like souvenir hunters, so he hired a watchman to stand guard over his ship during the night...
...opens an eye. Hmm, only six o'clock. At least four hours before the mind will be able to concentrate on work. Raising his head, he looks out the open window. Sun on towers and chimneys already. A pigeon coos on a nearby ledge. Four stories below a watchman's heavy feet lumber past, echoing dully. Hot Golly, it's hot. But why, the Vagabond wonders, after nine months training to the contrary, should he suddenly wake up early? Just to worship nature on a beautiful morning? Definitely no--sleep is so much more desirable...
...Atlanta, Ga., an unemployed night-watchman, James Worthy, depressed by having spent his last penny, piped the exhaust of his car in a window, turned on the engine, began inhaling fumes. Doubly depressed was the would-be-suicide when...
...still felt all right, so he started off across a swamp in his bare feet. At Harrison, a mile from the hospital, a night watchman gave him a pair of rubbers and a suit of overalls. Joe trudged stolidly on to Newark, found his friend. He still felt all right, so he decided to stay around for a while and enjoy himself. Meanwhile, police were searching the swamp for Joe's body...