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Show MnHMMMMatfMnwMniaamHitlvii.'l V1R. GUC-tl WENT TO WORK Vetoinn Colored Laborer Knew His Right in the Sltmtlon and Meant to Hnve Them. In connection with nnt great mil llclpal Impiotemetit much Interest al .i)8 attaches to the coremoti) of lift ng tho first spadeful or eaith, la) Ing he factor) task of putting In pi vco tho lnal trowel of pl.uter and tho last nick Tho now Vliglnla avenue and he last pail of the Peuiu)ltanla tall oads share In the project for the lllmlintluu of a giade e rsslngs with n tho clt), was completed n short line ago, and the foimal llnlshlng ouch to tho umti.ict fell to the lot of Mr Green a tetoran coloreJ laborer Mi illicit Is a chaiactei known by er) foreman for the big nintnn.t ng Hi m, and ho assumed the task of mttlug In tho laat brick of tl o tunnel u though it was his li rlhht Mr Green, so the .dot) i tins, came nto the work on the Virginia ntenuo iintiel In a tuilt chat tcterlBltle ttnv It Beems that lohniithan Walnw right, Ir , son of the president of the com mil), was In 'ctlte mipottlsltm of tho Aiuk, and he did not know Mr Gieen 3no da) the latter appeared at the illlce and to Ml Walnw light said "Si), bo83, whole's ni) loom'' I'so 'oiim to worn " "What," replied tho superintendent, folrl) taken aback b the aged labor 2i 's statement "Where Is 1 fcoln" to sleep, and where's ni) tools'' ' tho colored man continued unabashed 'Get out' Mr Wnlnwrlght an 9wered, more than hilt angi) at the seeming Imprudence ' I hate no place for )ou We don t need an) more men " "Go on, new, )oung man, I knowed our father and mother long bo to' )nu wns born nnd If 5 on don't Hud a plnco fo' mo right awny I'll hato )0it discharged. dis-charged. You Just i tin along nnd 11 ml mo a bed and I'm goln' to work " And Mr Green went to work, and that ho Bta)ed to the finish Is o (t lous from tho statement that ho laid tho last brick Washington Stnr |
