 But though I could hear each voice as it spoke, I was unable to make out clearly what anyone said. It was an awful time. Each one of us felt as if the railway was our own child and we were prepared to make any sacrifice for it, but things were at a dead-lock...  My Canadian Memories - Pagina 105door Sarah Macnaughtan - 1920 - 247 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 838 pagina’s
...what anyone said. It was an awful time. Each one of us felt as if the railway was our own child and we were prepared to make any sacrifice for it, but...wondered whether all our toil was going to be wasted or not, and what would happen if Canada were ruined. . . . ' At last Joe Pope came in with a yellow... | |
 | Keith Morris - 1916 - 208 pagina’s
...what anyone said. It was an awful time. Each one of us felt as if the railway was our own child and we were prepared to make any sacrifice for it, but...raise any more money. We men ourselves had given up twenty per cent. of our salaries and had willingly worked, not overtime but double-time, and as we... | |
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