Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1913 — Knew It All. [ARTICLE]

Knew It All.

An old but sturdy Irishman, who had made a reputation as a gang boss, was given a job with a railroad construction company at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. One day, when the sun was hotter than usual, his gang of black Haitians began to shirk, and as the chief engineer rode up on his horse the Irishman was heard to shout: "Allez —you sons of guns—allez!" Then turning to the engineer, Ae said:/'I curse the day I iver learned