“How often do the men quit like this?” he asked rather irritably.
“Every holiday,” replied Gillis.
Donald pondered a moment.
“That means that we may lose a week for Labour Day.”
“Very likely.”
“Jack, do you think we could keep them here if we held some sort of celebration at the lake?”
“I believe we could,” responded Gillis warmly.
“We’ll do it then,” declared Donald. “We’ve so many orders ahead that this lay-off may force us to run a night crew.”
“Did you spend all your dough, Blackie?” asked Gillis when the “redshirts” arrived back from town.
“Me and Hoop-la spent about two hundred bucks, but we had three hundred dollars’ worth o’ fun. We ain’t got enough money to buy a humminbird a pair o’ leggin’s, but we sure had a helluva good time, so we ain’t worryin’.”