"I's been workin' on de railroad
All de livelong day;
I's been workin' on de railroad
Jus' to pass de time away."
"Oh, God, something's got to happen soon."
Lost in rubber boots, and a huge gleaming slicker and hood, the section leader splashed across the road.
"All cars must be ready to leave at six to-night."
"Yay. Where we goin'?"
"Orders haven't come yet. We're to be in readiness to leave at six to-night...."
"I tell you, fellers, there's goin' to be an attack. This concentration of sanitary sections means something. You can't tell me ..."
"They say they have beer," said the aspirant behind Martin in the long line of men who waited in the hot sun for the copé to open, while the dust the staff cars and camions raised as they whirred by on the road settled in a blanket over the village.
"Cold beer?"