Salt of the Earth
Old Gods of Appalachia
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Lawny Stout and the Barrow Alkali Works
Lawny stout had, like all the men of his family, worked his whole life at barrow alkali works and at the preston operation before it. They considered themselves company men, loyal to a fault. Lawny needed his job. It kept him in drink and afforded him the occasional trip up to switchbind for a little night time entertainment of his own. And anyway, he didn't know anything but salt mining. There wasn't nothing else for him to do. So he'd set to proving to the new foreman that barris set down to palmer that he possessed all the qualities of the best sort of employee. He was just being helpful to some visitors to their
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