I'm looking for some things I can't find. But, while looking, I came across this journal that I bought many years ago. It is dated from 1912 to 1916, written by a machinist, in Denver I believe. I know that between the pipe and the mines there is also a broken heart and a love of music and a lot of technical lingo I don't quite understand. Maybe it will all be clear as I become more familiar with it.
I am a reader of spoilers.
I have been known to page forward in mystery novels, I don't mind. I want to know the end, it is reassuring, and I enjoy seeing how it all develops without the anxiety.
So I especially like this five year diary, with all the January 1s on one page and then all the January 2s. I plan to read down five years and follow each year's plot forward until they all meet. I want to know about Mary at the bottom of my page and then meet her in the middle of my book.
Knowing the future creates suspense even while it soothes it.
January 1 1912
(?)ate. K's keys to gate (?)ore opens up 140 mt(?)s of new cable on P.M. and composition of cable socket filling. Other (????) wound. Eve. Fooled around sitting room. Setter to M. (?)
January 1 1913
Juan and I set up one pole & get O(???) line fixed. Ask central for pulleys, no bay. R. is in school next door. Harrow goes hunting. At 5th (mine?). More about R. in school. Hard to (slep?) M. on R.
January 1 1914
Plant runs. Juan & I clean heating pipes. Harrows to S.P.S. St. (????) Get pipes finished by 4:30. H and I have tie to get (??/) started.
January 1 1915
Doerr, Bill and I at mine. (?)add, Lucas, Bill, Doer and I at dinner. Julia cooked well. Turkey fine. Back to mine on Lucas' mule.
January 1 1916
Read "news" in depot. A long walk past St. John's and the Immaculate Conception: P.M. Bed not made up; walked to City Park, saw skating; a girl almost exactly resembles Mary. To Hotel by 4:30. Low cut shoes. Wet. Snow is melting. All day long consciously and unconsciously I thought of Mary. I love her.
