But the men come out and do all sorts of interesting things, and when they are through they can say 'I helped build that factory' or 'I helped build that ship' or whatever it is that they have been doing.

It doesn't seem fair, somehow, but I suppose it's the way it always has been, and always will be--" Near her a trench was being dug for water pipes.

At one place the men had uncovered a large rock, and she was still wondering how they were going to get it out of the way, when a young man came briskly forward and gave one glance at the problem.
"We'll rig up a derrick for this little beauty," he said.

"Come on, boys; let's get some timbers." They were back again in no time, and before Mary knew what they were doing, they had raised a wooden tripod over the rock.

The apex of this was bound together with a chain from which a pulley was hung.