Three of the five were women, one was an elderly man, and the fifth was a not over-bright youngster of eighteen.

So far from disliking the project all five hailed it with delight.
Having paupers round the place was by no means an unmixed pleasure.

We equipped them with apple parers, corers and slicers and set them to work in the basement of the haymaker.

Large trays of woven wire were prepared to be set in rows on the rack overhead.

It was then October; the fire necessary to keep the workers warm was enough to dry the trays of sliced apples almost as fast as they could be filled.
For more than a month the five paupers worked there, sometimes well, sometimes badly.