I followed her gaze to see Carter, who looked like he had been caught in the act of doing something wrong. |
One of them, a carter in a smockfrock, seemed wavering and disposed to enlist. |
Charges for such services were mutually agreed between the consignee and carter, payment often being by way of barter for household or farm commodities. |
O'Neill himself was an ex-miner, a night soil carter and the leader of the local Municipal Employees Union. |
My carter, whose name was Jakes, often said it was more than I ought to take, but the other always overruled him. |
We shook hands for the hundredth time at least, and he ordered a young carter out of my way with the greatest indignation. |