He was a lineman for a telegraph company, healthy and strong, used to open-air life and hard work.
"The Kempton-Wace Letters"
Jack London Anna Strunsky
"You cut that wire as neatly as any lineman could," went on Tom, glancing from Mr. Peterson out of the window to where one of his workmen was repairing the break.
"Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon or, The Longest Shots on Record"
Victor Appleton
"I remember what it meant to be a railroad lineman in the West years ago.
"Jane Cable"
George Barr McCutcheon