Taking no part in the regular industries
except as his humor dictated, he was yet a very busy person and very
helpful in many ways. When there was any out-of-the-way job to be done
it was John Cheever who did it, and especially in the work of preparing
for entertainments, he was the handy man of the Festal Series, Stage
carpenter, scene shifter, door keeper, painter and utility man on the
stage. Though not attached to any of the industrial groups, he took upon
himself certain duties which he never neglected. In winter he took care
of the fires at night, going the rounds from the Hive to the Eyrie, the
Cottage and Pilgrim Hall in all kinds of weather with faithful
regularity. Our main dependence for fuel was peat, or turf, as John
Cheever called it, and to keep the rooms warm with this low-grade fuel,
the fires had to be renewed every five or six hours.
Another of John Cheever's self-imposed tasks was the care of cranks.
Though somewhat peculiar himself he had no use for odd fish--queer folk
and the like--and kept a sharp look-out for erratic strangers.
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