I recently met a man I have known for years. His name is Lester Swain, but I did not know that he had worked with our grandfather as a fireman on the railroad. He told me this story.

He had met another man, James Skinner, who also worked as a fireman for the railroad with Jack D. He asked James, “How do you get along with Jack D?”

James responded, “We get along well, but you can get a grunt out of a pig. You can’t even get a grunt out of Jack D.”

Jack D: Jack D. Macdonald, Kevin Macdonald’s grandfather