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He was followed down the stairs by the paper-makers, Mr. Thompson making use of language that was decidedly bespattered with "winged words," while Mr. MacHewlett detailed his own thoughts in a plaintive monotone. Lord Ferriby got rather hastily into a hansom and drove away. "There is nothing for it," said Mr.
MacHewlett, is, like myself, in charge of one of the biggest mills in the country; here's Mossier Delmont of the great mill at Clermont-Ferrand, and Mr. Meyer from Germany. My own name's a plain one like myself but an honest one; it's John Thompson."
MacHewlett, in his most plaintive voice, and commanded so sudden and universal an attention as to be obviously disconcerted, "his lordship'll need plainer speech than that," he muttered hastily, and subsided, with an uneasy glance in the direction of that man of action, Major White.
MacHewlett was observing, but his thoughts died a natural death at the sight of a real lord, and he rose and bowed. Mr. Thompson remained seated and made that posture as aggressive and obvious as possible. The remainder of the company were of varied nationality and appearance, while one, a Frenchman of keen dark eyes and a trim beard seemed by tacit understanding to be the acknowledged leader.
He distinctly remembered offering to fight these two gentlemen either together or one after the other on the landing of the little malgamite office in Westminster. And there was a faint twinkle behind the major's eyeglass as he saluted them. "Good morning, Thompson," he said. "How do, MacHewlett?" For he never forgot a face or a name. "A'hm thinking " Mr.
Thompson and MacHewlett at one and the same time on the landing, but this suggestion was not well received. Upon two of the listeners no word was lost, and Mr. Wade and Cornish knew that the paper-makers had right upon their side. Quite suddenly Mr. Thompson's manner changed, and he glanced towards the door to see that it was closed. "Then it's a matter of paying," he said to his companions.
We have given our time and attention to the grievances of these poor men, whose lot it has been our earnest endeavour to ameliorate. You are speaking, my dear sir, to men who represent, not eight thousand employes, but who represent something greater than they, namely, charity." "Ah'm thinking!" began Mr. MacHewlett, plaintively, and the very richness of his accents secured a breathless attention.
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