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Then he brought in some strike-breakers and hired some thugs to slug them, and turned the police loose on the men and that was the end of the unions. Meanwhile he'd been running the politics of the town, and he'd given himself all the franchises there was nobody could do anything in Lockmanville unless he said so.
You a Christian you might be the Roman soldier who spat in Jesus' face!" And with that last thunderbolt Samuel turned and went out, slamming the door with a terrific bang in the great lawyer's face. For at least a couple of hours Samuel paced the streets of Lockmanville, to let his rage and grief subside.
Meantime the next speaker, a woman, had mounted upon a box, and was crying in a shrill voice: "We are Socialists! We are the only political party which dares to speak for the working class of Lockmanville! We protest against this outrage! We demand free speech! There has been bribery in our city council!" Then suddenly the boy heard a disturbance behind him, and turned, just in the nick of time.
And if I hear of you givin' out any more papers on the street you'll wish you hadn't that's all, young fellow! D'ye see?" "I see," gasped Samuel. "All right," said the chief. "And if you take my advice, you'll get the first train out of Lockmanville and never show your face in it again. Now get out of here!" And Samuel got out, and went down the street dumb with dismay.
And the young lawyer answered, "Come and work with us a while and see for yourself." Samuel went home and faced a surprising experience. There was a dapper and well-dressed young man waiting to see him. "My name is Pollard," he said, "and I'm from the Lockmanville "Express." I want to get a story from you." "A story from me?" echoed the boy in perplexity. "An interview," explained the other.
Samuel seized what he could and darted to the side door again, where there were more people eager to take them. And so he got rid of the last he had. And for the benefit of those whom he still saw emerging, he raised his hands and shouted: "There are men in the vestry of this church who have bribed the city council of Lockmanville!
That was in the mill she came there with some other people and walked about, looking at everything. We were all so excited. You know, her father owns the mill." "No, I didn't know it," replied Samuel. "He owns all sorts of things in Lockmanville. They're very, very rich. And she's his only daughter, and so beautiful everybody worships her.
What was he to do? He felt warm, having feasted. But there was no use in getting wet. He glanced into the doorways as he passed, and seeing a dark and empty one, crouched inside. Lockmanville! What a curious coincidence! And there were hundreds in the town out of work. It seemed a strange and terrible thing. Could it be that they let people starve as he was starving people they knew?
Then he sat down again and drew a diagram of the streets of Lockmanville, so that Samuel could find his way back in case of trouble. "We don't want to take any chances," said he. "And mind, if I get caught, I'll not mention you wild horses couldn't drag it out of me. And you make the same promise." "I make it," said Samuel. "Man to man," said Charlie solemnly; and Samuel repeated the words.
Samuel could have said that himself he had the utmost faith in God. And after a while the professor himself seemed to realize that the reply was inadequate. "You see," he went on, "there is a peculiar condition here in Lockmanville. There was an attempt to corner the glass industry, and that caused the building of too many factories, and so there is overproduction.
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