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"
This
is
hell
,
ain
’
t
it
?
"
Joe
remarked
once
.
Martin
nodded
,
but
felt
a
rasp
of
irritation
.
The
statement
had
been
obvious
and
unnecessary
.
They
did
not
talk
while
they
worked
.
Conversation
threw
them
out
of
their
stride
,
as
it
did
this
time
,
compelling
Martin
to
miss
a
stroke
of
his
iron
and
to
make
two
extra
motions
before
he
caught
his
stride
again
.
On
Friday
morning
the
washer
ran
.
Twice
a
week
they
had
to
put
through
hotel
linen
,
—
the
sheets
,
pillow
-
slips
,
spreads
,
table
-
cloths
,
and
napkins
.
This
finished
,
they
buckled
down
to
"
fancy
starch
.
"
It
was
slow
work
,
fastidious
and
delicate
,
and
Martin
did
not
learn
it
so
readily
.
Besides
,
he
could
not
take
chances
.
Mistakes
were
disastrous
.
"
See
that
,
"
Joe
said
,
holding
up
a
filmy
corset
-
cover
that
he
could
have
crumpled
from
view
in
one
hand
.
"
Scorch
that
an
’
it
’
s
twenty
dollars
out
of
your
wages
.
"
So
Martin
did
not
scorch
that
,
and
eased
down
on
his
muscular
tension
,
though
nervous
tension
rose
higher
than
ever
,
and
he
listened
sympathetically
to
the
other
’
s
blasphemies
as
he
toiled
and
suffered
over
the
beautiful
things
that
women
wear
when
they
do
not
have
to
do
their
own
laundrying
.
"
Fancy
starch
"
was
Martin
’
s
nightmare
,
and
it
was
Joe
’
s
,
too
.
It
was
"
fancy
starch
"
that
robbed
them
of
their
hard
-
won
minutes
.
They
toiled
at
it
all
day
.
At
seven
in
the
evening
they
broke
off
to
run
the
hotel
linen
through
the
mangle
.
At
ten
o
’
clock
,
while
the
hotel
guests
slept
,
the
two
laundrymen
sweated
on
at
"
fancy
starch
"
till
midnight
,
till
one
,
till
two
.
At
half
-
past
two
they
knocked
off
.
Saturday
morning
it
was
"
fancy
starch
,
"
and
odds
and
ends
,
and
at
three
in
the
afternoon
the
week
’
s
work
was
done
.
"
You
ain
’
t
a
-
goin
’
to
ride
them
seventy
miles
into
Oakland
on
top
of
this
?
"
Joe
demanded
,
as
they
sat
on
the
stairs
and
took
a
triumphant
smoke
.
"
Got
to
,
"
was
the
answer
.
"
What
are
you
goin
’
for
?
—
a
girl
?
"
"
No
;
to
save
two
and
a
half
on
the
railroad
ticket
.
I
want
to
renew
some
books
at
the
library
.
"
