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Dyke
drew
a
couple
of
puffs
on
his
pipe
,
and
fixed
Presley
with
a
glance
.
“
There
’
s
this
the
matter
with
it
,
”
he
said
;
“
I
’
m
fired
.
”
“
Fired
!
You
!
”
exclaimed
Presley
,
turning
abruptly
toward
him
.
“
That
’
s
what
I
’
m
telling
you
,
”
returned
Dyke
grimly
.
“
You
don
’
t
mean
it
.
Why
,
what
for
,
Dyke
?
”
“
Now
,
YOU
tell
me
what
for
,
”
growled
the
other
savagely
.
“
Boy
and
man
,
I
’
ve
worked
for
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
for
over
ten
years
,
and
never
one
yelp
of
a
complaint
did
I
ever
hear
from
them
.
They
know
damn
well
they
’
ve
not
got
a
steadier
man
on
the
road
.
And
more
than
that
,
more
than
that
,
I
don
’
t
belong
to
the
Brotherhood
.
And
when
the
strike
came
along
,
I
stood
by
them
—
stood
by
the
company
.
You
know
that
.
And
you
know
,
and
they
know
,
that
at
Sacramento
that
time
,
I
ran
my
train
according
to
schedule
,
with
a
gun
in
each
hand
,
never
knowing
when
I
was
going
over
a
mined
culvert
,
and
there
was
talk
of
giving
me
a
gold
watch
at
the
time
.
To
hell
with
their
gold
watches
!
I
want
ordinary
justice
and
fair
treatment
.
And
now
,
when
hard
times
come
along
,
and
they
are
cutting
wages
,
what
do
they
do
?
Do
they
make
any
discrimination
in
my
case
?
Do
they
remember
the
man
that
stood
by
them
and
risked
his
life
in
their
service
?
No
.
They
cut
my
pay
down
just
as
off
-
hand
as
they
do
the
pay
of
any
dirty
little
wiper
in
the
yard
.
Cut
me
along
with
—
listen
to
this
—
cut
me
along
with
men
that
they
had
BLACK
-
LISTED
;
strikers
that
they
took
back
because
they
were
short
of
hands
.
”
He
drew
fiercely
on
his
pipe
.
“
I
went
to
them
,
yes
,
I
did
;
I
went
to
the
General
Office
,
and
ate
dirt
.
I
told
them
I
was
a
family
man
,
and
that
I
didn
’
t
see
how
I
was
going
to
get
along
on
the
new
scale
,
and
I
reminded
them
of
my
service
during
the
strike
.
The
swine
told
me
that
it
wouldn
’
t
be
fair
to
discriminate
in
favour
of
one
man
,
and
that
the
cut
must
apply
to
all
their
employees
alike
.
Fair
!
”
he
shouted
with
laughter
.
“
Fair
!
Hear
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
talking
about
fairness
and
discrimination
.
That
’
s
good
,
that
is
.
Well
,
I
got
furious
.
I
was
a
fool
,
I
suppose
.
I
told
them
that
,
in
justice
to
myself
,
I
wouldn
’
t
do
first
-
class
work
for
third
-
class
pay
.
And
they
said
,
’
Well
,
Mr
.
Dyke
,
you
know
what
you
can
do
.
’
Well
,
I
did
know
.
I
said
,
’
I
’
ll
ask
for
my
time
,
if
you
please
,
’
and
they
gave
it
to
me
just
as
if
they
were
glad
to
be
shut
of
me
.
So
there
you
are
,
Presley
.
That
’
s
the
P
.
&
S
.
W
.
Railroad
Company
of
California
.
I
am
on
my
last
run
now
.
”
“
Shameful
,
”
declared
Presley
,
his
sympathies
all
aroused
,
now
that
the
trouble
concerned
a
friend
of
his
.
“
It
’
s
shameful
,
Dyke
.
But
,
”
he
added
,
an
idea
occurring
to
him
,
“
that
don
’
t
shut
you
out
from
work
.
There
are
other
railroads
in
the
State
that
are
not
controlled
by
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
”
Dyke
smote
his
knee
with
his
clenched
fist
.
“
NAME
ONE
.
”
