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"
Well
,
then
,
do
as
I
say
.
Get
hold
of
Whiggam
and
figure
out
some
other
place
for
him
around
here
,
and
not
as
piece
worker
or
a
hand
either
.
It
was
a
mistake
to
put
him
down
there
in
the
first
place
.
There
must
be
some
little
place
in
one
of
the
departments
where
he
can
be
fitted
in
as
the
head
of
something
,
first
or
second
or
third
assistant
to
some
one
,
and
where
he
can
wear
a
decent
suit
of
clothes
and
look
like
somebody
.
And
,
if
necessary
,
let
him
go
home
on
full
pay
until
you
find
something
for
him
.
But
I
want
him
changed
.
By
the
way
,
how
much
is
he
being
paid
now
?
"
"
About
fifteen
,
I
think
,
"
replied
Gilbert
blandly
.
"
Not
enough
,
if
he
's
to
make
the
right
sort
of
an
appearance
here
.
Better
make
it
twenty-five
.
It
's
more
than
he
's
worth
,
I
know
,
but
it
ca
n't
be
helped
now
.
He
has
to
have
enough
to
live
on
while
he
's
here
,
and
from
now
on
,
I
'd
rather
pay
him
that
than
have
any
one
think
we
were
not
treating
him
right
.
"
"
All
right
,
all
right
,
governor
.
Please
do
n't
be
cross
about
it
,
will
you
?
"
pleaded
Gilbert
,
noting
his
father
's
irritation
.
"
I
'm
not
entirely
to
blame
.
You
agreed
to
it
in
the
first
place
when
I
suggested
it
,
did
n't
you
?
But
I
guess
you
're
right
at
that
.
Just
leave
it
to
me
.
I
'll
find
a
decent
place
for
him
,
"
and
turning
,
he
proceeded
in
search
of
Whiggam
,
although
at
the
same
time
thinking
how
he
was
to
effect
all
this
without
permitting
Clyde
to
get
the
notion
that
he
was
at
all
important
here
--
to
make
him
feel
that
this
was
being
done
as
a
favor
to
him
and
not
for
any
reasons
of
merit
in
connection
with
himself
.
And
at
once
,
Whiggam
appearing
,
he
,
after
a
very
diplomatic
approach
on
the
part
of
Gilbert
,
racked
his
brains
,
scratched
his
head
,
went
away
and
returned
after
a
time
to
say
that
the
only
thing
he
could
think
of
,
since
Clyde
was
obviously
lacking
in
technical
training
,
was
that
of
assistant
to
Mr.
Liggett
,
who
was
foreman
in
charge
of
five
big
stitching
rooms
on
the
fifth
floor
,
but
who
had
under
him
one
small
and
very
special
,
though
by
no
means
technical
,
department
which
required
the
separate
supervision
of
either
an
assistant
forelady
or
man
.
This
was
the
stamping
room
--
a
separate
chamber
at
the
west
end
of
the
stitching
floor
,
where
were
received
daily
from
the
cutting
room
above
from
seventy-five
to
one
hundred
thousand
dozen
unstitched
collars
of
different
brands
and
sizes
.
And
here
they
were
stamped
by
a
group
of
girls
according
to
the
slips
or
directions
attached
to
them
with
the
size
and
brand
of
the
collar
.
The
sole
business
of
the
assistant
foreman
in
charge
here
,
as
Gilbert
well
knew
,
after
maintaining
due
decorum
and
order
,
was
to
see
that
this
stamping
process
went
uninterruptedly
forward
.
Also
that
after
the
seventy-five
to
one
hundred
thousand
dozen
collars
were
duly
stamped
and
transmitted
to
the
stitchers
,
who
were
just
outside
in
the
larger
room
,
to
see
that
they
were
duly
credited
in
a
book
of
entry
.
And
that
the
number
of
dozens
stamped
by
each
girl
was
duly
recorded
in
order
that
her
pay
should
correspond
with
her
services
.
For
this
purpose
a
little
desk
and
various
entry
books
,
according
to
size
and
brand
,
were
kept
here
.
Also
the
cutters
'
slips
,
as
taken
from
the
bundles
by
the
stampers
were
eventually
delivered
to
this
assistant
in
lots
of
a
dozen
or
more
and
filed
on
spindles
.
It
was
really
nothing
more
than
a
small
clerkship
,
at
times
in
the
past
held
by
young
men
or
girls
or
old
men
or
middle-aged
women
,
according
to
the
exigencies
of
the
life
of
the
place
.
The
thing
that
Whiggam
feared
in
connection
with
Clyde
and
which
he
was
quick
to
point
out
to
Gilbert
on
this
occasion
was
that
because
of
his
inexperience
and
youth
Clyde
might
not
,
at
first
,
prove
as
urgent
and
insistent
a
master
of
this
department
as
the
work
there
required
.
There
were
nothing
but
young
girls
there
--
some
of
them
quite
attractive
.
Also
was
it
wise
to
place
a
young
man
of
Clyde
's
years
and
looks
among
so
many
girls
?
For
,
being
susceptible
,
as
he
might
well
be
at
that
age
,
he
might
prove
too
easy
--
not
stern
enough
.
The
girls
might
take
advantage
of
him
.
If
so
,
it
would
n't
be
possible
to
keep
him
there
very
long
.
Still
there
was
this
temporary
vacancy
,
and
it
was
the
only
one
in
the
whole
factory
at
the
moment
.
Why
not
,
for
the
time
being
,
send
him
upstairs
for
a
tryout
?
It
might
not
be
long
before
either
Mr.
Liggett
or
himself
would
know
of
something
else
or
whether
or
not
he
was
suited
for
the
work
up
there
.
In
that
case
it
would
be
easy
to
make
a
re
-
transfer
.
Accordingly
,
about
three
in
the
afternoon
of
this
same
Monday
,
Clyde
was
sent
for
and
after
being
made
to
wait
for
some
fifteen
minutes
,
as
was
Gilbert
's
method
,
he
was
admitted
to
the
austere
presence
.
