Why, they used to keep account o' the amount o' business I done, an' figger up my profits, an' have the face to come an' talk to me about 'em, as if that had anything to do with wages.

It's my belief their priests put 'em up to it.

People don't begin to reelize--that church of idolatry 'll be the ruin o' this country, if it ain't checked in time.

Jest you go at 'em hammer 'n' tongs! I've got Eyetalians in the quarries now.

They're sensible fellows: they know when they're well off--a dollar a day, an' they're satisfied, an' everything goes smooth." "But they're Catholics, the same as the Irish," suddenly interjected the lawyer, from his place by the window.