He never willingly did anybody harm--never.
Since he came West, since he came to the Sagalac, he's brought work to Lebanon and to Manitou.

There are hundreds more workmen in both the towns than there were when he came.

It was he made others come with much money and build the factories and the mills.

Work means money, money means bread, bread means life--so." The big river-driver, seeing the effect of the old man's words upon the crowd, turned to them with an angry gesture and a sneer.
"I s'pose Ingolby has paid this old skeesicks for talking this swash.
We know all right what Ingolby is, and what he's done.

He's made war between the two towns--there's hell to pay now on both sides of the Sagalac.