And what happened?
He didn't LIKE it! That boy's whole life, there's been a settin' up o' something mulish that's against everything I want him to do.

I don't know what it is, but it's got to be worked out of him.

Now, labor ain't any more a simple question than what it was when we were young.

My idea is that, outside o' union troubles, the man that can manage workin'-men is the man that's been one himself.
Well, I set Bibbs to learn the men and to learn the business, and HE set himself to balk on the first job! That's what he did, and the balk's lasted close on to three years.

If he balks again I'm just done with him! Sometimes I feel like I was pretty near done with everything, anyhow!" "I knew there was something else," said Mrs.Sheridan, blinking over a yawn.