Mr. Snowden, I am fully informed as to what has been
going on in this car."
"So, that's it; those cubs have been spying on me and reporting
to you, eh? I might have known it."
"You are mistaken," answered the owner calmly. "While they had
sufficient provocation to do so, not a murmur has come from
either of them. They have taken their medicine like men. I make
it a rule to keep posted on what is going on in every department
of my show. I therefore know, better than perhaps you yourself
could tell me, what has been going on on Car Three. And it is
going to stop right here and now."
"What do you mean?"
"In the first place, the work has been unsatisfactory. The men
have done as well as could be expected of them, but they have
been in such a constant state of rebellion because of your
attitude that the work was bound to suffer."
"You are very frank, sir."
"That's my way of doing business. You not only have neglected
the work but you have openly defied me and my orders."
"That's exactly what these young cubs have done with me,"
interposed the manager quickly.
"My information is quite to the contrary. However, be that as it
may, I have decided to make a change."
"Make a change?"
"Yes."
"I do not understand."
"Then I will make it more plain. I'm through with you.
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