"But that reminds me: as a part of our bargain I want you to allow my nieces, or any representative of the _Millville Tribune_, to take subscriptions among your workmen." Mr.Skeelty stared at him a moment.

Then he laughed.
"They're mostly foreigners, Mr.Merrick, who haven't yet fully mastered the English language.

But," he added, thoughtfully, "a few among them might subscribe, if your country sheet contains any news of interest at all.

This is rather a lonely place for my men and they get dissatisfied at times.

All workmen seem chronically dissatisfied, and their women constantly urge them to rebellion.