He, too, gave me the impression that he was not a free agent, as we talked I began to see that he was mentally superior to the average of his kind.

He agreed with Peter Donnelly that Jackson should have got damages, and he went farther and called the action heartless and cold-blooded that had turned the worker adrift after he had been made helpless by the accident.

Also, he explained that there were many accidents in the mills, and that the company's policy was to fight to the bitter end all consequent damage suits.
"It means hundreds of thousands a year to the stockholders," he said; and as he spoke I remembered the last dividend that had been paid my father, and the pretty gown for me and the books for him that had been bought out of that dividend.

I remembered Ernest's charge that my gown was stained with blood, and my flesh began to crawl underneath my garments.
"When you testified at the trial, you didn't point out that Jackson received his accident through trying to save the machinery from damage ?" I said.
"No, I did not," was the answer, and his mouth set bitterly.

"I testified to the effect that Jackson injured himself by neglect and carelessness, and that the company was not in any way to blame or liable." "Was it carelessness ?" I asked.
"Call it that, or anything you want to call it.