He was literally down to his last copper.

Naturally, as he told the story of his misfortunes, I felt very sorry for him, especially as he was a most intelligent person and did no unnecessary whining about his troubles.
I do not think I told him at the time that I knew Mr.
Carnegie and had been with him at Cluny in Scotland shortly after the Homestead strike, nor that I knew from Mr.
Carnegie the other side of the story.

But McLuckie was rather careful not to blame Mr.Carnegie, saying to me several times that if "Andy" had been there the trouble would never have arisen.

He seemed to think "the boys" could get on very well with "Andy" but not so well with some of his partners.
I was at the ranch for a week and saw a good deal of McLuckie in the evenings.

When I left there, I went directly to Tucson, Arizona, and from there I had occasion to write to Mr.Carnegie, and in the letter I told him about meeting with McLuckie.