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Now--what is it you look for ?" "In the first place, I want to know how so many accidents can happen in a single plant, just at the wrong time.

I want to know why it is that I can go out and fight for a contract, and then lose it because a saw has broken, or an off-bearer, lugging slabs away from the big wheel, can allow one to strike at just the wrong moment and let the saw pick it up and drive it through the boiler, laying up the whole plant for three weeks.

I want to know why it is that only about one out of three contracts I land are ever filled.

Thayer's got something to do with it, I know.

Why?
That's another question.