[The Depot Master by Joseph C. Lincoln]@TWC D-Link bookThe Depot Master CHAPTER I 40/56
Blessed if it ain't a comfort to find somebody who'll do what I tell 'em.
Now you,' he says to the servant, 'put them things aboard and clear out as quick as you've a mind to.
You and I are through; understand? Don't let me find you hangin' around the place when I get back.
Cast off, Sol.' "The man dumped the dunnage into the launch, pretty average ugly, and me and the boss climbed aboard.
I cast off. "'Mr.Williams,' says the man, kind of pleadin', 'ain't you goin' to pay me the rest of my month's wages ?' "Williams told him he wa'n't, and added trimmin's to make it emphatic. "I started the engine and we moved out at a good clip.
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