"Don't give them a chance of saying so. Don't take the masters' side. You have not to do that. Let the masters look to themselves, and take the men's side—which Pope does not do, for all his boasting. Try to show them—as many as will listen to you—the wise and common-sense view of things. Show them the folly of trying to control forces which will not be controlled. Show them the doubtful wisdom of half-starving themselves for the chance of a slight rise in wages, which, when gained, cannot repay them for what they have lost in gaining it. At the same time, don't deny that masters, like men, are sometimes unfair; and that pressure has sometimes to be wisely and justly used."
"Maybe I might say something," John observed thoughtfully.
[CHAPTER VII.]
THE CHILDREN.
"MOTHER—"
"Yes, Bobbie."
"I'm so hungry."
"And I'm so hungry too," chimed in little Harry.