“I ain’t so sure about that.”
“You mean you’ll dictate to me how to run my own business?”
“No, but I reckon we got something to say about who’ll fill our jobs.”
“I’ll hire other people to take your places——!”
“Why ain’t you hired ’em already?”
“Because I wanted to be fair and square——”
“Oh, hell! You ain’t been able to get nobody to take our places! And you won’t be able to get nobody so long’s Nat stays away. We’re seein’ to that.”
“You mean you’ll intimidate any persons I may hire in your places?”
“We’ll knock the blocks off any one who takes a job here while we’re out. Yes!”
“You get out of my office!”