It was decided that the offence was only legally improper, and it
was natural that Carnac expressed himself strongly.
Junia was present at the trial. After it was over, she saw Carnac for a
moment. "I think your firm can just pay the price and exist!" she said.
"It's a terrible sum, and it shows how great a criminal you are!"
"Not a 'thirty-cent' criminal, anyhow," said Carnac. "It is a moral
victory, and tell Fabian so. He's a bit huffy because I got into the
trouble, I suppose."
"No, he loathed it all. He's sorry it occurred."
There was no further talk between them, for a subordinate of Carnac's
came hurriedly to him and said something which Junia did not hear. Carnac
raised his hat to her, and hurried away.
"Well, it's not so easy as painting pictures," she said. "He gets fussed
over these things."
It was later announced by the manager of the main mill that there was to
be a meeting of workers to agitate for a strike for higher pay. A
French-Canadian who had worked in the mills of Maine and who was a
red-hot socialist was the cause of it. He had only been in the mills for
about three months and had spent his spare time inciting well-satisfied
workmen to strike. His name was Luc Baste--a shock-haired criminal with a
huge chest and a big voice, and a born filibuster.
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