the palvani did n't like that one little bit , so they ups an ' cut the soljers ' pay in half - and then , as the soljers found out later , the palvani decided that they war n't gettin ' near enough pay fer all that speech-makin ' , so they got together one night an ' gave theirselves a whoppin ' big pay-raise - which it was as they kept purty much a secret . '