"He did you harm?" asked Margaret.
"Aye, that did he. We had public opinion on our side, till he and his sort began rioting and breaking laws. It were all o'er wi' the strike then."
"Then would it not have been far better to have left him alone, and not forced him to join the Union? He did you no good; and you drove him mad."
"Margaret," said her father, in a low and warning tone, for he saw the cloud gathering on Higgins's face.

We had public opinion on our side, till he and his sort began rioting and breaking laws. It were all o'er wi' the strike then.'
'Then would it not have been better to have left him alone, and not forced him to join the Union? He did you no good; and you drove him mad.'
'Margaret,' said her father, in a low and warning tone.
