"Hamper's men are actually out. Mine are working out their week, through fear of being prosecuted for breach of contract. I'd have had every one of them up and punished for it, that left his work before his time was out."
"The law expenses would have been more than the hands themselves were worth--a set of ungrateful naughts!" said his mother.
"To be sure. But I'd have shown them how to keep my word, and how I mean them to keep their's. They know me by this time. Slickson's men are off--pretty certain he won't spend money in getting them punished. We're in for a turn-out, mother."

'Hamper's men are out. Mine are working out their week, through fear of being prosecuted for breach of contract. I'd have had every one of them up for that, if they left their work before time.'
'The law fees would have been more than the hands themselves were worth - the ungrateful naughts!' said his mother.
'To be sure. But I'd have shown them how I keep my word, and how I mean them to keep theirs. They know me. Slickson's men are off - we're in for a turn-out, mother.'
