"Ay! and I'll fight on too; and I'll got it this time. It'll not take long for to make 'em give in, for they've getten a pretty lot of orders, all under contract; and they'll soon find out they'd better give us our five per cent. than lose the profit they'll gain; let alone the fine for not fulfilling the contract. Aha my masters! I know who'll win."
Margaret fancied from his manner that he must have been drinking, not so much from what he said, as from the excited way in which he spoke; and she was rather confirmed in this idea by the evident anxiety Bessie showed to hasten her departure. Bessy said to her,--

'Ay! and I'll fight on too. It'll not take long to make 'em give in, for they've getten a pretty lot of orders; and they'll soon find out they'd better give us our five per cent than lose their profit. Aha, my masters! I know who'll win.'
Margaret fancied from his excited manner that he must have been drinking; and she was confirmed in this idea by Bessy's anxiety for her to depart. Bessy said:
