" I felt outraged
I rebuked myself for making much ado about nothing. Indeed, this
was a growing weakness with me. Some trifle unworthy of
consideration would get on my nerves and bother me like a grain
of sand in the eye. Was I getting old? But, no, I felt in the prime of
life, full of vigor, and more active and more alive to the passions
than a youth
Whenever I chanced to be on the floor where Blitt worked I would
avoid looking in his direction. His presence irritated me. "How
ridiculous," I often thought. "One would imagine he's my
conscience and that's why I want to get rid of him." As a
consequence, I dared not send him away, and, as a consequence of
this, he irritated me more than ever
Finally, one afternoon, acting on the spur of the moment, I called
his foreman to me and told him to discharge him
A committee of the union called on me. I refused to deal with
them. The upshot was a strike--not merely for the return of Blitt to
my employment, but also for higher wages and the recognition of
the union.
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