You know what they did out at the big sink of the Man-killer
last night. Any man who goes away from camp and 'enjoys' himself for
hours among those who are trying to put us out of business shows himself
to be a friend to the enemies of this camp. Therefore the man who does
that shows himself to be one of our enemies, in sympathy if not in
fact."
"I'm no lawyer," growled Bellas sullenly, "and I can't follow your flow
of gab."
"You know well enough what I'm saying to you, Bellas, and you know that
I'm right. Since you've been away and joined our enemies we don't want
you here. More, we don't intend to have you here. Mr. Payson has
dropped you from the rolls, and that cuts you off from this camp. Now,
I think you will understand that it is some of our business whether you
have been over in town emptying your pockets, into Jim Duff's hat. If
that is what you have been doing, then we don't want you here, and won't
have you. If you haven't been hob-nobbing with our enemies, and paying
all you had for the privilege, then we'll look into any claims of better
conduct that you may make, and, if satisfied that you've been telling
the truth, we'll reinstate you.
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