nversation.

"You see, there was no other way to handle you. I was obliged to resort
to punitive measures. That's always the case when you are dealing with
sensible, intelligent, educated men. It is impossible to reason with an
intelligent, educated man. He invariably has opinions, ideas, viewpoints
of his own. He is mentally equipped to resist any kind of an argument.
Take our United States Senators, our Congressmen, even our Presidents.
You can't reason with them. No doubt you've tried it a thousand times,
you and the other capitalists. We've all tried it. You've got to hit 'em
on the head with some sort of a club or big stick if you want to bring
'em to time. You have to club them to death at the polls, so to speak.
Now, you take these wops. They can't argue. They haven't got that sort
of intelligence. They're considerably like the common or garden variety
of dog. No matter how much you beat them and scold them, you can always
get along with them if you feed them and let them see that you're
not afraid of them. If they once get an idea that you are afraid of
them,--well, it's all off. They begin to be sensible right away, and
then they form a labour union. And the more sensible and intelligent
they become, the easier it is for the labour leaders, the walking
delegates, and blood-sucking agitators to make fools of 'em. It's all a
matter of leadership, Mr. Landover, as you will admit, any way you look
at it. Well, here we are."

Landover paused before starting down the ladder to the boat. He turned
to address Percival in a loud, clear voice.

"You will not long be in a position to browbeat and bully the rest
of us, young man. Your reign will be short. I would like my
fellow-passengers to know that I have never refused to work with them.
I have merely declined to work under an outlaw. Life is as dear to me
as it is to any one else on this ship. I am taking this step against
my will, rather than subject myself to further indignities and the
cruelties you would inflict if I held out against you. I am sorry to
deprive you of the spectacular hit you might have made by throwing me
into the sea, a treat which you doubtless led all of these people to
expect."

He climbed down the ladder and dropped into the boat. As he took his
seat, he ran his eye along the line of faces above. Finding the persons
he sought, he smiled, shook his head slowly to signify a state of
resignation, and then set his flushed, angry face toward the