Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


"Hey, Bill, you seem to think I've got a grouch. Sure thing. I
have. You ain't had my experiences. You've always done teamin'
an' pulled down easy money prizefightin'. You ain't known hard
times. You ain't ben through strikes. You ain't had to take care
of an old mother an' swallow dirt on her account. It wasn't until
after she died that I could rip loose an' take or leave as I felt
like it.


"Take that time I tackled the Niles Electric an' see what a
work-plug gets handed out to him. The Head Cheese sizes me up,
pumps me a lot of questions, an' gives me an application blank. I
make it out, payin' a dollar to a doctor they sent me to for a
health certificate. Then I got to go to a picture garage an' get
my mug taken for the Niles Electric rogues' gallery. And I cough
up another dollar for the mug. The Head Squirt takes the blank,
the health certificate, and the mug, an' fires more questions.
DID I BELONG TO A LABOR UNION?--ME? Of course I told'm the truth
I guess nit. I needed the job. The grocery wouldn't give me any
more tick, and there was my mother.

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