Still, the main motive, under the stimulus of which pretty steady work was secured, was always that “at fust ob next month, Mass’r —— (the proprietor) will be ’long wid greenbacks enuff to shingle a house for us.
Reid discusses the underlying motivation for laborers, revealing their hopes tied to future compensation.
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