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Rh “There’s no need to be so frightened. If the worst comes”

“If the worst comes, we’ll fight and get the union to back us up,” said the dumpling, taking the words from her mouth. “You have nothing to lose but your chains!”

Kimi-chan tossed her head and began to sing and all the other girls joined in.

This was one of their ways of demonstrating against the boss.

Along both sides of the passageway, on the door of every shop, dozens of red and yellow posters were posted.

“Support the only Proletarian Party.” “Contribute to the Fund for a Rotary Press for the Workers’ Daily,” etc., etc.

The doors leading into the printing shops offered a really imposing spectacle. At the end of the passage, near the solid-looking rotary press shop, was one extra large poster with the slogan: “Prepare for the Attack of Capital.”

Five or six operatives were hanging round the