Upton Sinclair

“ Stone wanted me to feel out sentiment in the camp, and he told me I'd better sprain my wrist and lay off."
The "super," after staring at Hal, could not keep from laughing. Then he looked about him. "You want to be careful, talking about such things."
"I thought I could surely trust the superintendent," said Hal, drily.
The other measured him with his keen eyes; and Hal, who was getting the spirit of political democracy, took the liberty of returning the gaze. "You're a wide-awake young fellow," said Cartwright, at last. ”