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Tony is an Italian laborer whose household is presided over by his sister, Rosa. At breakfast Tony complains of feeling ill, but resolutely goes to his work. Guido is looking for employment... See full summary
Tony is an Italian laborer whose household is presided over by his sister, Rosa. At breakfast Tony complains of feeling ill, but resolutely goes to his work. Guido is looking for employment, and applies to the foreman over the gang with which Tony is working. He is given work and joins Tony in the task of removing heavy stones from a quarry. Rosa brings Tony's dinner and is introduced to Guido and they are mutually impressed. Tony gradually becomes fainter and stops to rest. John, the brutal foreman, appears on the scene and discharges him without pay. Tony returns home and tolls his sister of his treatment and she is incensed. They debate the question and Tony leaves with only one desire, to obtain the money that is rightfully due him. He enters the office of the foreman and pays himself out of the cash drawer. Just as he is leaving the foreman steps in and, in the dim light, a fight ensues, in which Tony is wounded by a knife thrust into the arm. He goes home and his hurt is ...

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