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Steve 's money , it was declared , had been used to set her up in business . The two stories offered unlimited opportunity for expansion in the blacksmith 's mind , but while he was preparing himself to do what he called bringing the two men down in the sight and hearing of the whole town , a thing happened that upset his plans . His son Fizzy Fry left his place as clerk in the hotel and went to work in the corn-cutting machine factory . One day his father saw him coming from the factory at noon with a dozen other workmen . The young man had on overalls and smoked a pipe . When he saw his father he stopped , and when the other men had gone on , explained his sudden transformation . `` I 'm in the shop now , but I wo n't be there long , '' he said proudly .