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`` Seems to me this is a pretty easy way to earn thirty cents an hour . '' `` I -- I was just going to see if there was n't something I could do , '' the man answered , a good deal embarrassed . Then before Bannon could do more than echo , `` Something to do ? '' added : `` I do n't get my time check till midnight . I ai n't on this shift . I just come around to see how things was going . We 're going to see you through , Mr. Bannon . ''