The missive
referred to the Morfordsburg contract, of course, and was
evidently an attempt to gain information regarding the proposed
work, Arthur Breen & Co. being the financial agents of many
similar properties.
"I will take care of him, sir," Jack had said as he left his
Chief. "My uncle, no doubt, means all right, and it is just as
well to hear what he says--besides he has been good enough to
write to me, and of course I must go, but I shall not commit
myself one way or the other--" and with a whispered word in Ruth's
ear, a kiss and a laugh, he left the house.
As he turned down the short street leading to the station, he
caught sight of Garry forging ahead on his way to the train. That
rising young architect, chairman of the Building Committee of the
Council, trustee of church funds, politician and all-round man of
the world--most of which he carried in a sling--seemed in a
particularly happy frame of mind this morning judging from the
buoyancy with which he stepped. This had communicated itself to
the gayety of his attire, for he was dressed in a light-gray check
suit, and wore a straw hat (the first to see the light of summer)
with a green ribbon about the crown,--together with a white
waistcoat and white spats, the whole enriched by a red rose bud
which Corinne had with her own hands pinned in his buttonhole.
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