Where his heart was concerned his judgment
rarely worked. Then, loyalty to a friend in distress was the one
thing his father had taught him. He did not agree with his Chief's
view of the situation. If Garry was born a gambler, he had kept
that fact concealed from him and from his wife. He recalled the
conversation he had had with him some weeks before, when he was so
enthusiastic over the money he was going to make in the new
Warehouse deal. He had been selected as the architect for the new
buildings, and it was quite natural that he should have become
interested in the securities of the company. This threatened
calamity was one that might overtake any man. Get Garry out of
this hole and he would stay out; let him sink, and his whole
career would be ruined. And then there was a sentimental side to
it even if Garry was a gambler--one that could not be ignored when
he thought of Corinne and the child.
Late in the afternoon, his mind still unsettled, he poured out his
anxieties to Ruth. She did not disappoint him.
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