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Old Johnny there waiting to see me, no end of a swell, Phillson, the uptown lawyer. He went straight for me. "'Been dealing in Hardwells? he asked. "I nodded. "'Short, eh? "'Six hundred shares, I answered. There was no harm in telling him for the Street knew well enough. "'Bad job, he said. 'How much does Wingrave want? "'Shares at par, I answered.
All I can say is there's a chap in Wall Street got his eye on you. Your old dad once helped him over a much worse place than this. Anyhow, I've a check here for sixty thousand dollars, and no conditions, only that you don't talk. "'But when am I to pay it back? I gasped. "'If my client ever needs it, and you can afford it, he will ask for it. Phillson answered. 'That's all.
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