act for him and now when he should have seen more clearly than ever the significance of what was proposing he was frightened and his reason obscured by such things as s probable opposition and rage s possible failure his own inability to face a real crisis and things of that sort s real innate financial ability did not so the sure in this hour the banker was too young too new was older richer so was so was butler these men with their wealth represented the big forces the big standards in his world as yet s word as long as he had been dealing with and as much as he had was still a law to him and besides confessed that he was in great danger � that he was in a comer that was the worst possible confession to make to � although the circumstances it was the only one that could be made � for he had no courage to face danger so he sat beside meditating � pale unable to see the main line of his interests quickly unable to follow them definitely vigorously � while they drove to his ofl ce entered it with him for the sake of continuing his plea well george he said earnestly i wish you d tell me time s short we haven t a moment to lose give me the money won t you and i ll get out of this quick we haven t a moment i tell you don t let those people frighten you off they re playing their own little game you play yours i can t frank said finally very weakly his sense of his own financial future successful and wonderful overcome for the time being by the thought of s hard face the latter was his political god he was but one among many i ll have to think i can t do it right now was just in here and � good god george exclaimed scornfully don t talk about what s he got to do with it think of yourself think of where you will be it s your future � not s� that you have to think of i know frank persisted weakly but really i don t see how i can honestly i don t you the say yourself you re not sure whether you can come out of things all right and three thousand more is three hundred thousand more i can t frank i really can t it wouldn t be right besides i want to talk to first anyhow good god how you talk exploded angrily looking at him with ill concealed contempt see � that s the thing to do let him tell you how to cut your own throat for his benefit it wouldn t be right to loan me three thousand dollars more but it would be right to let the five hundred thousand dollars you have stand and lose it that s right isn t it that s just what you propose to do � lose it and everything else besides i want to tell you what it is george � you ve lost your mind you ve let a single message from frighten you to death and because of that you re going to risk your your reputation your standing � everything do you really realize what this means if i fail you wiu be a i tell you george you will go to prison this fellow who is so quick to tell you what not to do now will be the last man to turn a hand for you once you re down why look at me � i ve helped you haven t i haven t i handled your affairs satisfactorily for you up to now what in heaven s name has got into you what have you to be afraid of was just about to make another weak when the door from the outer office opened and mr mr s chief entered was too to really pay any attention to for the moment but being so well known to the latter took matters in his own hands what is it he asked familiarly mr from mr to see mr at the sound of this dreaded name like a leaf saw it he realized that his last the hope of getting the three hundred thousand dollars was now probably gone still he did not propose to give up as yet well george he said after had gone out leaving word that mr would see mr in a moment i see how it is this man has got you you can t act for yourself now � you re too frightened i ll let it rest for the i ll come back but for heaven s sake pull yourself together think what it means i m telling you exactly what s going to happen if you don t you ll be rich if you do you ll be a if you don t there s the long and the short of it and there s no third way out n chapter after leaving in his office decided make one more effort in the street before seeing butler again and after him for a final appeal he jumped into his light spring which he so often used in fair weather � a handsome little yellow glazed vehicle with a yellow leather cushion seat drawn by a yoimg high stepping bay mare and sent her from door to door throwing down the lines indifferently and up the steps of banks and into office doors the while she looked around curiously as though wondering what it was all about it never occurred to him that she would run away no horse of his ever had in these offices after seeing he was literally pleading for his life and curiously it never occurred him that he was pleading it was all business if 