“Never mind about that. How much is it?”
“It’s—it’s over a hundred dollars.”
“Well, don’t you know you haven’t a dog’s chance of getting it back in a place like this?”
“But some of them win,” was the desperate plea.
“Yes, and a great many more of them lose. When did you take the money from the office?”
“L-last week.”
“You called it borrowing, I suppose. But when you got your pay to-day, why didn’t you put it back?”
“I don’t get enough; they’re only paying me seventy-five a month. I lost the money here, and I had to come and try to get it back. The travelling auditor will be at the office in the morning to check us up, and then——”
“I see. Jackie, there is nothing in this dizzy whirl for you or for anybody; I know, because I’m in it myself. I’ll make a bargain with you. How much did you say you are short?”
“I—I took six twenties.”