A light broke in on Tom. And he thought of the photograph on Petersen's leprous wall. He shoved out his hand. "Put it there, Petersen!" he said.
And all that evening Tom's silent companion marched through the streets beside him.
Chapter XV
MR. BAXTER HAS A FEW CONFERENCES
Captains of war have it as a common practice to secure information, in such secret ways as they can, about their opponents' plans and movements, and to develop their own plans to match these; and this practice has come into usage among captains of industry. The same afternoon that Jake brought news of Tom's scheme to Foley, a man of furtive glance whom a member of the union would have recognized as Johnson requested the youth in the outer office of Baxter & Co. to carry his name to the head of the firm.
"Wha' d'youse want to see him 'bout?" demanded the uniform.
"A job."
"No good. He don't hire nobody but the foremen."