"I think he's gone out," came the answer.
"If you don't find him after what I've told you, I'll show up your action at the next meeting I speak at," said Luke.
The Commissioner was found.
"But what trouble have you had so far?" he demanded.
"We haven't had any so far," said Luke. "What we want is to avoid trouble."
"I think you're easy scared," laughed the Commissioner. "Have there been any threats?"
"No."
"Well, what's itching you, anyhow? My department's got three campaign parades and a dozen meetings on its hands to-day besides its regular business. I can't spare my men unless I know they're needed."
He rang off.
§4. Luke wanted to stay for the arrival of Breil's men; but there was something else that he had to do and could not postpone. He left the factory a few minutes before the hour at which the strike-breakers were to arrive. He passed into a street slowly filling with strikers, but he reassured himself by the reflection that what he had to do would be brief and that he would soon be free to return. He hurried to the League's headquarters, where he knew that the Committee would soon be in session.