We are living now on money I saved when
Harry made so much more, and my father gave me fifty pounds when he was
here, but he advised me not to tell Harry I had it. I was to save it for
days Harry had none--for the children. O John, all this troubles me!"
And John's face flamed up, for his family pride was keenly touched. How
could Henry Hatton humble his family and his own honor by letting the
poor schoolmaster feed his wife and children? And he threw aside then
some considerations he had intended to make in Lucy's favor, for he saw
that she already shared his anxiety, and so would probably be his best
helper in any plan for Harry's salvation, from the insidious temptation
by which he was assailed.
CHAPTER IX
JOHN INTERFERES IN HARRY'S AFFAIRS
Gamblers are reckless men, always living between ebb and flow.
The germ of every sin, is the reflection, whether it be possible.
After John had recovered from the shock which the knowledge of Lugur's
interference in the financial affairs of his brother had given him, he
drew closer to his sister and took her hand and she said anxiously,
"John, what can I do to help you in getting Harry into the right way? I
know and feel that all is at present just as it should _not_ be.
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