SECTION 28
There was only one person whom Peter could take into his confidence, and that was McGivney. Peter could not conceal from McGivney the fact that he was troubled over his bereavement; and so McGivney took him in hand and gave him a “jacking up.” It was dangerous work, this of holding down the Reds; dangerous, because their doctrines were so insidious, they were so devilishly cunning in their working upon people’s minds. McGivney had seen more than one fellow start fooling with their ideas and turn into one himself. Peter must guard against that danger.
“It ain’t that,” Peter explained. “It ain’t their ideas. It’s just that I was soft on that kid.”
“Well, it comes to the same thing,” said McGivney. “You get sorry for them, and the first thing you know, you’re listening to their
