Section 34In company such as this Peter’s education for the role ofdetective was completed by force, as it were. He listened toeverything, and while he did not dare make any notes, he storedaway treasures in his mind, and when he came out of the jail he wasable to give McGivney a pretty complete picture of the variousradical organizations in American City, and the attitude of eachone toward the war.
Peter found that McGivney’s device had worked perfectly.Peter was now a martyr and a hero; his position as one of the“left wingers” was definitely established, and anyonewho ventured to say a word against him would be indignantlyrebuked.As a matter of fact, no one desired to say much. Pat McCormick,Peter’s enemy, was out on an organizing trip among the oilworkers.
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