If Eugene could possibly have brought himself to offer Georgie a
position in the automobile business, he knew full well the proud devil
wouldn't have taken it from him; though Georgie's proud reason would
not have been the one attributed to him by Eugene. George would never
reach the point where he could accept anything material from Eugene
and preserve the self-respect he had begun to regain.
But if Eugene had wished, he could easily have taken George out of the
nitroglycerin branch of the chemical works. Always interested in
apparent impossibilities of invention, Eugene had encouraged many
experiments in such gropings as those for the discovery of substitutes
for gasoline and rubber; and, though his mood had withheld the
information from Kinney, he had recently bought from the elder Akers a
substantial quantity of stock on the condition that the chemical
company should establish an experimental laboratory. He intended to
buy more; Akers was anxious to please him; and a word from Eugene
would have placed George almost anywhere in the chemical works.
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