Of course you have been wondering allthis time why
I selected you to hear them. I am very grateful to you for thinking of me
atall.
If I lose I shant be very much worse off thanI was
before that extra money dropped in.
You could do anything you setyour mind to. I
believe in the thing myself and I have personally bought severalthousand
shares.
I am afraid I havent made it plain enough,after
all, she said.
Whether I was a fool or notremains to be seen. Im
thankful I said for you not tobuy that copper stock. Again he was rumpling his hair
and the _expression_ upon his face wasstill peculiar.
Where is it that a bookkeeper will be needed,
CaptainCummings? And the reply, when it came wasnoncommittal. That is precisely the
sort of business I want to get awayfrom. The present Snell, his son, of course knew
nothing as tothe amount of the Brewster fortune. During the last fewyears of his
life his son, David, supported him. Oh, thats all right, thats all right, he said,
hastily.
But something had to be done, it must be done. The
Skipper was his pet name for old Captain Barnabas Cummings,his grandfather. Now they
were selling at a figure much below that which shehad paid for them.
It might be kind of strange and hard foryou along
at first, but you would pull through.
Why he should appear so uncomfortable just now
shecould not understand. You think I wouldnt be competent to fillthe
place.
After a moment of anxious expectancy she could wait
nolonger.
Then he said:Why, yes, I do know somethin about the
Boroda stock, as ithappens.