"
"Was it necessary for you to do so much talking before you got a line on
his opinions?"
"Confound it, Corson, with that face of his--with that candor in his
countenance--he looks as good and reliable as a certified check--and in
addition I had your indorsement of him."
"I felt that I had a right to indorse him." The Senator showed spirit.
"Daunt, I don't like to hear you condemn Stewart Morrison so utterly."
"Not utterly! He has qualities of excellence! For instance, he's a
damnation fine listener," stated the disgusted banker.
"But he couldn't have thrown down your whole proposition--he couldn't have
done that, after the prospects you held out to him, as you outlined them
to me when we first discussed the matter," Corson insisted. "Morrison has
a good business head on him. He comes of business stock. He has made a big
success of his mill. He must be on the watch for more opportunities. All
of us are."
"Well, here was the offer I made to him, seeing that he is a _friend_ of
yours," said Banker Daunt, dilating his nostrils when he dwelt on the word
"friend." "I offered to double his own appraisal of his properties when we
pay him in the preferred stock of the consolidation.
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