7/16 I don't mean the laying up of money for a rainy day, or the providing for one's family. Every man should lay up a six-months' doctor's bill, just as every man should lay up money enough to keep his body out of Potter's Field. It's laying up the SURPLUS that hurts." Peter had his arm firmly locked in mine now. They are new to this whirlpool, but they will soon get in over their heads. I think it is only the third or fourth year since they started business, but they are already floating all sorts of schemes, and some of them--if you will permit me in confidence, strictly in confidence, my dear boy--are rather shady, I think: at least I judge so from their deposits." "What are they, bankers ?" I ventured. |