"Twenty years of sharp experience are sufficient to make me chary of substituting others' business judgment for my own." "Ah, well!" returned Markland, his manner showing him to be disappointed and annoyed.

"I cannot but regret your hasty decision in this matter.

So far as it concerns myself, even if I saw cause to recede, which I do not, I am too far committed, with both Fenwick and Lyon, to hesitate." "Every man must decide in such cases for himself," said Brainard.

"I always do.

If you are fully assured in every particular, and have confidence in your men, your way is of course clear." "It is clear," was confidently answered, "and I shall walk in it with full assurance of a successful end.".