Drouet immediately conceived a notion of him as being some one worth knowing, and was glad not only to meet him, but to visit the Adams Street bar thereafter whenever he wanted a drink or a cigar.
Hurstwood was an interesting character after his kind.

He was shrewd and clever in many little things, and capable of creating a good impression.
His managerial position was fairly important-a kind of stewardship which was imposing, but lacks financial control.

He had risen by perseverance and industry, through long years of service, from the position of barkeeper in a commonplace saloon to his present altitude.

He had a little office in the place, set off in polished cherry and grill-work, where he kept, in a roll-top desk, the rather simple accounts of the place-supplies ordered and needed.

The chief executive and financial functions devolved upon the owner Messrs.