The only thing that could have induced me to work in your business is the looking ahead and planning, seeing the one thing to be played off against the other, the fighting of strong men, the politics, all the forces which go to make or break your business.

Well, I didn't do it, and I'm not sorry.

I have a gift which, by training and development, will give me a place among the men who do things, if I have good luck--good luck!" He dwelt upon these last words with an intensity which dreaded something.

There was retrospection in his eyes.

A cloud seemed to cross his face.
A strong step crunching the path stopped the conversation, and presently there appeared the figure of Tarboe.