You've had your chance and failed.
Now then, step aside and let a man run who knows how." Mr.Roswell, president of the bank where Gray had first made himself known, was a shrewd, forceful man who had attained a position in business and arrived at a time of life when he could well afford to indulge his likes and his dislikes.

Those likes and dislikes were strong, for his was a positive character.

As is the case with most successful men who pride themselves upon their cold caution and business acumen--and Mr.Roswell did so pride himself--he really was a person of impulse, and intuition played a much larger part in his conduct of affairs than he would have acknowledged.

Such people make mistakes, but they also make friends; occasionally they read character wrong, but they inspire loyalty, and big institutions are founded upon friendship and loyalty as well as upon stability and fair dealing.
Roswell had liked Gray upon their first meeting, and that liking had deepened.

Owing to that fact, he had neglected to secure a report upon him, assuring himself that there was always time for such formalities.
He was cordial to-day when Gray strode into his office bringing Gus Briskow with him.
The banker listened with interest to what he was told, then he studied the map that Briskow spread upon his desk showing the location of his own and other near-by wells.
"That looks like a sure thing," Roswell said, finally.