And to tell you the truth, Ken, when a client asks for my advice about them, I don't know what to say." Kendrick contemplated the tips of his patent boots.

He was a well-looking, well-turned-out and well-to-do representative of the occupation which he, his father and grandfather had followed,--ten years older, perhaps, than his companion, but remarkably well-preserved.

He had made money and kept it.
"They say that Rockefeller's at the back of them," he remarked.
"They may say what they like but who's to prove it ?" his young companion argued.

"They must have enormous backing, of course, but until they declare it, I'm not pushing the business.

Look at the Board on their merits, Ken." Roger Kendrick nodded.