"Did you ever hear how he got his start thirty years ago?
Whitney's brother-in-law got into financial difficulties, and transferred to the elder Whitney property worth a hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

When the financial storm blew over the brother-in-law wanted the property transferred back again, but the elder Whitney didn't see it that way.

The elder Whitney kept the transferred property, and has since increased it to a half million or more." "Oh, well," Dick interrupted, "let us admit that some of the fellows on the sorehead list have never been in jail, and have never been threatened with it.

But I am sure that Dave has guessed my meaning right.

The soreheads, who number a dozen of rather valuable pigskin men, are on strike just because some of us poorer fellows are in it." "What nonsense!" ejaculated Greg Holmes disgustedly.