He resolved to wait no longer, but sell his dreadful stock at once.

He walked directly to the bank.
The manager, a shrewd but kindly man, to whom Barker was known already, received him graciously in recognition of his well-known simple honesty, and respectfully as a representative of the equally well-known poor but "superior" partnership of the Gulch.

He listened with marked attention to Barker's hesitating but brief story, only remarking at its close: "You mean, of course, the 'SECOND Extension' when you say 'First' ?" "No," said Barker; "I mean the 'First'-- and it said First in the Boomville paper." "Yes, yes!--I saw it--it was a printer's error.

The stock of the 'First' was called in two years ago.

No! You mean the 'Second,' for, of course, you've followed the quotations, and are likely to know what stock you're holding shares of.