That's about all the asset we've got now, I guess." The general replied weakly: "I--I, I--I guess you're right, John.

I suppose that's about it." "How do you figure it out, General ?" asked Barclay, still walking the carpet.
The general fumbled for a paper in his pocket and handed it to Barclay.

He took it, glanced at it a moment, and then said: "I'm no good at translating another man's figures--how is it in short ?--Right down to bed-rock ?" Hendricks seemed to pull himself together and replied: "Well, something like ten thousand in cash against seventy thousand in deposits, and fifty thousand of that time deposits, due next October, you know, on the year's agreement.

Of the ten thousand cash, four thousand belongs to Brownwell, and is on check, and you have two thousand on check." "All right.

Now, General, what do you owe ?" "Well, you know that guarantee of your and Bob's business--that nine thousand.