That was legitimate, too--'high finance,' he said.
"'But how about the poor folks that had their savin's in them stocks,' I asks, 'and don't know high financin'?
Where's the law of supply and demand come in for them ?' "He laughed.

'They supply the suckers and the demand for money,' says he.
"By eleven we was well out toward the fishin' grounds.

'Twas the bad season now; the big fish had struck off still further and there wa'n't another boat in sight.

The land was just a yeller and green smooch along the sky line and the waves was runnin' bigger.

The Shootin' Star was seaworthy, though, and I wa'n't worried about her.