human
Is he president of all of them?
gpt
No, replied the barber, with importance--
human
Oh!
gpt
Oh, hang it all! he said.
human
I've seed promoters. It's mostly their own pockets they promote.
gpt
Well, I don't know, said the postmaster, as one with authority.
human
I don't know. Captain Carroll was in the office the other day, and we had a little talk, and it struck me that some of the ventures he is interested in were quite promising. And it is different with a man of his wealth. When a poor man takes up anything of the kind, you can suspect, but this is different. He said to me that he had no occasion, so far as the money was concerned, to turn his finger over for any of them or to open his mouth concerning them. He said he would not be afraid to stake every dollar he had in the world on them if it was necessary.
gpt
Have you bought some of the stock?
human
Well, maybe I have, and maybe again I haven't, said he.
gpt
Have you, John?
human
Not yet, replied the barber.
gpt
I am deflecting upon the matter. It requires considerable loggitation when a man has penuriously saved a circumscribed sum from the sweat of his brow.
human
That's so. Don't be rash, John,