Argosy All-Story Weekly, October 7, 1922 — page 38: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

By HENRY PAYSON DOWST _A NOVELETTE—COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE CHAPTER I. ‘““tT COULD BE DONE.” LD Joe Benson, president of the () Benson Bank, of Templeton, was scolding young Joe for not wanting to be made head of that solid institution; and his son was not making a very success- ful defense. ‘What does a bank president have to do, anyhow?” he asked. ‘“* He has to know the community and its people and its needs; and he has to get business. Mostly, he has to get business, under present conditions. With Ed French coming home to take charge of the Sands County Trust & Savings, we'll need it. And, Joey, I’d like to direct your attention to that same Ed French; there’s a hustler for you. He'll make things hum in bank- ing circles, I’m thinking. . ‘““ Every one says he’s smarter’n a steel trap. Been to New York the last four or five years, studyin’ fy-nance; and knows all the latest banking wrinkles. The old Benson will have to look out for itself.” ‘‘T went to school with Ed,”’ said Joe. “Yes; and I went to school with his father. And where’s his’ father now? President of a one-hoss university. Say, old Sam French never made over three thousand dollars in one year in his life. Never wanted to, I guess; satisfied if he could get his nose into some book. 184 comiclboo@olx