One morning, several days after the annual meeting, Gus Briskow opened the door between his and Gray's office and inquired, "Busy?" The new vice-president of the Security National raised a preoccupied face to the new president and said: "I'm never too busy to talk to you. What is it?" "Nothing! I'm just kinda lonesome; kinda tired of lookin' bright about things I don't savvy." Gus seated himself and crossed his thin legs. "Folks give an owl credit for bein' wise just because he keeps his mouth shut. Prob'ly he's got nothing of interest to say." "Perhaps. But you can say 'no,' Gus, and that's about all the average banker is called upon to say." "Um-m!" The elder man nodded reflectively. "I heard about a captain of industry that allus smelled a pink when he did his heavy thinkin'. Now me

