So, as long as I can, I will not press him.

But I tell you that the margin of safety on which he is moving now is too narrow--scarce a foot-hold.

He has too much under construction in the business of his life, and if one stone slips out, down may come the whole pile.

He has stopped building the cheese-factory--that represents sheer loss.

The ash-factory is to close next week, the saw-mill is only paying its way, and the flour-mill and the farms, which have to sustain the call of his many interests, can't stand the drain.