There was silence for several minutes over the cigars and whiskey before Grim opened fire at last.

He talked straight out in front of Mrs.Davey, for she had mothered Cosmopolitan Oil men in a hundred out-of-the-way places.

She knew more sacred secrets than the Sphinx.
"Any news about your oil concessions, Davey ?" "No.

Not a word.

We've got every prospect in the country marked out.