"He expressed quite some considerable solicitude.

'Why, Petey, this is a shockin' disclosure!' he says.

'A banker is a man that makes a livin' loanin' other people's money.

Lots of marble and brass to a bank, salaries and other expenses.
Show me a bank that's quit lendin' money and I'll show you a bank that's due to bust, _muy pronto!_ I got quite a wad in the Merchants and Miners,' he says, 'and you alarm me.

I'll give you a check for it, and you go there first off to-morrow and see if they'll lend you what you need.