I wish now that I had.

I restrained myself, however, and offered him the alternative of being thrown from the window or of leaving by the door without another word.
"He answered that he was quite prepared to go by the window if I would first tell him whether to put his money in the Terra del Fuego Nitrate Company, Limited, or in the Union Pacific Bank.

Life had no further interest for him.

All he cared for was to feel that this little nest-egg was safely laid by for the benefit of his beloved ones after he was gone.
"He pressed me to tell him what I thought of nitrates.

I replied that I declined to say anything whatever on the subject.