"I am."
"Good enough, I am with you, and you know that when I say so I mean what I say."
"I do."
"You shall have the whole business if it's opened up here to-night. Follow me."
CHAPTER IX
LUCK AND SKILL RUN OUR HERO INTO A GREAT "OPENING" ON TO THE BIG ORGANIZATION, AND LIGHT STRIKES IN VERY DARK CORNERS.
It is not necessary to explain to our readers our hero's great hold on the man Credo; but he knew his man well and knew that when Credo said, "I am with you," the fellow did mean just what he said. Credo led our hero to a rear room and once there he remarked:
"It's dead against me what I am doing. I had a big stake in this enterprise."
"You haven't lost one, old man, the lines are drawn close."