The editor said he had never read it.
"The thing I'm driving at," proceeded the drummer, "is, would it be good business for me to spring this on the general? You see, I might queer a two-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-dollar order for rifles. Still, if he could see the real business side of the situation, I might establish a market for millions of dollars' worth of hardware. What do you think about it? Would you run the risk?"
The priest chose to answer:
"Our President is rather a man of impulse, Señor Strawbridge."
The big American nodded.
"I see what you mean." He looked at Gumersindo.
"The future is always uncertain, Señor Strawbridge," observed the editor.
Strawbridge nodded.
"Uh huh; I see you agree with Father Benicio." He paused, thinking.