"And throw the rest of our capital after the fifty thousand dollars we've already lost?"
"Yes."
"And you were fool enough to consent—"
"Wait, Father—and don't get excited. Listen. Cotton is going up—"
"Of course it's going up! Short crop and big demand—"
"Cotton is going up, and then it's going to fall."
"I don't believe it."
"I know it; the trust has got money and credit enough to force it down."
"Well, what then?" The Colonel glared.
"Then somebody will corner it."