About the middle of the month Jadwin again called the broker to his country house, and took him for a long evening’s trip around the lake, aboard the Thetis . They were alone. MacKenny was at the wheel, and, seated on camp stools in the stern of the little boat, Jadwin outlined his plans for the next few months.

“Sam,” he said, “I thought back in April there that we were to touch top prices about the first of this month, but this French and German news has coloured the cat different. I’ve been figuring that I would get out of this market around the seventies, but she’s going higher. I’m going to hold on yet awhile.”

“You do it on your own responsibility, then,” said the broker. “I warn you the price is top heavy.”