Walter looked a little startled. "What you mean, I can't? Why not?"
"You've got to help me," Adams explained slowly; and he frowned more deeply, as if the interview were growing increasingly laborious for him. "It's going to be a big pull to get this business on its feet."
"Yes!" Walter exclaimed with a sharp skepticism. "I should say it was!" He stared at his father incredulously. "Look here; aren't you just a little bit sudden, the way you're goin' about things? You've let mother shove you a little too fast, haven't you? Do you know anything about what it means to set up a new business these days?"
"Yes, I know all about it," Adams said. "About this business, I do."
"How do you?"
"Because I made a long study of it. I'm not afraid of going about it the wrong way; but it's a hard job and you'll have to put in all whatever sense and strength you've got."
Walter began to breathe quickly, and his lips were agitated; then he set them obstinately. "Oh, I will," he said.
"Yes, you will," Adams returned, not noticing that his son's inflection was satiric. "It's going to
