Wealth and personality is the modern magic formula for opening gates and softening the heart of officialdom. Watch the traffic policeman's forbidding hand drop to a respectable salute when the millionaire rides by in his limousine. Or—
The assistant warden came to Dudley's cell at three in the afternoon to tell him that his uncle and another gentleman were outside and that he might use the witness room to speak to them in. Officer Delaney had gone on patrol duty. Moreover the assistant warden felt that somebody of more importance than a mere policeman should be announcing the arrival of a personage of such evident wealth and distinguished appearance as Sanford Drake. There would be no trouble about arranging a quiet place for them to talk with the prisoner, no trouble at all, sir.
The assistant warden closed the door behind him and Dudley advanced gravely to meet his uncle. He was anxious about how the banker was going to take his call upon him for assistance. His greeting was cordial but business
