"I think he'll do."

"Why do you think he'll do?"

"Because he ought to do. He's been with us long enough to have acquired
sufficient experience to enable him--"

"Has he acquired the courage to tackle the job, Matt?" Cappy
interrupted. "That's more important than this doggoned experience you
and Skinner prate so much about."

"I know nothing of his courage. I assume that he has force and
initiative. I know he has a pleasing personality."

"Well, before we send him out we ought to know whether or no he has
force and initiative."

"Then," quoth Matt Peasley, rising, "I wash my hands of the job of
selecting Henderson's successor. You've butted in, so I suggest you name
the lucky man."

"Yes, indeed," Skinner agreed. "I'm sure it's quite beyond my poor
abilities to uncover Andrews' force and initiative on such notice. He
does possess sufficient force and initiative for his present job, but--"

"But will he possess force and initiative when he has to make a quick
decision six thousand miles from expert advice, and stand or fall by
that decision? That's what we want to know, Skinner."