"Stephen Rowland, president of the Bank of Chester, did not look his 45 years, even though he had enough on his mind to have made him appear 60."
So began a recent short story by gaunt-faced Clarence Budington Kelland in the Saturday Evening Post. It was one of a series, all dealing with Banker Rowland. Readers found them good yarns accurately portraying the small-town banker. Banker Rowland, cautious and clever, had once been mocked for his conservatism, later became the seer of Chester. People believed him when...
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