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... answer , Mark . I came here to have a talk with you to - night for I have had a worried day . " " I see that Universal has been bobbing around in the stock market . ' 99 " It isn't that , Mark . Since I have come into this room I have ...
... answer , Mark . I came here to have a talk with you to - night for I have had a worried day . " " I see that Universal has been bobbing around in the stock market . ' 99 " It isn't that , Mark . Since I have come into this room I have ...
Page 58
... answered Joe . " You stick to Dunbar . He'll grow and be big . But heed my advice . Should you find from time to time that J. Percival has not given you his whole confidence where you had thought you had it all , don't be cast down and ...
... answered Joe . " You stick to Dunbar . He'll grow and be big . But heed my advice . Should you find from time to time that J. Percival has not given you his whole confidence where you had thought you had it all , don't be cast down and ...
Page 60
... answered Hack- ett . " I should not object to being rich , but I can't gamble for it , and that is what every- body is doing . Perhaps if I could get a tip I knew to be straight I might even play the Street . I never did get one but ...
... answered Hack- ett . " I should not object to being rich , but I can't gamble for it , and that is what every- body is doing . Perhaps if I could get a tip I knew to be straight I might even play the Street . I never did get one but ...
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... answered composedly : " I have heard so . " " It was and I know it . It was given to me . I say , Percy , do you know Mrs. Hilary Stanford ? " " I am acquainted with the lady , " replied Percy , somewhat surprised at the abrupt turn of ...
... answered composedly : " I have heard so . " " It was and I know it . It was given to me . I say , Percy , do you know Mrs. Hilary Stanford ? " " I am acquainted with the lady , " replied Percy , somewhat surprised at the abrupt turn of ...
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... answer . " Elbert , " asked Percy , " is Hackett fre- quently at your house ? " " Pretty often , sir . ” " You are intimate , then ? " " Why , yes . But we are hardly compan- ions . You see , Mr. Dunbar , I don't think I am the ...
... answer . " Elbert , " asked Percy , " is Hackett fre- quently at your house ? " " Pretty often , sir . ” " You are intimate , then ? " " Why , yes . But we are hardly compan- ions . You see , Mr. Dunbar , I don't think I am the ...
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