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... father had run up from the city for a week's- end stay with his family , a ride had been prearranged , which included the father and mother . But in the morning of that Sunday , Dunbar had received a curt message of with- drawal from ...
... father had run up from the city for a week's- end stay with his family , a ride had been prearranged , which included the father and mother . But in the morning of that Sunday , Dunbar had received a curt message of with- drawal from ...
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... father would put an end to her solitary morning drives . So it was that the young man was not called upon to talk . When they reached her home Kitty asked her companion to enter that her mother might thank him for the great service he ...
... father would put an end to her solitary morning drives . So it was that the young man was not called upon to talk . When they reached her home Kitty asked her companion to enter that her mother might thank him for the great service he ...
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... think of it . That some one had told her an exaggerated story of his securing a half interest in Pol- lock's invention he had no doubt . Her father What course was he had said only that afternoon that 46 J. P. DUNBAR.
... think of it . That some one had told her an exaggerated story of his securing a half interest in Pol- lock's invention he had no doubt . Her father What course was he had said only that afternoon that 46 J. P. DUNBAR.
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... father and husband died nothing was left her , and that she has not abated in any degree her way and pomp of life , and that there is much wonder as to her source of income . " " I have heard that wonder expressed , " said Mrs. Elbert ...
... father and husband died nothing was left her , and that she has not abated in any degree her way and pomp of life , and that there is much wonder as to her source of income . " " I have heard that wonder expressed , " said Mrs. Elbert ...
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... father was very much present and took it upon himself to do all the entertaining . Nor was he pleased with the effort upon the part of the parents to show him that he was accepted on the old footing . If that were to be done , he ...
... father was very much present and took it upon himself to do all the entertaining . Nor was he pleased with the effort upon the part of the parents to show him that he was accepted on the old footing . If that were to be done , he ...
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J. P. Dunbar: A Story of Wall Street (Classic Reprint) William Cadwalader Hudson No preview available - 2018 |
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