[Cap’n Warren’s Wards by Joseph C. Lincoln]@TWC D-Link bookCap’n Warren’s Wards CHAPTER VII 26/50
"Has he paid back the money he borrowed ?" he inquired. "No-o! I guess the creditors'll have to take it out in overalls. However, it's a satisfaction to some of 'em to watch Chase really work. I know that gives me _my_ money's worth." "Oh, ho! You are one of the creditors! Captain Warren, I'm surprised.
I sized you up as a shrewder judge of investments." Captain Elisha colored.
"I judged that one correct," he answered.
"If I hadn't thought 'twould have turned out that way I never would have plunged.
You see, old man Chase was a friend of mine, and--However," he added, hastily changing the subject, "we've strayed some off the course. When I mentioned the Stock Exchange I did it because my brother was a member of it, and I cal'late you might have known him." Pearson was astonished.
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