[Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock]@TWC D-Link bookArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich CHAPTER THREE: The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr 28/38
So gathered the storm, till all the town, like the great rotunda of the Grand Palaver, was filled with a silent "call for Mr.Tomlinson," voiceless and ominous. And while all this was happening, and while at Skinyer and Beatem's they worked with frantic pens and clattering type there came a knock at the door, hesitant and uncertain, and before the eyes of the astounded office there stood in his wide-awake hat and long black coat the figure of "the man Tomlinson" himself. And Skinyer, the senior partner, no sooner heard what Tomlinson wanted than he dashed across the outer office to his partner's room with his hyena face all excitement as he said: "Beatem, Beatem, come over to my room.
This man is absolutely the biggest thing in America.
For sheer calmness and nerve I never heard of anything to approach him.
What do you think he wants to do ?" "What ?" said Beatem. "Why, he's giving his entire fortune to the university." "By Gad!" ejaculated Beatem, and the two lawyers looked at one another, lost in admiration of the marvellous genius and assurance of Tomlinson. * * * * * Yet what had happened was very simple. Tomlinson had come back from the university filled with mingled hope and hesitation.
The university, he saw, needed the money and he hoped to give it his entire fortune, to put Dr.Boomer in a position to practically destroy the whole place.
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