[Wakulla by Kirk Munroe]@TWC D-Link bookWakulla CHAPTER XIX 7/12
Consequently it looks as if I had a special call to have a business that'll take my body where my heart is once in a while.
Now my business is the lumber business, and always will be; and from what I know and what you tell me, it looks as if there was enough of that sort of business to be done in Floridy to amuse my declining years." "Yes, indeed there is, uncle." "Well, that p'int being settled, and you, as President of the Elmer Mills, being willing to use your influence to have me made a partner in that concern--" "Why, of course, uncle--" "No 'of course' about it, young man; remember there's a Board of Directors to be consulted.
Friendship is friendship, and business is business, and sometimes when one says 'Gee' t'other says 'Haw.' Having secured the influence of the president of the company, however, I'm willing to risk the rest.
And now for my scheme. "Supposing, for the sake of argument, that I am made one of the proprietors of the Elmer Mills.
In that case I want them to be big mills.
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