[The Good Time Coming by T. S. Arthur]@TWC D-Link bookThe Good Time Coming CHAPTER XXVIII 6/8
But there are wills on the other side of the Atlantic as well as here, and wills acting in concert with ours.
Have no concern on this head; the English advances will be along in good season.
In the mean time, if more money is wanted, our credit is good to almost any amount." This proposition in regard to credit was no mere temporary expedient, thought of at the time, to meet an unexpected contingency.
It had been all clearly arranged in the minds of Fenwick and other ruling spirits in New York, and Markland was not permitted to leave before his name, coupled with that of "some of the best names in the city," was on promissory notes for almost fabulous amounts. Taking into account the former business experience of Mr.Markland, his present reckless investments and still more reckless signing of obligations for large sums, show how utterly blind his perceptions and unsettled his judgment had become.
The waters he had so successfully navigated before were none of them strange waters.
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