[Trumps by George William Curtis]@TWC D-Link bookTrumps CHAPTER LXXXVI 8/13
This ere's for the public service, I suppose, eh! Mr.Newt ?" and the President chuckled over his confirmed conviction that Lawrence Newt was "jes' like other folks." He asked Abel to walk with him to the bank.
They chatted as they passed along, nodded to those they knew, while some bowed politely to the young member whom they saw in such good company. "Well, well," said Mr.Zephyr Wetherley as he skimmed up Wall Street from the bank, where he had been getting dividends, "I didn't think to see the day when Abel Newt would be a solid, sensible man." And Mr.Wetherley wondered, in a sighing way, what was the secret of Abel's success. The honorable member came out of the bank with the money in his pocket. When the clock struck three he had the amount of all the notes in the form of several bills of foreign exchange. He went hastily to the river side and crossed to Jersey City. "They have sent to say that the ship sails at nine in the morning, and that we must be on board early," said Kitty Dunham, as he entered the room. "I am all ready," he replied, in a clear, cold, alert voice.
"Now sit down." His tone was not to be resisted.
The woman seated herself quietly and waited. "My affectionate Uncle Lawrence has given me a large sum of money, and recommends travelling for my health.
The money is in bills on London and Paris.
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