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The Financier

CHAPTER XXI
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"So he has it?
I never thought that road would pay, as it was laid out.

It's too short.
It ought to run about three miles farther out into the Kensington section." "You're right," said Stener, dully.
"Did Strobik say what Colton wants for his shares ?" "Sixty-eight, I think." "The current market rate.

He doesn't want much, does he?
Well, George, at that rate it will take about"-- he calculated quickly on the basis of the number of shares Cotton was holding--"one hundred and twenty thousand to get him out alone.

That isn't all.

There's Judge Kitchen and Joseph Zimmerman and Senator Donovan"-- he was referring to the State senator of that name.


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