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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1897. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ...'But, father, ' she said one day when driven to extremity, 'there is a very simple way of finding out everything. Pay David's debts; he will come home, and you can settle it between you.' 'Ha that is what you want to get out of me, is it?' he cried. 'It is as well to know ' But if Sechard had no belief in his son, he had plenty of faith in the Cointets. He went to consult them, and the Cointets dazzled him of set purpose, telling him that his son's experiments might mean millions of francs. 'If David can prove that he has succeeded, I shall not hesitate to go into partnership with him, and reckon his discovery as half the capital, ' the tall Cointet told him. The suspicious old man learned a good deal over nips of brandy with the work-people, and something more by questioning Petit-Claud and feigning stupidity; and at length he felt convinced that the Cointets were the real movers behind Metivier; they were plotting to ruin Sechard's printing establishment, and to lure him (Sechard) on to pay his son's debts by holding out the discovery as a bait. The old man of the people did not suspect that Petit-Claud was in the plot, nor had he any idea of the toils woven to ensnare the great secret. A day came at last when he grew angry and out of patience with the daughter-in-law who would not so much as tell him where David was hiding; he determined to force the laboratory door, for he had discovered that David was wont to make his experiments in the workshop where the rollers were melted down. He came downstairs very early one morning and set to work upon the lock. 'Hey papa Sechard, what are you doing there?' Marion called out. (She had risen at daybreak to go to her paper-mill, and now she sprang across to the workshop.) 'I am in my own house,
| ISBN-13 | 9780217507547 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217507549 |
| Weight | 0.28 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.19 In |
| List Price | $21.05 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 78 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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