The Plunderers; a Novel
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150865961
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Questo libro di storia potrebbe contenere numerosi refusi e parti di testo mancanti. Solitamente gli acquirenti hanno la possibilita di scaricare gratuitamente una copia scansionata del libro originale (senza refusi) direttamente dalleditore. Il libro e Non illustrato. 1915 edition. Estratto: ... but does not wish to tell it--not quite yet. It is the most exasperating smile known. Jerningham looked at him a moment. Then he said, coldly: "Why not pick them out haphazard--one here and another there, as if you were sampling a mine and wanted to make sure they hadnt salted it on you?" He turned to the men and said, "Pick out ten at random, no two from the same place; and be sure they are not full of stable Utter " Stewardson flushed, and whispered apologetically to the superintendent, "The more the boys work, the more grateful he will be." "Oh, he is very generous, anyhow," said Sullivan, the superintendent, watching his helper and Sheehan pick out the ten boxes at random. Stewardson accompanied Jerningham up-stairs and then excused himself long enough to say to a confidential clerk: "Follow Mr. Jerningham and his ten boxes of gold-dust, and find out what he does, how much he gets, and every detail of interest. Dont let him see you." The clerk found out and later reported to the vicepresident that the ten boxes all contained Alaskan gold-dust, and that their value was $531,687, the boxes averaging a little better than fifty thousand dollars each. Stewardson then had the remaining boxes counted. There were one hundred and twentyone left. They were worth over six million dollars. Jerningham ought to have the gold-dust coined and then deposit the proceeds in the trust company. The company would allow him two and a half per cent.--or maybe three per cent.--on the six millions. That would be one hundred and eighty thousand dollars a year. The company could then loan the entire six millions, not having to bother with keeping a reserve like the national banks, and, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150865961 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150865962 |
| Weight | 0.60 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 178 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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