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Mr Marston stroked his strip of beard "In order for our stock to be

e intend it to be, the Paraot

to operate as a co A

beneficentall--but nevertheless

a ot only a li to do about the Vose line?"

"Let it compete, sir We can kill it in the end"

"Possibly--probably But that plan will not serve, Mr Fogg"

"It's business"

"But it is not finance I'g I hardly know one end of a stea proble it would take to put the Vose line under But I do know this, as a

financier, handling a big deal, that the Paramount stock will not appeal

to investors or the bonds to banks unless we can launch our project as

a clean, perfect combination, every transportation charter locked up

I handle money, and I know all of e You think the Vose directors are able to hold their

stockholders in line, do you?"

Mr Fogg uncrossed his legs, put both feet on the floor, hooked

his hands across his paunch, and gazed up at the ceiling, evidently