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town, north and south--everywhere where he could find suitable prereat characteristic of the

ement Modesty, moderation, simplicity Neither The Orb nor The

Sceptre nor yet their parent the Thrift and Independence had built for

themselves the usual palaces For this abstention they were praised in

silly public prints as illustrating in their ement the principle of

Thrift for which they were founded The fact is that de Barral simply

didn't think of it Of course he had soon h for that What he got hold of next was an old,

enormous, rat-infested brick house in a sers were taken in front of the rimed, yellowy,

flat brick wall, with ts of unadorned -holes one above the

other, and were exhorted with bated breath to behold and adreat financial force of the day

The word THRIFT perched right up on the roof in giant gilt letters, and

two enormous shield-like brass-plates curved round the corners on each

side of the doorere the only shining spots in de Barral's business

outfit Nobody knehat operations were carried on inside except

this--that if you walked in and tendered your money over the counter it

would be calive you a printed

receipt That and no e is

irresistible People went in and tendered; and once it was taken froone from them than if

they had thrown it into the sea This then, and nothing else was being

carried on in there"