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suppressed the howl of joy which rose to his throat For the name of

Bones was known in the City of London, and it was the dream of such men

as Charles O Soaustus Tibbetts with large parcels of his paper currency under

each arm

He jumped up from his chair and slipped on a coat, pushed the

prospectus he riting under a heap of docu family likeness to a county court writ--and

welcomed his visitor decorously and even profoundly

"In re Plover Car," said Bones briskly He prided hi to the point with the least possible delay

The face of Mr Soaht have truly said "the

car," but under the circuht that this would be

tactless

"No, dear old company promoter," said Bones, "I do not want to buy your

car In fact, you have no cars to sell"

"We've had a lot of labour trouble," said Mr Soames hurriedly

"You've no idea of the difficulties in production--ith the

Govern up supplies--but in a few months----"

"I know all about that," said Bones "Now, I'm a man of affairs and a

man of business"

He said this so definitely that it sounded like a threat