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"Of course," he said, "the shares are at a pre dealt with on 'Change We have not

troubled to apply for quotations But I assure you, my dear sir, the

shares are at a pre

"At a small premium," said Mr Soames hopefully

Bones made no reply

"At a half a crown prely

"At par," said Bones, in his firmest and most business-like tones

The matter was not settled there and then, because matters are not

settled with such haste in the City of London Bones went home to his

office with a new set of notes, and wired to Ha day

It was a great scheht, with the aid of

the sceptical Miss Whitland His desk was piled high with technical

publications dealing with thethe Company in order to rescue a friend's investment passed

entirely from his mind in the splendid dream he conjured from his

dubious calculations

The Plover car should cover the face of the earth He read an article

onhow a celebrated American produced a

thousand or a hundred thousand cars a day--he wasn't certain which--and

how the car, in various parts, passed along an endless table, between

lines of expectant workmen, each of whom fixed a nut or unfixed a nut,

so that, when the machine finally reached its journey's end, it left

the table under its oer