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"How many?" wailed de Vinne

"A hundred and fifty thousand," said Mr Fred, and the two men stared

at one another

De Vinne licked his dry lips

"It comes to this," he said "Between us we've sold him three hundred

and thirty thousand shares There are only two hundred and fifty

thousand shares issued, so we've got to deliver eighty thousand shares

that are non-existent or be posted as defaulters"

Another long pause, and then both ht had struck theue!"

The nextthey called upon Bones, and they ith him for

half an hour; and when they went, they left behind theiven them, but another cheque for a ht Bones gave a wonderful dinner-party at the most expensive

hotel in London Sanders was there, and Patricia Sanders, and

Hamilton, and a certain Vera, whom the bold Bones called by her

Christian nairls was she who sat on his

right and listened to the delivery of Bones's great speech in fear and

tre, dear old friends," said Bones, "is Cupidity

and Cupid Coupled with the na and lovely typewriter--my friend and companion in storm and

stress, the only jolly old lady, if Iheart"--he caught Patricia Sanders's accusing eye,

coughed, and added--"in Europe!"