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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...its charmed environments. Gold is the commonest product there. This is quite sufficient. The confidential details which accompany this prospectus will make known our financial requirements. We know we have a great fortune in sight, but, hidden away in the greater depths are unknown possibilities of fabulous riches, for this great river is noted for its richness on bed-rock. Millions have been taken out of its sand with the crudest devices. We have demonstrated our good faith and our confidence in the worth of these properties by a personal expenditure approximating fifty thousand dollars in cash. We have taken every legal precaution and necessary physical step to insure an absolutely safe and profitable investment. We are now ready, and desire, to finance a close corporation, with a limited capital, to operate this property on a scale Befitting Its Importance. Helen closed the pamphlet and passed it back. She knew nothing of mining and had no reason to doubt its truth or Sprudell's honesty. Not only the facts but the magnitude of the possibilities as he had outlined them were bewildering. He might, indeed, become as rich as Croesus and, she thought, how like a tyrant he would use his power! "Well?" He looked at her, exultant, gloating. For the moment he had the appearance of a person whose every wish had been granted. His eyes blazed with excitement, his face was crimson. Dazzled, intoxicated by the prospect of his great wealth, he felt himself omnipotent, immune from the consequences of rude manners and shameless selfishness, safe from criticism among the very rich. He felt a wild, reckless impulse to throw the cut-glass rose-vase on the floor--and pay for it. "Well?" he repeated arrogantly. He felt so sure of her, for what woman who earned her...
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- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 1458924777
- ISBN 13 9781458924773
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine88
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