Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
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Chester George Randolph. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

CHAPTER I. IN WHICH J. RUFUS WALLINGFORD CONCEIVES A BRILLIANT INVENTION

CHAPTER II. WHEREIN EDWARD LAMB BEHOLDS THE AMAZING PROFITS OF THE CARPET-TACK INDUSTRY

CHAPTER III. MR. WALLINGFORD'S LAMB IS CAREFULLY INSPIRED WITH A FLASH OF CREATIVE GENIUS

CHAPTER IV. J. RUFUS ACCEPTS A TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND BUYS AN AUTOMOBILE

CHAPTER V. THE UNIVERSAL COVERED CARPET TACK COMPANY FORMS AMID GREAT ENTHUSIASM

CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH AN ASTOUNDING REVELATION IS MADE CONCERNING J. RUFUS

CHAPTER VII. WHEREIN THE GREAT TACK INVENTOR SUDDENLY DECIDES TO CHANGE HIS LOCATION

CHAPTER VIII. MR. WALLINGFORD TAKES A DOSE OF HIS OWN BITTER MEDICINE

CHAPTER IX. MR. WALLINGFORD SHOWS MR. CLOVER HOW TO DO THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS GOOD

CHAPTER X. AN AMAZING COMBINATION OF PHILANTHROPY AND PROFIT IS INAUGURATED

CHAPTER XI. NEIL TAKES A SUDDEN INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS AND WALLINGFORD LETS GO

CHAPTER XII. FATE ARRANGES FOR J. RUFUS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MANUFACTURE SALES RECORDERS

CHAPTER XIII. MR. WALLINGFORD OFFERS UNLIMITED FINANCIAL BACKING TO A NEW ENTERPRISE

CHAPTER XIV. SHOWING HOW FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS MAY DO THE WORK OF FIVE THOUSAND

CHAPTER XV. WALLINGFORD GENEROUSLY LOANS THE PNEUMATIC COMPANY SOME OF ITS OWN MONEY

CHAPTER XVI. THE FINANCIER TAKES A FLYING TRIP TO EUROPE ON AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART

CHAPTER XVII. WHEREIN A GOOD STOMACH FOR STRONG DRINK IS WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

CHAPTER XVIII. THE TOWN OF BATTLESBURG FINDS A PRIVATE RAILROAD CAR IN ITS MIDST!

CHAPTER XIX. MR. WALLINGFORD WINS THE TOWN OF BATTLESBURG BY THE TOSS OF A COIN

CHAPTER XX. BATTLESBURG SMELLS MONEY AND PLUNGES INTO A MAD ORGIE OF SPECULATION

CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH THE SHEEP ARE SHEARED AND SKINNED AND THEIR HIDES TANNED

CHAPTER XXII. J. RUFUS PREFERS FARMING IN AMERICA TO PROMOTING IN EUROPE

CHAPTER XXIII. A CORNER IN FARMERS IS FORMED AND IT BEHOLDS A MOST WONDERFUL VISION

CHAPTER XXIV. THE FARMERS' COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION DOES TERRIFIC THINGS TO THE BOARD OF TRADE

CHAPTER XXV. MR. FOX SOLVES HIS GREAT PROBLEM, AND MR. WALLINGFORD FALLS WITH A THUD

CHAPTER XXVI. J. RUFUS SCENTS A FORTUNE IN SMOKE AND LETS MR. NICKEL SEE THE FLAMES

CHAPTER XXVII. MR. WALLINGFORD GAMBLES A BIT AND PICKS UP AN UNSOLICITED PARTNER

CHAPTER XXVIII. WHEREIN MR. WALLINGFORD JOINS THE LARGEST CLUB IN THE WORLD

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There were twenty-four applicants for the position before Edward Lamb appeared, the second day after the initial insertion of the advertisement which had been designed to meet his eye alone. David Jasper, who read his paper advertisements and all, in order to get the full worth of his money out of it, telephoned to his friend Edward about the glittering chance.

Yes, Mr. Wallingford was in his suite. Would the gentleman give his name? Mr. Lamb produced a card, printed in careful imitation of engraving, and it gained him admission to the august presence, where he created some surprise by a sudden burst of laughter.

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It was said by those who made a business of dining that Mr. Wallingford could order a dinner worth while, except for the one trifling fault of over-plenty; but then, Mr. Wallingford himself was a large man, and it took much food and drink to sustain that largeness. Whatever other critics might have said, Mr. Lamb could have but one opinion as they sipped their champagne, toward the end of the meal, and this opinion was that Mr. Wallingford was a genius, a prince of entertainers, a master of finance, a gentleman to be imitated in every particular, and that a man should especially blush to question his financial standing or integrity.

They went to the theater after dinner – box seats – and after the theater they had a little cold snack, amounting to about eleven dollars, including wine and cigars. Moreover, Mr. Lamb had gratefully accepted the secretaryship of the Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company.

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