The Son of his Father
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Cullum Ridgwell. The Son of his Father
CHAPTER I. UNREPENTANT
CHAPTER II. IN CHASTENED MOOD
CHAPTER III. GORDON ARRIVES
CHAPTER IV. GORDON LANDS AT SNAKE'S FALL
CHAPTER V. A LETTER HOME
CHAPTER VI. GORDON PROSPECTS SNAKE'S FALL
CHAPTER VII "MISS HAZEL"
CHAPTER VIII. AT BUFFALO POINT
CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST CHECK
CHAPTER X. GORDON MAKES HIS BID FOR FORTUNE
CHAPTER XI. HAZEL MALLINSBEE'S CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XII. THINKING HARD
CHAPTER XIII. SLOSSON SNATCHES AT OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER XIV. THE REWARD OF VICTORY
CHAPTER XV. IN COUNCIL
CHAPTER XVI. SOMETHING DOING
CHAPTER XVII. THE CODE BOOK
CHAPTER XVIII. WAYS THAT ARE DARK
CHAPTER XIX. JAMES CARBHOY ARRIVES
CHAPTER XX. THE BOOM IN EARNEST
CHAPTER XXI. A TRIFLE
CHAPTER XXII. ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XXIII. IN NEW YORK
CHAPTER XXIV. PREPARING FOR THE FINALE
CHAPTER XXV. THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXVI. CASHING IN
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Of course, the whole thing was ridiculous. Gordon knew that. No one could know it better. The more he thought about it the more surely he was certain of it. He told himself that he, personally, had behaved like a first-class madman over the whole affair. How on earth was he to make one hundred thousand dollars in six months? It couldn't be done. That was all. It simply couldn't be done. What power of mischief had driven him to charge his highly respectable father with graft? It was a rotten thing to do anyway. And it served him right that it had come back on him by pointing the way to the present impossible situation.
He was perfectly disgusted with himself.
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The man withdrew, puzzled. Used as he was to Gordon's vagaries, the thought of his master dining off two hideous club sandwiches and a bottle of domestic lager made his staunch stomach positively turn.
His perfect training, however, permitted of no verbal protest. And he waited on the diner with as much care for punctilio as though a formal banquet were in progress. Then came another violent shock to his feelings. Gordon leaned back in his chair with a sigh of amused contentment.
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