Clear the Track! A Story of To-day
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E. Werner. Clear the Track! A Story of To-day
CHAPTER I. THE FEAST OF FLOWERS AT NICE
CHAPTER II. IN COUNCIL
CHAPTER III "See the path is clear. To a grand career."
CHAPTER IV. ODENSBURG MANOR
CHAPTER V. A VICTORY WON
CHAPTER VI. TO WHICH MORE THAN ONE CHARMER CHARMS
CHAPTER VII. CECILA VISITS RADEFELD
CHAPTER VIII. A BOUGH OF APPLE-BLOSSOMS
CHAPTER IX. THE CROSS ON THE WHITE STONE
CHAPTER X. MAIA'S CHOICE
CHAPTER XI. A SECRET FOE AND OPEN ENEMY
CHAPTER XII. THE GOAL IN SIGHT
CHAPTER XIII. RUNECK LEAVES ODENSBURG
CHAPTER XIV. HOW AN OLD BACHELOR MAKES LOVE
CHAPTER XV. A WEDDING DAY
CHAPTER XVI. SCENES AT THE "GOLDEN LAMB."
CHAPTER XVII. ELECTION TIMES
CHAPTER XVIII. FORTUNE SMILES ON VICTOR ECKARDSTEIN
CHAPTER XIX "OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, ON WITH THE NEW.–"
CHAPTER XX. MAIA MUST BE SAVED
CHAPTER XXI. FROM HEIGHTS OF BLISS TO DEPTHS OF WOE
CHAPTER XXII. HIS SIN HAD FOUND HIM OUT
CHAPTER XXIII. A LOVERS' TRYST
CHAPTER XXIV. A DEED THAT WIPES OUT OLD SCORES
CHAPTER XXV. TWIXT LIFE AND DEATH
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW FORCES THAT ARE OPPOSED MAY BLEND
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"I Am sorry, gentlemen, but I have to pronounce all your plans and proposals unsatisfactory. The question is to draw all the water-power we need from the Radefeld low-grounds, in the shortest way, and with the least possible expense. But, without exception, your designs call for such vast and expensive outlays, that it is not worth while to talk of their being carried into effect."
It was Eberhard Dernburg, the proprietor of the Odensburg Works, who thus declined the plans laid before him by his officers, in this decided manner. The gentlemen shrugged their shoulders and looked at the plans and drawings that were spread out upon the table, when, finally, one of them said:
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"I, however, deemed it needful for your sake," was the dry rejoinder. "There is no doubt but that the Wildenrods belong to the most ancient nobility in the land. The old Baron seems to have lived rather extravagantly, but was universally respected. His estates were sold after his death, and, for a respectable sum were transferred to the king, on condition that the widow might still be allowed a home in the castle. This certainly agrees with the information furnished you by Herr von Wildenrod, a person, by the way, with whom I cannot have the slightest affinity."
"But you do not know him yet. Oscar is an intellectual man, and in many respects a remarkable one."
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