Her Weight in Gold

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George Barr McCutcheon. Her Weight in Gold

Her Weight in Gold

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HER WEIGHT IN GOLD

THE MAID AND THE BLADE

MR. HAMSHAW'S LOVE AFFAIR

THE GREEN RUBY

THE GLOAMING GHOSTS

PART I

PART II

WHEN GIRL MEETS GIRL

QUIDDLERS THREE

CHAPTER I

THE THREE VAN WINKLES

CHAPTER II

THE GRAND DUCHESS

CHAPTER III

THE TWINS

CHAPTER IV

ALL VAN WINKLES

THE LATE MR. TAYLOR

THE TEN DOLLAR BILL

A CHRISTMAS STORY

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George Barr McCutcheon

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The next morning, General Gamble reported by telephone that Martha weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds and nine ounces. A minute later, Eddie was at his desk calculating.

On the twenty-third of September she weighed two thousand and twenty-five ounces troy. At nineteen dollars and twenty cents an ounce she was then worth $38,880. With any sort of luck, he figured, she might be expected to pick up a few pounds as the result of her new-found happiness and peace of mind. Her worries were practically over. Contented people always put on flesh. If everything went well, she ought to represent at least $40,000 on her wedding day. Perhaps more.

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