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. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...He could discover no weak spot in the scheme which John Norton had so calmly sprung. With head bent into the driving rain he turned sharply north, so sharply that he missed the one thing which could have brought him comfort. Betty Norton, seated in her father's limousine drawn up against the curb, did her ...
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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. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...He could discover no weak spot in the scheme which John Norton had so calmly sprung. With head bent into the driving rain he turned sharply north, so sharply that he missed the one thing which could have brought him comfort. Betty Norton, seated in her father's limousine drawn up against the curb, did her startled best to attract his attention, but before she could send a footman in pursuit Danforth was lost in the crowd. Five minutes later he entered the offices of Mit-tendorf & Co., with an air of confidence no one would have suspected of being artificial. " Ask Mr. Nathan Mittendorf if he'll see me a moment," he said crisply. " He's at liberty now, Mr. Danforth." " Good! " He crossed the outer office and passed into one of the private rooms. " Hello, Nate!" he exclaimed heartily, as he closed the door behind him. There was a touch of inherent Prussianism about the man who rose from the roll-top desk. Even in the closely cropped black hair was a suggestion of aggressiveness and force which was strangely comforting to one in Danforth's present mood. "Hello, old man!" he cried, his hand extended. "Have a cigar?" Danforth sank into the indicated chair with a sigh of relief. " Pleasant pair of highbinders, Ben-nitt and Sykes," he observed, striking a match on his heel. " Warned you," reminded the other. " Did Sanctimonious preach you a sermon on the Golden Text and then make a lunge at your back? " " They landed flush between my eyes. They've put their cards on the table at last--and they surely know how to stack a deck." " Let's have the worst." Danforth drew a long breath, and, putting one arm on the corner of the desk, leaned forward. " You were right when you said they'd fight," he said earnestly. " They've hatched the most devilish scheme man...
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Illustrated by H. Weston Taylor. Contemporary owner's signature, and a sticker shadow both on the front fly, a little rubbing on the boards, very good or better in very good dustwrapper with shallow loss at the spine ends, and a few small nicks and tears. Romance in a bucolic setting replete with hunting and fishing, jacket art is a repeat of the frontispiece by Taylor of a woman fishing.
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TAYLOR, H. WESTON. GOOD. JACKET: WORN DJ. 5X8. Good cover and spine. white markings to cover. gold gilt lettering and illustrations to front cover. general wear, watersoiling and rips to DJ. clean endpapers. aged toning to first endpage. light foxing to front endpages. major foxing to title page. foxing to colored illustrations before title page. major deckeling to edges. colored illustrations to pages 92, 216, 271, 288 and before title page. foxing to some ages, otherwise pages are clean. _PAB_