Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 11
... coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property . There is , from that point of view ...
... coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property . There is , from that point of view ...
Page 12
... Coal Company went into liquidation . The world of finance is a mysterious world in which , incredible as the fact may appear , evaporation precedes liquidation . First the capital evaporates , and then the company goes into liquida ...
... Coal Company went into liquidation . The world of finance is a mysterious world in which , incredible as the fact may appear , evaporation precedes liquidation . First the capital evaporates , and then the company goes into liquida ...
Page 14
... Coal Company , his employers his late em- ployers , to be precise . According to the unnatural mysteries of the financial world , the T.B.C. Company's capital having evaporated in the course of two years , the company went into ...
... Coal Company , his employers his late em- ployers , to be precise . According to the unnatural mysteries of the financial world , the T.B.C. Company's capital having evaporated in the course of two years , the company went into ...
Page 15
... coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hill- side less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The company's object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and exploit them ...
... coal - mine there , with an outcrop in the hill- side less than five hundred yards from the rickety wharf and the imposing blackboard . The company's object had been to get hold of all the outcrops on tropical islands and exploit them ...
Page 16
... coal , so what was the use of hurting his feelings ? Thus reasoned men in reputable business offices where he had his entrée as a person who came out East with letters of introduction - and modest letters of credit , too - some years ...
... coal , so what was the use of hurting his feelings ? Thus reasoned men in reputable business offices where he had his entrée as a person who came out East with letters of introduction - and modest letters of credit , too - some years ...
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