Excerpt: ...to be wondered at. Everybody regarded him kindly, total stranger as he was, and although few of them believed to any extent in his "Garden Spot of Virginia," as his pet enterprise soon came to be known around the Street, everybody wished it well, and not a few would have started it with a considerable subscription could the colonel have managed the additional thousands required to set it on its financial legs. Fitz never lost heart in the scheme, -that is, never when the colonel was about. As the weeks rolled by ...
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Excerpt: ...to be wondered at. Everybody regarded him kindly, total stranger as he was, and although few of them believed to any extent in his "Garden Spot of Virginia," as his pet enterprise soon came to be known around the Street, everybody wished it well, and not a few would have started it with a considerable subscription could the colonel have managed the additional thousands required to set it on its financial legs. Fitz never lost heart in the scheme, -that is, never when the colonel was about. As the weeks rolled by and one combination after the other failed, and the well-thumbed bundle of papers in the big blue envelope was returned with various comments. "In view of our present financial engagements we are unable to undertake your very attractive railroad scheme," or the more curt "Not suited to our line of customers," he would watch the colonel's face anxiously, and rack his brain for some additional excuse. He always found one. Tight money, or news from Europe, or an overissue of similar bonds; next week it would be better. And the colonel always believed him. Fitz was his guiding star, and would lead him to some safe haven yet. This faith was his stronghold, and his only one. This morning, however, there was a touch of genuine enthusiasm about Fitz. He rushed into the office, caught up the blue bundle and the map, nearly upsetting the colonel, who was balanced back in his chair with his long legs over the desk, -a favorite attitude when down town, -rushed out, and returned in half an hour with a fat body surmounted by a bald head fringed about with gray curls. Illustration He was the advance agent of that mysterious combination known to the financial world as an "English syndicate," an elusive sort of commercial sea-serpent with its head in London and its tail around the globe. The "inquiry" which had so gladdened the colonel's heart the morning ofthe breakfast with aunt Nancy had proceeded from this rotund negotiator. The colonel had, as usual, ...
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Kemble, E. W. and Smith, F. Hopkinson. Good. No dust jacket. 2 nicks & wrinkle on spine, rubbed edges, some faded pages due to age. No ink or pencil marks in book. Reprint. 208 p. Includes illustrations. Tan cloth over boards, sewn binding, black letering and red design on spine & front. A novel about a Virginia gentleman and his friends. The author wrote at least 2 books about Colonel Carter.
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Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. VG-/NONE. Light general wear, spine slightly cocked, rubbing to edges, with light spotting, but clean bright interior pages.; 8vo; 208 pages; The south.
