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. 1882 Excerpt: ...he was comfortable seated, he said, --"Now then, Roddy, what is it? What is this wonderful affair that's been puzzling your thoughtful brains for so many days?" "Well, sir, I have been thinking that, considering the active and highly useful life you have led, it must be exceedingly irksome, perhaps even irritating, to ...
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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. 1882 Excerpt: ...he was comfortable seated, he said, --"Now then, Roddy, what is it? What is this wonderful affair that's been puzzling your thoughtful brains for so many days?" "Well, sir, I have been thinking that, considering the active and highly useful life you have led, it must be exceedingly irksome, perhaps even irritating, to you to see a strong young fellow like myself hanging about all day, apparently without aim or object in life, so I have resolved upon asking your permission to take up some employment that would occupy my time for a few hours in the day. I am fully aware of the great loss I shall sustain by being deprived of the inestimable advantage of your highly instructive conversation for those hours; still T fancy the change, and any little matter that my poor powers of observation may enable me to pick up, will help to enliven the other part of our time." After a short pause, during which I trembled lest I had made a mistake in not letting the proposition come from himself, he said, rather drily, --"And what do you think you are capable of doing, Roddy? In what field of commerce do you think you could shine as a guiding star?" I humbly assured him that I was not egotistical, that I had no hope of shining as a "guiding star," and that, as I was very desirous of retaining as much of his society as possible--of course if agreeable to himself--it had occurred to me that if I could get a position in a good bank, my idea of employment and leisure would be happily combined. To this proposition the old gentleman replied with a very hearty "All right, my dear boy! You are quite right in what you propose, and we will see about it at once." That very day he called upon his own banker; and in less than a week, some in...
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Add this copy of Dick Boulin's Four-in-Hand, By the Author of 'My to cart. $38.96, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wentworth Press.
