Excerpt from The Corrector of Destinies: Being Tales of Randolph Mason as Related by His Private Secretary, Courlandt Parks I do not remember ever to have been so fortunate at cards as on this evening. When we arose from the table, I had won seven hundred dollars, of which sum the Baron lost two hundred. The remainder was the loss of Winfield Gerry. I was glad of this distribution of the loss. Young Gerry was reputed an idle young fellow with millions at his finger tips. The Baron, keeping his money, like a Teuton, in ...
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Excerpt from The Corrector of Destinies: Being Tales of Randolph Mason as Related by His Private Secretary, Courlandt Parks I do not remember ever to have been so fortunate at cards as on this evening. When we arose from the table, I had won seven hundred dollars, of which sum the Baron lost two hundred. The remainder was the loss of Winfield Gerry. I was glad of this distribution of the loss. Young Gerry was reputed an idle young fellow with millions at his finger tips. The Baron, keeping his money, like a Teuton, in gold, handed me ten double-eagles. Mr. Gerry said that he would give me a check at the club, and asked me to ride down-town with him in his carriage. We were scarcely seated before he turned to me and said, in a quiet, even voice, as though he were announcing a score. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 302pp. Original red cloth illustrated in black and white, and lettered in gilt on upper board, black lettering to spine. 'Melville Davisson Post (1869 – 1930) was an American author, who wrote detective fiction. Post's best-known character is the mystery solving, justice dispensing "Uncle Abner". This volume is the 3rd in a series revolving around Randolph Mason, a lawyer whose knowledge of the law is so great that he can get away with just about anything. Covers a bit rubbed and darkened, extremities a little bruised & chafed, with some loss and fraying at lower spine, page edges darkened, bookplate on front pastedown, lacking front blank, old adhesive label to lower edge of last leaf, paper toned, unmarked. Overall a tight, clean Good copy (no dust jacket).
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