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قراءة كتاب Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford A Cheerful Account of the Rise and Fall of an American Business Buccaneer

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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford A Cheerful Account of the Rise and Fall of an American Business Buccaneer

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GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD

A cheerful account of the rise and fall of an American Business Buccaneer

By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

Author of "The Making of Bobby Burnit," "The Cash Intrigue," Etc.

With Four Illustrations

A. L. BURT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1907, by the Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright, 1908, by the Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright, 1908, by Howard E. Altemus

Published April, 1908

TO THE LIVE BUSINESS MEN OF AMERICA—THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN "STUNG" AND THOSE WHO
HAVE YET TO UNDERGO THAT PAINFUL
EXPERIENCE—THIS LITTLE TALE IS
SYMPATHETICALLY DEDICATED

"And the Bathroom Must Have a Large Tub"

Contents

Chapter I. In Which J. Rufus Wallingford Conceives a Brilliant Invention 9
Chapter II. Wherein Edward Lamb Beholds the Amazing Profits of the Carpet-tack Industry 21
Chapter III. Mr. Wallingford's Lamb Is Carefully Inspired with a Flash of Creative Genius 33
Chapter IV. J. Rufus Accepts a Temporary Accommodation and Buys an Automobile 45
Chapter V. The Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company Forms Amid Great Enthusiasm 58
Chapter VI. In Which an Astounding Revelation Is Made Concerning J. Rufus 71
Chapter VII. Wherein the Great Tack Inventor Suddenly Decides to Change His Location 93
Chapter VIII. Mr. Wallingford Takes a Dose of His Own Bitter Medicine 111
Chapter IX. Mr. Wallingford Shows Mr. Clover How to Do the Widows and Orphans Good 129
Chapter X. An Amazing Combination of Philanthropy and Profit is Inaugurated 140
Chapter XI. Neil Takes a Sudden Interest in the Business, and Wallingford Lets Go 155
Chapter XII. Fate Arranges for J. Rufus an Opportunity to Manufacture Sales Recorders 171
Chapter XIII. Mr. Wallingford Offers Unlimited Financial Backing to a New Enterprise 187
Chapter XIV. Showing How Five Hundred Dollars May Do the Work of Five Thousand 202
Chapter XV. Wallingford Generously Loans The Pneumatic Company Some of Its Own Money 215
Chapter XVI. The Financier Takes a Flying Trip to Europe on an Affair of the Heart 232
Chapter XVII. Wherein a Good Stomach for Strong Drink is Worth Thousands of Dollars 246
Chapter XVIII. The Town of Battlesburg Finds a Private Railroad Car in Its Midst! 256
Chapter XIX. Mr. Wallingford Wins the Town of Battlesburg by the Toss of a Coin 273
Chapter XX. Battlesburg Smells Money and Plunges into a Mad Orgie of Speculation 293
Chapter XXI. In Which the Sheep Are Sheared and Skinned and Their Hides Tanned 310
Chapter XXII. J. Rufus Prefers

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