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Making Money By: Owen Johnson (1878-1952) |
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MAKING MONEY
[Illustration: "'Bojo, you must marry Doris,' she said brokenly"]
MAKING MONEY
BY
OWEN JOHNSON AUTHOR OF "THE SALAMANDER," "STOVER AT YALE,"
"THE SIXTY FIRST SECOND," ETC.
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1915, by
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I THE ARRIVAL 1
II FOUR AMBITIONS, AND THREE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY 16
III ON THE TAIL OF A TERRIER 31
IV BOJO'S FATHER 46
V DANIEL DRAKE, THE MULTI MILLIONAIRE 58
VI BOJO OBEYS HIS GENERAL MANAGER 67
VII UNDER THE TICKER'S TYRANNY 75
VIII THE RETURN OF PATSIE 88
IX THE WEDDING BALL 100
X DRAKE'S GAME 111
XI BOJO BUTTS IN 122
XII SNOW MAGIC 133
XIII BOJO MAKES A DECISION 147
XIV THE CRASH 154
XV SUDDEN WEALTH 165
XVI BOJO BEGINS TO SPEND HIS QUARTER MILLION 173
XVII PAYING THE PIPER PLUS 184
XVIII BOJO FACES THE TRUTH 195
XIX A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK 207
XX BOJO HUNTS A JOB 213
XXI BOJO IN OVERALLS 222
XXII DORIS MEETS A CRISIS 234
XXIII THE LETTER TO PATSIE 247
XXIV PATSIE APPEALS FOR HELP 259
XXV DRAKE ADMITS HIS DANGER 270
XXVI A FIGHT IN MILLIONS 277
XXVII PATSIE'S SCHEME 288
XXVIII ONE LAST CHANCE 302
XXIX THE DELUGE 309
XXX THE AFTER YEARS 323
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'Bojo, you must marry Doris,' she said brokenly" Frontispiece
FACING
PAGE
"'Say, you're a judge of muscle, aren't you?'" 40
"'Just you wait; you're going to be one of the big men some
day!'" 104
"'Drina, dear child,' he said in a whisper" 144
"The message was the end of hope" 158
"'What does all the rest amount to?' she said breathlessly. 'I
want you'" 208
"'He wants to see you now,' she said" 268
"'Your promise. No one is to know what I do'" 292
CHAPTER I THE ARRIVAL
Toward the close of a pleasant September afternoon, in one of the years
when the big stick of President Roosevelt was cudgeling the shoulders of
malefactors of great wealth, the feverish home bound masses which poured
into upper Fifth Avenue with the awakening of the electric night were
greeted by the strangest of all spectacles which can astound a
metropolitan crowd harassed by the din of sounds, the fret and fury of
the daily struggle which is the tyranny of New York... Continue reading book >>
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