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Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son By: George Horace Lorimer (1869-1937) |
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OLD GORGON GRAHAM More Letters from a Self Made Merchant to His Son by George Horace Lorimer
With pictures by F.R. Gruger and Martin Justice
1903
FROM A SON TO HIS FATHER
CONTENTS I. From John Graham, head of the house of Graham & Company, pork
packers, in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as Old Gorgon Graham,
to his son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards. The old man is laid up temporarily for repairs, and Pierrepont
has written asking if his father doesn't feel that he is qualified
now to relieve him of some of the burden of active management II. From John Graham, at the Schweitzerkasenhof, Carlsbad, to his
son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The head of the lard department has died suddenly, and
Pierrepont has suggested to the old man that there is a silver
lining to that cloud of sorrow III. From John Graham, at the Schweitzerkasenhof,
Carlsbad, to his son, Pierrepont, at
the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. A friend of the young man has just presented a letter of
introduction to the old man, and has exchanged a large bunch of
stories for a small roll of bills IV. From John Graham, at the Hotel Cecil, London, to his son,
Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The old man has just finished going through the young man's
first report as manager of the lard department, and he finds it
suspiciously good V. From John Graham, at the Waldorf Astoria, New York, to his son,
Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The young man has hinted vaguely of a quarrel between himself
and Helen Heath, who is in New York with her mother, and has
suggested that the old man act as peacemaker VI. From John Graham, at the Waldorf Astoria, New York, to his son,
Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The young man has written describing the magnificent wedding
presents that are being received, and hinting discreetly that it
would not come amiss if he knew what shape the old man's was
going to take, as he needs the money VII. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, to his son,
Pierrepont, at Yemassee on the Tallahassee. The young man is now in the third quarter of the honeymoon, and
the old man has decided that it is time to bring him fluttering
down to earth VIII. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, to his son,
Pierrepont, at Yemassee on the Tallahassee. In replying to his father's hint that it is time to turn his
thoughts from love to lard, the young man has quoted a French
sentence, and the old man has been both pained and puzzled by
it IX. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, to his son,
Pierrepont, care of Graham & Company's brokers, Atlanta. Following the old man's suggestion, the young man has rounded
out the honeymoon into a harvest moon, and is sending in some
very satisfactory orders to the house X. From John Graham, at Mount Clematis, Michigan, to his son,
Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The young man has done famously during the first year of his
married life, and the old man has decided to give him a more
important position XI. From John Graham, at Mount Clematis, Michigan, to his son,
Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The young man has sent the old man a dose of his own medicine,
advice, and he is proving himself a good doctor by taking it XII. From John Graham, at Magnolia Villa, on the Florida Coast, to his
son, Pierrepont, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. The old man has started back to Nature, but he hasn't gone
quite far enough to lose sight of his business altogether XIII. From John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, to his son,
Pierrepont, care of Graham & Company, Denver. The young man has been offered a large interest in a big thing
at a small price, and he has written asking the old man to lend
him the price XIV... Continue reading book >>
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