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Had any one at this time told Wimperley or Stoughton that for a pace or two they had merely fallen out of step in the march of progress, and that however depressing might be the present aspect of affairs it did not really affect the preordained outcome, they would have flouted the thought.
"Do any of you fellows remember Marsham?" put in Birch quietly. Stoughton looked up. "Only too well, what about him?" "Well, you know he's been gunning for me for years since that Alabama scrap in which he got knocked out. Now he's gunning for all of us." "Why?" demanded Wimperley. "Because I have the present privilege of being associated with you.
He had said that millions waited investment and he was right, for once Wimperley, Stoughton and Riggs had satisfied themselves as to the project and announced their support, money began to come in, at first in a slow trickle, but soon in a steadily increasing flood.
"What does this cost you personally?" hazarded Stoughton a little uncertainly. "A hundred dollars in traveling expenses, and I have assumed a hundred and thirty thousand of town debentures at six per cent. If you don't want it there are others who do." Wimperley looked up. His face had taken on a new expression. He caught Riggs' eye and his lips formed the word "cheap." The latter nodded.
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