inter-traction

Updated: May 1, 2025

One morning in February, when Bibbs was alone, Sheridan came in, some sheets of typewritten memoranda in his hand. "Bibbs," he said, "I don't like to butt in very often this way, and when I do I usually wish I hadn't but for Heaven's sake what have you been buying that ole busted inter-traction stock for?" Bibbs leaned back from his desk. "For eleven hundred and fifty-five dollars.

Booth Tarkington - The Turmoil, a novel