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Updated: May 29, 2025
Old Nat, the founder and former president of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company the honest old fool whom Nickleby had succeeded in overcoming by a trick, and whose shoes J. Cuthbert was now wearing! It would take more than the friendship of a Benjamin Wade, powerful though that was, to salvage Old Nat.
No doubt it was this that made him stop for a smoke with the former president of the Interprovincial about three evenings a week on the way to his office in the brightly-lighted Recorder building, where hummed activity during the hours that others slept, in order that the public might have a morning newspaper to prop against the sugar-bowl while it breakfasted.
His temporary control of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company had enabled him to manipulate to considerable personal advantage; but he was quite aware of the fact that his methods were liable to be questioned sooner or later, and the next annual meeting of the shareholders was not far away.
The state council, which was far the most important of the three boards, was to superintend all high affairs of government, war, treaties, foreign intercourse, internal and interprovincial affairs.
In her turn she told him how she had taken up her newspaper work in the hope of unearthing, under the guidance of her editor, evidence that would help to restore her father to his place at the head of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company.
For when at the annual meeting in question Nat Lawson had tried to vote the stock in the usual way, he was asked for the power-of-attorney by some of the new shareholders and could not produce it. Proxies which Nickleby had manipulated then were thrown on the scale and when the meeting was over, the Interprovincial had a new president by the name of J. Cuthbert Nickleby.
But it was likely that the bootlegging operations had no connection whatever with the missing money and that the evidence Wade wanted was merely an additional net with which to close in on this man who had usurped control of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company misuse of trust funds or something like that. "Listen to me, Cork.
There was a very lively meeting of irate shareholders in the offices of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company and a unanimous demand for the return of Nathaniel Lawson to the government of its affairs. Upon Old Nat's recommendation the new secretary appointed was a reliable and loyal young man by the name of James Stiles.
The state council, which was far the most important of the three boards, was to superintend all high affairs of government, war, treaties, foreign intercourse, internal and interprovincial affairs.
The Cologne conferences Intentions of the parties Preliminary attempt by government to purchase the Prince of Orange Offer and rejection of various articles among the plenipotentiaries Departure of the imperial commissionere Ultimatum of the States compared with that of the royal government Barren negotiations terminated Treason of De Bours, Governor of Mechlin Liberal theories concerning the nature of government Abjuration of Philip imminent Self-denial of Orange Attitude of Germany of England Marriage negotiations between Elizabeth and Anjou Orange favors the election of the Duke as sovereign Address and speeches of the Prince Parsimony and interprovincial jealousy rebuked Secret correspondence of Count Renneberg with the royal government His treason at Groningen.
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