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On the very same night their wall was extended some distance beyond the blockading line, and until this new barrier was overthrown, the investment of Syracuse had now become impossible. Whichever way he looked, Nicias saw himself menaced with failure and defeat.
Early in October it fell amid frightful scenes of pillage and massacre, and Ottoman dominion in the Peloponnesos fell with it. On January 22, 1822, Korinth, the key to the isthmus, passed into the Greeks' hands, and only four fortresses Nauplia, Patras, Koron, and Modhon still held out within it against Greek investment.
Power is to be parcelled out, places are to be filled. The haughty Mississippian cares more for this excitement than digging for mere inert treasure. His quick eye catches California's splendid golden star in the national constellation. Valois finds he must wait the expected letters. He decides to take no steps as to investment until the civil power is stable.
"Oh, yes; in connection with the Dougherty investment swindle." "That's it. Graeme's pleading for mercy." Maitland lifted his shoulders significantly. "That was to be expected, wasn't it? What did you tell him?" "That I'd see you." "Did you hold out to him any hopes that I'd be easy on the gang?" "I told him that I doubted if you could be induced to let up." "Then why ?"
"I am very grateful to you, Mr. Pettigrew. My, I can save two hundred dollars a month." "Do so, and I will find you a paying investment for the money." "What would Jasper say to my luck?" thought Rodney. Three months passed without any incident worth recording.
My wife and family owe their lives to him, and I feel with them we shall never be able to repay him for his brave conduct." Thus did the Police make the settlers' work possible, that they in turn might make the railway a reasonably safe investment.
He then sent Wheeler's cavalry north of the Tennessee, and, aided greatly by the configuration of the ground, held us in a state of partial siege, which serious rains might convert into a complete investment.
"It's a legitimate investment," he muttered to himself as he resumed his seat. "What with his Parliamentary interest and his financial power, it's a very legitimate investment. It looks well on the list, too, and inspires confidence. I think the money is well spent." Ezra had bowed politely as the great man passed through the office, and Gilray, the wizened senior clerk, opened the outer door.
As there were no banking facilities on the frontier, drafts or bills of exchange would have been of no use; so the money designed for Western investment had been brought along in cash. To carry this on the proposed trip was too great a risk, and I was asked banteringly to act as banker.
This investment is at present very beneficial, and certainly promises great eventual advantages. The dividends are paid in two half-yearly instalments. The Caisse de Commerce and the Comptoir Commercial are two establishments on the same plan, and affording, as nearly as possible, the same advantages as the Banque de France: the only difference is as follows: 1.
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