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Ledger. I almost lost the game, then but I didn't. And after that the letters never were the same, and I I just played the game to win." There were tears in the girl's eyes, and she clutched at his hand. "But the bonds?" she cried. The man regarded her with a puzzled look. "Bonds bonds what bonds?" "Why, the bonds you were to have delivered to Strang, Liebhardt & Co. Securities, or something."
You, the last of the Carmodys, are Broadway Bill, the sport!" The biting scorn of his father's tone was not lost upon the younger man, who paled to the lips. "Where are the securities you were supposed to have delivered to Strang, Liebhardt & Co.?" "Here, in my desk. I intended to deliver them on my way to the bank this morning.
The boys blew in yesterday and it was up to me to show them around a bit." "I will relieve you of the securities. The deal with Strang, Liebhardt & Co. is off. It depended upon the delivery of those bonds during banking hours yesterday." Without a word William crossed to the desk and, withdrawing a packet sealed in a heavy manila envelope, handed it to his father.
The green background of the topmost one was faded and streaked, and a thin, green wash had trickled over the edges of the others, staining them. A yellow slip of paper fluttered to the desk. She picked it up and read the almost illegible, typewritten lines. It was a memorandum addressed to Strang, Liebhardt & Co., and bearing the faded signature of Hiram Carmody.
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