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"What?" asked the other after a pause. "Did you know about the well, too?" Kearn Thode laughed. "I'd heard of it," he acknowledged. "I wish him joy of his discovery! Is he making headway while the going is good?" "Rather! I say, it isn't bunk, is it? I mean, this Almas Perderse is the real thing, a good financial proposition?"
Winnie was making a determined effort to learn the intricacies of the brokerage game and Vernon had enrolled himself at the university on the Heights for a post-graduate course in mining and petroleum engineering. It was natural, therefore, that the subject which arose for discussion between them over a night-cap and cigarette was that of the Almas Perderse well.
"If it is really the Almas Perderse and he holds a clear title, it's the greatest prize in the oil fields to-day." Thode's face sobered. "Why do you ask?" "Because the governor and Ripley Halstead are going into it heavily," explained Winnie. "I don't know how much stock Halstead's subscribed for, but the governor is going to take about fifty thousand shares at par, ten dollars.
It has a good deal to do with my distrust of Starr and his 'Almas Perderse'." At an ungodly hour the next morning Winnie North was summoned to the telephone. "Hello! What the deuce is it?" he demanded sleepily, but the voice which came to him over the wire speedily dispelled his somnolence. "That you, Win? This is Kearn Thode." "What! Gad, old man, it's good to hear your voice!" Winnie exclaimed.
"I've heard them talking and I've a hunch that they're both going to invest pretty heavily in the Almas Perderse stock when it is issued. They have faith in Wiley's knowledge of a good thing when he sees it, and I fancy it's sound, at that.
I give you my word of honor, Win, that whatever your father invests in the Almas Perderse well under the present conditions will be irretrievably lost." "I wish to the Lord you would go to the governor yourself!" exploded Winnie. "He wouldn't listen to me in a million years, and even you would have to show him!
"I wish my father wouldn't monkey with it. What's the game, Winnie? What are Chase and Wiley doing to launch the Almas Perderse?" "Well, they've recently increased their capitalization to twenty-five million and they told the governor they want to raise ten million more at once.
It concerned a marvelous new oil well, the "Almas Perderse," which had just been discovered in the richest part of the Mexican petroleum fields, and which was reputed to be the greatest potential producer since the famous "Dos Bocas" itself.
Then I want the news; remember I've been out in the wild and woolly since before the holidays." When their order had been given, Winnie observed: "I suppose you've heard about Wiley. He's been down in Mexico and grabbed off a new oil well, the Almas Perderse " "The Lost Souls!" Thode's hands clenched, and he drew a deep breath between set teeth. "So he pulled it off, did he? By Jove, I wonder "
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