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While the others gathered in little groups and talked, he took her to one side. "When does the next train leave for Reuton?" he asked her. "In two hours at ten-thirty," she replied. "You must be on it," he told her. "With you will go the two-hundred-thousand-dollar package. I have it in my pocket now." She took the news stolidly, and made no reply. "Are you afraid?" asked Magee gently.
The League was more than generous in approving other organizations which agreed with its aims. It helped the Y.M. C.A. to raise a two-hundred-thousand-dollar fund for a new building.
The mayor looked coolly down into those upturned faces, he listened a moment to the rumble of a thousand throats, then he took off his derby with satiric politeness. "Glad to see one and all!" he cried. And now above the mutterings angry words could be heard, "That's him," "That's two-hundred-thousand-dollar Cargan," "How's the weather on Baldpate?" and other sarcastic flings.
One picture this beautiful photograph of the music-hall at the St. Louis Exhibition you must seem to overlook always, only contrive matters so that he will inquire what it is. You must then modestly remark that it is nothing but a little two-hundred-thousand-dollar art gallery you have yourself presented to the town. See?" "H'm yes, I see," said I. "But it is pretty risky business, Henriette.
Montague was staggered at the idea of a two-hundred-thousand-dollar fur coat; and yet not long afterward there arrived in the city a titled Englishwoman, who owned a coat worth a million dollars, which hard-headed insurance companies had insured for half a million.
Huddlestone was the wife of a soap manufacturer living very close to the Cowperwoods' temporary home, and she and her husband were on the outer fringe of society. She had heard that the Cowperwoods were people of wealth, that they were friendly with the Addisons, and that they were going to build a two-hundred-thousand-dollar mansion.
"Oh, that," I said, modestly "that's only a little two-hundred-thousand-dollar music-hall and art gallery I have built for the town myself." Oh, that wonderful Henriette! How did she know that generosity even among the overgenerous was infectious? "Indeed!" said Mr. Carnegie, his face lighting up with real pleasure. "Well, Mr. Higginbotham, I guess I guess I'll do it.
So just put on your boldest front, remember your name, and don't forget to be modest about your own two-hundred-thousand-dollar art gallery. That will inspire him, I think." It took me a week to get at the iron-master; but finally, thanks to Mrs. Gaster's letter of introduction, I succeeded. Mr.
Cargan, "ain't worth much except as an excuse for a man that hasn't made good to give his wife. How much did you say you was going to get for this article?" Mr. Magee looked him coolly in the eye. "If it's ever written," he said, "it will be a two-hundred-thousand-dollar story." "There ain't anything like that in it for you," replied the mayor. "Think over what I've told you."
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