[A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter]@TWC D-Link bookA Daughter of the Land CHAPTER XV 33/36
"But honestly, George, what have I ever seen of you in the way of financial success in the past that would give me hope for the future ?" "I know it," he said, "but I've never struck exactly the right thing. This is what I could make a success of, and I would make a good big one, you bet! Kate, I'll not go to town another night.
I'll stop all that." He drew the flask from his pocket and smashed it against the closest tree.
"And I'll stop all there ever was of that, even to a glass of beer on a hot day; if you say so, if you'll stand by me this once more, if I fail this time, I'll never ask you again; honest, I won't." "If I had money, I'd try it, keeping the building in my own name and keeping the books myself; but I've none, and no way to get any, as you know," she said.
"I can see what could be done, but I'm helpless." "I'M NOT!" said George.
"I've got it all worked out.
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