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Sister Carrie

CHAPTER XXX
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The other is down in Nassau Street.

I can't tend to them both alone.

If I had some one who knew the business thoroughly I wouldn't mind sharing with him in this one and letting him manage it." "I've had experience enough," said Hurstwood blandly, but he felt a little diffident about referring to Fitzgerald and Moy.
"Well, you can suit yourself, Mr.Wheeler," said the proprietor.
He only offered a third interest in the stock, fixtures, and good-will, and this in return for a thousand dollars and managerial ability on the part of the one who should come in.

There was no property involved, because the owner of the saloon merely rented from an estate.
The offer was genuine enough, but it was a question with Hurstwood whether a third interest in that locality could be made to yield one hundred and fifty dollars a month, which he figured he must have in order to meet the ordinary family expenses and be comfortable.

It was not the time, however, after many failures to find what he wanted, to hesitate.


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