[The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On by Eugene Manlove Rhodes]@TWC D-Link bookThe Desire of the Moth; and The Come On CHAPTER VI 17/39
Mitchell and Loring vainly tried to quiet him. "Weally, I shall be obwiged to wefeh you to my lawyehs----" Wyatt began. "Refer _me_--you animated outrage--you libel! Turn me loose, you fellows! _I_ don't want to see _you_ or your durn lawyers! I know what _you_ want, well enough.
You want to bamboozle me into selling my interest in the Copper-bottom for less than it's worth.
Here's my last word to you--Mr .-- ah--White! If you want my fourth at forty thousand, to-day, all right.
It's worth more--it's paid from the grass-roots down.
But that'll make me the round six figures, and that's enough. _I_ can make money--_I_ know _my_ little way about," he boasted, with insufferable complacency. "Nobody left me _my_ pile! Put up or shut up!" "Mr.Wyatt," said Mitchell, "pardon me, but may I suggest that you call at a more favorable time ?" He made, behind Thompson's back, the motion significant of an emptied glass. "Aw! I see--I _see_! Thawnks awfully for the hint.
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