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The Colossus

CHAPTER XXII
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'And, Witherspoon,' he said, 'I'm going to spend money right and left.' Picture that old man spending money either right or left.

He would have backed out when the time came.

Some demand would have kept him at home." "His will leaves everything to his wife, I believe," Henry remarked.
"Yes, with the proviso that at her death it is to go to Mrs.Brooks.
Brooks has already taken Colton's place in the store, and now the question is, Who can fill Brooks' place ?" "I don't think you will have any trouble in filling it," Henry replied.

"No matter who drops out, the affairs of this life go on just the same.

A man becomes so identified with a business that people think it couldn't be run without him.


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