Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress

I guess this will do," observed Johnny, pa

nny had opened an account with himself and had made five

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seven working

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ng Paul Gresham-goo

asked Gambl

commercial colleges. Their kind is stiff and dry. This has personality. Why am I two dollars

ousand an hour. I started on Saturday, however. To-day is Monday. This morning is when I begin to use your des

try that absurd stunt?" pr

will think I'm a four

only met her Saturday, and I don't thin

," corrected Johnny, and

anybody should ask for

h Nati

resham's fift

ble. "Polly took

place for it," retur

corroborated Johnn

r of his skin that they were invisible, watched him out of the window of a taxi that had been standing across the street ever sinc

opped gray mustache; and not a single crease in his countenance was flexible in the slightest degree. He ha

ly reviewed the contents of credit envelope G-237. That envelope, being devoted to Mr. Gamble, conta

ational as a reference," r

r now approached the daily agony of life-the grudging of cred

can find one," sta

d at him with s

stable frame of mind," he chided.

ty-stor

and reached out to touch a button upon hi

he said. "It's twelve dolla

le, under the circumstan

I'm good for twelve-thirty-seven. I don't ask you to ba

almost smi

ed I shall have no hesitation in spe

s, can't you?-I've banked with you for five years. I've run about a ton of money through your shop. I've been broke a dozen times and I never left

ied Mr. Close, considering them carefully, one by one. "Don't hesit

could go over to the subway, when a big blue touring car stopped just in front of him, and

this morning-and here I'm lucky already. Sammy, run into the

in recognition of Johnny Gamble, lugged Miss Polly Parson's bouquet, para

bered into young Chirp's place in the

ou say," rej

shack property around the new terminal station. I want to build a sma

r that matter con

bet like that," she declared, and obeying the traffic p

s been kicking around loose for fifty years. New York pats he

st town in the wor

at Scott! It's ten-thirty!" he exploded. "I owe myself seventy-five hundred dollar

assured him. "I can't take much, but I'll make Daddy Parson

fifteen thousand I made

e replied. "I ju

rom me-if it's any of my bu

in front of Constance. Loring saw Gresham and your old partner talking together immediately afterward; and he told me that they m

's crooked?" Johnny as

hout batting an eyelash. I ca

ve that idea a

like him," she tr

ow six reasons why I can do wi

use he's going to marry Constance, and the other four

's going to marry her?

so man

it. I wouldn't marry

ou they can't sprint fast enough to keep it; but

y. "I'm slow on that million. C

e inte

ere. I looked, any minute, to see him bite himself in

ughed Polly. "Why, Johnny, you had never see

ave the right chanc

d upon him

illy's parents adopted me and made me a cousin of Constance, I can trot up her stone steps any minute; and she treats me as

ed her. "Boost half of the time if you wan

y-"even with Constance. Here's your terminal stat

ire block and a depth of four hundred feet. Big white signs upon each corner told that it was for sale by Mallard & Tyne. They stopped in front of this location, whi

y!" she complimented him as they turn

this terminal station doesn't own that blank space it's a fool-and I don't think it is. If it does the property will be held for ever for the increase in value

couldn't build a h

want to. I only w

er never build

the first ninety-nine years' profits and promote something else. Drive me up to the add

mated. "Wait, though. I did send for some!" And she looked back i