Get-rich-quick Wallingford

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Author

Chester, George Randolph, 1869-1924

Title

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford A Cheerful Account of the Rise and Fall of an American Business Buccaneer

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Businessmen -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37010

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37010

Release Date

August 9, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD — A cheerful account of the rise and fall of an American Business Buccaneer
2. 2.By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER — Author of "The Making of Bobby Burnit," "The Cash Intrigue," Etc. — With Four Illustrations — " And the Bathroom Must Have a Large Tub "
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD
5. 5.CHAPTER I — IN WHICH J. RUFUS WALLINGFORD CONCEIVES A BRILLIANT INVENTION
6. 6.CHAPTER II — WHEREIN EDWARD LAMB BEHOLDS THE AMAZING PROFITS OF THE CARPET-TACK INDUSTRY
7. 7.CHAPTER III — MR. WALLINGFORD'S LAMB IS CAREFULLY INSPIRED WITH A FLASH OF CREATIVE GENIUS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — J. RUFUS ACCEPTS A TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND BUYS AN AUTOMOBILE
9. 9.CHAPTER V — THE UNIVERSAL COVERED CARPET TACK COMPANY FORMS AMID GREAT ENTHUSIASM
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — IN WHICH AN ASTOUNDING REVELATION IS MADE CONCERNING J. RUFUS
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — WHEREIN THE GREAT TACK INVENTOR SUDDENLY DECIDES TO CHANGE HIS LOCATION
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — MR. WALLINGFORD TAKES A DOSE OF HIS OWN BITTER MEDICINE
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — MR. WALLINGFORD SHOWS MR. CLOVER HOW TO DO THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS GOOD
14. 14.CHAPTER X — AN AMAZING COMBINATION OF PHILANTHROPY AND PROFIT IS INAUGURATED
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — NEIL TAKES A SUDDEN INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS AND WALLINGFORD LETS GO
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — FATE ARRANGES FOR J. RUFUS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MANUFACTURE SALES RECORDERS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — MR. WALLINGFORD OFFERS UNLIMITED FINANCIAL BACKING TO A NEW ENTERPRISE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — SHOWING HOW FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS MAY DO THE WORK OF FIVE THOUSAND
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — WALLINGFORD GENEROUSLY LOANS THE PNEUMATIC COMPANY SOME OF ITS OWN MONEY
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — THE FINANCIER TAKES A FLYING TRIP TO EUROPE ON AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — WHEREIN A GOOD STOMACH FOR STRONG DRINK IS WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — THE TOWN OF BATTLESBURG FINDS A PRIVATE RAILROAD CAR IN ITS MIDST!
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — MR. WALLINGFORD WINS THE TOWN OF BATTLESBURG BY THE TOSS OF A COIN
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — BATTLESBURG SMELLS MONEY AND PLUNGES INTO A MAD ORGIE OF SPECULATION — Never in All Her Married Life Had She Enjoyed Any Position Approaching This
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — IN WHICH THE SHEEP ARE SHEARED AND SKINNED AND THEIR HIDES TANNED
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — J. RUFUS PREFERS FARMING IN AMERICA TO PROMOTING IN EUROPE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — A CORNER IN FARMERS IS FORMED AND IT BEHOLDS A MOST WONDERFUL VISION
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — THE FARMERS' COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION DOES TERRIFIC THINGS TO THE BOARD OF TRADE — A Larger Commission than Fox and Fleecer Had Ever Received in One Deal
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — MR. FOX SOLVES HIS GREAT PROBLEM, AND MR. WALLINGFORD FALLS WITH A THUD
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — J. RUFUS SCENTS A FORTUNE IN SMOKE AND LETS MR. NICKEL SEE THE FLAMES
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — MR. WALLINGFORD GAMBLES A BIT AND PICKS UP AN UNSOLICITED PARTNER
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — WHEREIN MR. WALLINGFORD JOINS THE LARGEST CLUB IN THE WORLD — " Your Fine Little Wife Here Swears that It Will " — THE END

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