Counsel for the Defense |
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Author:
| Scott, Leroy |
ISBN: | 979-8-7118-1922-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2021 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.99 |
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Book Excerpt: d with that he passed out of the office and down the stairway to the street.CHAPTER IITHE BUBBLE REPUTATIONDespite its thirty thousand population--"Forty thousand, and growing, sir!" loyally declared those disinterested citizens engaged in the sale of remote fields of ragweed as building lots--Westville was still but half-evolved from its earlier state of an overgrown country town. It was as yet semi-pastoral, semi-urban. Automobiles and farm wagons locked hubs in...
More DescriptionBook Excerpt: d with that he passed out of the office and down the stairway to the street.CHAPTER IITHE BUBBLE REPUTATIONDespite its thirty thousand population--"Forty thousand, and growing, sir!" loyally declared those disinterested citizens engaged in the sale of remote fields of ragweed as building lots--Westville was still but half-evolved from its earlier state of an overgrown country town. It was as yet semi-pastoral, semi-urban. Automobiles and farm wagons locked hubs in brotherly embrace upon its highways; cowhide boots and patent leather shared its sidewalks. There was a stockbroker's office that was thoroughly metropolitan in the facilities it afforded the élite for relieving themselves of the tribulation of riches; and adjoining it was Simpson Brothers & Company, wherein hick'ry-shirted gentlemen bartered for threshing machines, hayrakes, axle grease, and such like baubles of Arcadian pastime.There were threeRead More