Opened the Deluge chapter in a rusted tale of Wall Street intrigue
The narrator recalls a stormy sequence around the National Coal company scandal, with Roebuck Langdon and Melville in shady stock schemes. He faces a visit from Mrs Langdon and an encounter with Anita, revealing love entanglements and social tensions amid financial ruin. The chapter ends on a cliffhanger as Anita confronts the visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
National Industrial Bank
Esterday
National Coal Company
Mr. Roebuck
Mowbray Langdon
Stock Exchange
Roebuck
Stohia
Schilling
National Manufactured Food Company
The
Poison Trust
Great Britain
Banda
Ney
Roolick
Langdon
Delots
Europe
Pompanios
Mosby
Blacklock
Anita
Ellerslys
Tye
Aomeone
Tom
Mowbray
Tom Langdon
Anita Rose
Riverside Drive
Party lines teased in old time humor and gossip
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from newspaper lore. Jokes about party lines privacy witticisms on social pretensions and miscommunications appear alongside light banter about telephones markets and everyday manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise K
Ian Smith
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David Graham Phillips
Furthar
Toe Breet Pbr
Mr. Hack
Aly
Roebuck, Melvilla & Co
Anita's
Ape
Monson
Rascal
Mrs. Langdon
Baltimore
Lola
Jack
Hezekiah
Obadiah
Puck
Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Papa
Haberdashery
Adbestos
Ing
Ash
Tnt
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago News
FOOD
Thought
Une Wurse
Chican Daily News
Jennette
Miss Sue Brenie
Foote
Brenkx
James
Sea Shore
Milwaukee Sentinel