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

Contents

Chapter I.	In Which J. Rufus Wallingford Conceives a Brilliant Invention	9
Chapter II.	Wherein Edward Lamb Beholds the Amazing Profits of the Carpet-tack Industry	21
Chapter III.	Mr. Wallingford's Lamb Is Carefully Inspired with a Flash of Creative Genius	33
Chapter IV.	J. Rufus Accepts a Temporary Accommodation and Buys an Automobile	45
Chapter V.	The Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company Forms Amid Great Enthusiasm	58
Chapter VI.	In Which an Astounding Revelation Is Made Concerning J. Rufus	71
Chapter VII.	Wherein the Great Tack Inventor Suddenly Decides to Change His Location	93
Chapter VIII.	Mr. Wallingford Takes a Dose of His Own Bitter Medicine	111
Chapter IX.	Mr. Wallingford Shows Mr. Clover How to Do the Widows and Orphans Good	129
Chapter X.	An Amazing Combination of Philanthropy and Profit is Inaugurated	140
Chapter XI.	Neil Takes a Sudden Interest in the Business, and Wallingford Lets Go	155
Chapter XII.	Fate Arranges for J. Rufus an Opportunity to Manufacture Sales Recorders	171
Chapter XIII.	Mr. Wallingford Offers Unlimited Financial Backing to a New Enterprise	187
Chapter XIV.	Showing How Five Hundred Dollars May Do the Work of Five Thousand	202
Chapter XV.	Wallingford Generously Loans The Pneumatic Company Some of Its Own Money	215
Chapter XVI.	The Financier Takes a Flying Trip to Europe on an Affair of the Heart	232
Chapter XVII.	Wherein a Good Stomach for Strong Drink is Worth Thousands of Dollars	246
Chapter XVIII.	The Town of Battlesburg Finds a Private Railroad Car in Its Midst!	256
Chapter XIX.	Mr. Wallingford Wins the Town of Battlesburg by the Toss of a Coin	273
Chapter XX.	Battlesburg Smells Money and Plunges into a Mad Orgie of Speculation	293
Chapter XXI.	In Which the Sheep Are Sheared and Skinned and Their Hides Tanned	310
Chapter XXII.	J. Rufus Prefers Farming in America to Promoting in Europe	330
Chapter XXIII.	A Corner on Farmers is Formed and It Beholds a Most Wonderful Vision	347
Chapter XXIV.	The Farmers' Commercial Association Does Terrific Things to the Board of Trade	365
Chapter XXV.	Mr. Fox Solves His Great Problem and Mr. Wallingford Falls With a Thud	383
Chapter XXVI.	J. Rufus Scents a Fortune in Smoke and Lets Mr. Nickel See the Flames	399
Chapter XXVII.	Mr. Wallingford Gambles a Bit and Picks Up an Unsolicited Partner	414
Chapter XXVIII.	Wherein Mr. Wallingford Joins the Largest Club in the World	431

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