"That ends the matter," he said, as he blotted the last of
Montague's signatures. "And I trust you will permit me to say, Mr.
Montague, that I consider you an exceedingly capable business man."
"I appreciate the compliment," replied Montague, drily.
CHAPTER XVI
Montague was now a gentleman of leisure, comparatively speaking. He
had two cases on his hands, but they did not occupy his time as had
the prospect of running a railroad. They were contingency cases, and
as they were against large corporations, Montague saw a lean year
ahead of him. He smiled bitterly to himself as he realised that the
only thing which had given him the courage to break with Price and
Ryder had been the money which he and his brother Oliver had won by
means of a Wall Street "tip."
He received a letter from Alice. "I am going to remain a couple of
weeks longer in Newport," she wrote. "Who do you think has invited
me--Laura Hegan. She has been perfectly lovely to me, and I go to
her place next week. You will be interested to know that I had a
long talk with her about you; I took occasion to tell her a few
things that she ought to know.
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