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Show Mutual Surprise. "Sir," anys the chulrnmn of the In-Teitlgntlng In-Teitlgntlng committee to the promoter, promot-er, "we luarn, after proper Imi'Mltiu-tlon, Imi'Mltiu-tlon, that you have sold the roinmnn and preferred atork and two Imiicn of bonds of your railroad coinpuiiy, ami at the tutne time the facta are I hut not a rail haa been laid, not a car bought, and even the rlnht of way has not been aerured. To cxpreas It mildly, mild-ly, we are aurprlaedf" "Surprlacd?" eihooa the promoter. "So am I. I hadn't the slightest Idea the trick could be turnud ao easily." |