A. M. Chisholm, The Come-On — Chapter 5 (1908)
“ Gradually Mortimer's headache vanished and his spirits, rose. Collingwood was an entertaining and instructive companion, and his manner of meeting and handling men excited Mortimer's admiration. He wished that he possessed the cool assurance and matter-of-course business-like way of his conductor. Then, too, he appeared to know all about the mines—more, indeed, than the men in charge. ”
A. M. Chisholm, The Come-On — Chapter 5 (1908)
“ And because of that my young friend here calls me a hard man at a bargain." ."You didn't quite catch my meaning, colonel." said Collingwood. "I merely meant that you are able to protect your own interests.""If I wasn't, seh," retorted Colonel Casimir, "I wouldn't have any to protect. There are men to-day, I regret to state, who have no business or other honah. When I deal with them, seh, I hold the cyards tight up against my chest and count the chips on the table." ”
A. M. Chisholm, The Come-On — Chapter 5 (1908)
“ His head though dull had ceased to ache, and while his regret at the loss of so much money was keen, it was tempered by the comforting thought that he had acted in a manner befitting a man of the world. ”
