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“ Wedekind laughed. "In Germany the name of Johannes Hirschfeld stands for nickel-plated, harveyized-steel, all-wool respectability. The Hirschfelds are hand in glove with the Deutsche Bank, and the Deutsche Bank people are as thick as thieves with the German Government."
"In other words, that offer is O. K.?"
"Sure, Tom. If you want to sell."
Tom Graves shook his bristly, red head. "What knocks me is how that Berlin gang knows about the Yankee Doodle Glory. Why, man, everybody used to poke fun at that particular prospect hole in the Hoodoos. ”

“ Half a million chilly ducats for the Yankee Doodle Glory!"
"For a controlling interest in it," rectified the exact assayist. Then he shook his head. "Steep price. Too steep. Those Dutchmen are loco. Brand them before they escape."
"Yes, yes," put in Martin Wedekind. "But the Hirschfeld people are not exactly fools. They have mining interests all over the world, and agents, and correspondents. There must be a reason ..." ”

“ Because Sturtzel is a German, and because that very respectable and very honest firm of Johannes Hirschfeld & Co... ."
"You think they'd welsh?"
"No. They'd pay you spot cash in good, minted gold coin of the realm. ”