Harold Edward Bindloss

Name: The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII
Author: Harold Edward Bindloss

The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

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“The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII”, published in 1910, is a work by Harold Edward Bindloss. It explores elements such as Wannop, Grenfell and Stirling.

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ When they had climbed for an hour, the snow grew thicker, and it became evident that the light was dying out rapidly. The freighter announced that he could scarcely see a dozen yards ahead, and Weston could discern no more than the blurred shape of the horse that floundered over the slippery stones a few paces in front of him. He could, however, hear Devine encouraging the one he led, and occasionally breaking out into hoarse expletives.
"It's gluey feet they want," said the latter, when they stopped for a minute or two. "You can't expect horses to crawl up a wall." ”

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ I can swing every dollar that stock stands for up to two or three. Will you do me the favor to glance at that certificate?"
Wannop handed it to the nearest man, and the latter's face fell.
"Now," said Stirling, "at the moment, you're the only people anxious to buy; but I've only to send that certificate and a nicely worked-up account of the rich new find around to the press, and everybody with a dollar to spare will be wanting Grenfell stock. Still, there'll be no shares available—I've made sure of that. I'll ask you, as men with some knowledge of these matters, where's the price going to?" ”

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ Weston declared. "We could make this quite an easy trail with a little grading. It's the only really difficult spot."
"Well," said Devine, dryly, "I guess you could. In this country they call any trail easy that you can crawl up on your hands and knees. Still, that little grading's going to cost you about two thousand dollars a mile."
They could scarcely see one another when they went on again, and the sound of their footsteps was muffled by the sliding snow. ”

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ A bitter wind wailed above them, but there was a little shelter beneath the wall of ragged stone, and, picketing the jaded horses, they lay down in their wet blankets, packed close together in a hollow, when their frugal meal was over. ”

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ You have to deliver to the people who acted on my behalf so much Grenfell stock, and you can't get it—now."
"That's true," was the dejected answer. "What are you going to do?"
"That," said Stirling, grimly, "is a matter that must stand over until I can send for the man who found the Grenfell mine. I can't tell you what course he's likely to adopt, but in the meantime I'd like to point out just how you stand. You set in motion the laws of supply and demand to break a struggling man. They're the only ones you recognize ”

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ Now, it's my intention to hand her a block of the Grenfell stock as part of her wedding present, on condition that she takes your advice as to what she does with it. I'd just like to suggest that you make the people who want that stock subscribe quite smartly, and then let them off. It's not wise to push a beaten enemy too far."
Weston, who agreed with this, expressed his thanks and then asked a question.
"Wannop mentioned one lot of six hundred shares. Where did you get those?" ”

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ Stirling in this matter?" the stranger asked.
"I hold most of the Grenfell stock that's likely to be salable," said Stirling, dryly. "You can't pick up much on the market, which is presumably why you have come to Wannop. Seems to me you have been selling rather heavily." ”

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Harold Edward Bindloss, The Gold Trail — Chapter XXXII (1910)

“ After what Weston has told us, boys, you want to get hold of the significance of that. People have been selling our stock way down, on the notion that before they had to deliver they could cover at a still lower figure. ”

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