For Love or Gold? The Story of a Great Department Store — page 132: what you’re looking at

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128 Mr. Denton Gives Some Orders. said Mr. Day, doggedly, “and, mind, I will fight against dissolution, tooth and nail, Mr. Denton. I would. be as mad as you are if I did not do so!” “Then I will pay you that amount at once, Mr. Day,” said the gentleman. “I will give you a check on my per- sonal bank account and acquire your interest as a private investment. Your price is too exorbitant to permit my purchasing it for the firm, but we will attend to the details when Mr. Forbes is present.” Eomicbooks.com