ARTHUR.T Stories ------500 Million Dollars --II---Page 10
"And here is his bill," continues Madame
Valoie, producing a folded
document composed of countless sheets of very thin
paper, bound
together at the edges by strips of heavier material.
This, when
unfolded, stretches entirely across the room and is seen to
be composed of hundreds of typewritten items, of which
the following may serve as
illustrations:
illustrations:
EXPENSES IN NEW YORK
July 12, Train to New Orleans................. $25.50
" 16,
Train to Florida...................... $
2.50
" " Dinner on train...................... $ 2.00
" 17,
Hotel in Florida..................... $
2.00
" 18,
Trip to Coney Island................. $ .50
" 19,
Return to Florida.................... $ .50
" 21,
Return from Florida to New Orleans $
2.50
" " Laundry............................ $
1.15
Dec.
3, Return to New York................... $
6.50
" 24,
Train to Vera Cruz................... $57.50
Jan.
4, Trip to Tuxpan........................ $
2.50
" 5,
Return to Vera Cruz.................. $
2.50
" 6,
Sudden night trip to Halifax,
Nova Scotia, via Buffalo and
Niagara
Falls........................ $50.50
" 18,
Laundry for three months ........... $
5.00
Etc., etc.
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES
To Agent Pushyt John, a meerschaum and amber
cigar-holder
and pipe..................... $
7.00
Tobacco jar of shell and silver ............. $ 4.00
To Indian Peter South-Go, a watch, a suit,
and a pair of shoes....................... $16.50
To my general agent of confidential reports
for his daughter, a gold ring and a
for his daughter, a gold ring and a
feather fan................................ $
7.00
A necktie for himself and scarf pin in
gold and with stone for the necktie ... $ 8.60
To the letter-carrier to bring me my
correspondence and not give it to any
one else when I should change address . $ 4.00 Invitation to the Consul and his two
agents in
Washington hotel ............ $12.00
Several invitations to cafes and saloons
to the
Police Agents...................... $
2.00
Invitations to old employees of Jean
Tessier, to tear from them the
declarations............................... $ 1.50
Barber expenses................................ $11.50
Tobacco and matches, July to December,
three packages each week, ten cents
three packages each week, ten cents
each........................................ $
7.80
Changing hotels to lead astray the agents
of the impostors........................... $ 9.50
Etc., etc.
"To obtain a collossal fortune as yours will be, it
is necessary to
spend money unstintingly and to have lots of patience.
Court proceedings will be useless, as trickery and lies are
necessary to get the best of
the scoundrels. It is necessary also to be a scoundrel."
the scoundrels. It is necessary also to be a scoundrel."
sure_."
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