Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie
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"Oh, not a great deal," Starratt returned, ruffling a trifle. "Office rent for two or three months before the premiums begin to come in ... a little capital to furnish up a room. I might even get some one to give me a desk in his office until I got started. It's done, you know." Brauer neatly extracted a succulent morsel from its scaly sheath. "Don't you think it's better to put up a front?" he inquired. "If you've got a decent office and your own phone and a good stenographer it makes an impression when you're going after business... Why don't you go in with somebody?... There ought to be plenty of fellows ready to put up their money against your time." "Who, for instance?" escaped Starratt, involuntarily. Brauer shoved his plate of husked shrimps to one side. "Take me. I've saved up quite a bit, and..." The waiter broke in upon them with the oysters. Starratt knitted his brows. "Well, why not?" was his mental calculation. Brauer ordered two more pints of beer. Starratt had leaned at first toward keeping his business venture a secret from Helen. But in the end a boyish eagerness to sun himself in the warmth of her surprise unlocked his reserve. |
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