Inter-County

Three phenomena particularly characterised that metropolitan winter: the reckless rage for private gambling through the mediums of bridge and roulette; the incorporation of a company known as The Inter-County

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Amalgamated with Inter-County, was pitiable to the verge of the unpleasant.

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“If it concerns Inter-County, it will take longer than a moment -- unless you cannot spare the time now, ” said Plank.

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His people are openly supporting Amalgamated and hammering Inter-County; and, besides, there’s Ferrall in it, and Mrs. Ferrall is Quarrier’s cousin; and there’s Belwether in it, and Quarrier is engaged to marry

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Inter-County crowd, why, he is virtually paralleling his own road; and why, in the name of common sense, is he doing that?

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Quarrier smiled his rare smile; and the fight against Inter-County was on in the open, preceded by a furious clamour of charge and counter - charge in the columns of the daily press.

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And I have an idea that we are going to stand on our own legs again, and recover our self-respect and our fighting capacity; and I rather think we’ll stop this hold-up business, and that our Inter-County friend will let go the sand-bag and pocket the jimmy, and talk business across the line-fence.

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And Mr. Plank and Kemp Ferrall and the major and -- the other people interested, are not going to be almost ruined by the Inter-County people?

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Is it anything about Amalgamated and Inter-County?

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Amalgamated Electric and Inter-County, impersonally?

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