CHAPTER V.
WHEN SPADES WERE TRUMPS.
Five Hundred Pounds Offered.
A man of leisure, possessing ample means, a portion of which he desires to use in any plan of betterment that may commend itself to him, wishes to avail himself of outside suggestions, being disappointed in the results of past endeavour on his own initiative. Will pay five hundred pounds sterling to any person furnishing a practical idea; an idea which, when carried out, will prove beneficial to humanity. No personal interview can be accorded in any circumstances. Competitors must abide by the decision of the man who pays the money. Address Berkim and Duncannon, Solicitors, Old Jewry, London, E.C.
The above advertisement had appeared in the leading newspapers of Great Britain, and now
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