Held to Answer a Novel (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Held to Answer a NovelTwo well-dressed men waited outside the rail on What was facetiously denominated the mourners' bench. One was a packer of olives, the other the owner of Oil wells. A third, an orange Shipper, leaned against the rail, pull ing at his red moustaches and yearning wistfully across at a wattle-throated person behind the roll-top desk who was talking impatiently on the telephone. Just as the receiver was hung up with an audible Click, a buzzer on the wall croaked harshly, one long and two short croaks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.