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Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress

By George Randolph Chester

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FIVE THOUSAND AN HOUR
- How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress
  - BY
- GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
  - Author of THE MAKING OF BOBBY BURNIT, THE EARLY BIRD, GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD
    - ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRY RALEIGH
- CONTENTS
FIVE THOUSAND AN HOUR
- CHAPTER I
  - WHICH INTRODUCES JOHNNY GAMBLE AND HIS LAST HUNDRED DOLLARS
  - CHAPTER II
  - IN WHICH STRANGERS BECOME OLD FRIENDS
  - CHAPTER III
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY MIXES BUSINESS AND PLEASURE
  - CHAPTER IV
  - IN WHICH GRESHAM FINDS JOHNNY'S OLD PARTNER ACCOMMODATING
  - CHAPTER V
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY DISPLAYS TALENT AS A TRUE PROMOTER
  - CHAPTER VI
  - IN WHICH CONSTANCE DECIDES ON A FAIR GAME
  - CHAPTER VII
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY DREAMS OF A MAGNIFICENT TWENTY-STORY HOTEL
  - CHAPTER VIII
  - IN WHICH CONSTANCE SHOWS FURTHER INTEREST IN JOHNNY'S AFFAIRS
  - CHAPTER IX
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY MEETS A DEFENDER OF THE OLD ARISTOCRACY
  - CHAPTER X
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY IS SINGULARLY THRILLED BY A LITTLE CONVERSATION OVER THE TELEPHONE
  - CHAPTER XI
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY EXECUTES SOME EXCEEDINGLY RAPID BUSINESS DEALS
  - CHAPTER XII
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY EVEN DOES BUSINESS AT THE BABIES' FUND FAIR
  - CHAPTER XIII
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY BUYS A PRESENT AND HATCHES A SCHEME
  - CHAPTER XIV
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY TRIES TO MIX BUSINESS WITH SKAT
  - CHAPTER XV
  - IN WHICH WINNIE CHAPERONS THE ENTIRE PARTY TO CONEY ISLAND
  - CHAPTER XVI
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY PLANS A REHEARSAL BETWEEN OLD FRIENDS
  - CHAPTER XVII
  - IN WHICH THE STRAW SAILOR HAT OF JOHNNY PLAYS AN EMBARRASSING ROLE
  - CHAPTER XVIII
  - IN WHICH THE ENTIRE WOBBLES FAMILY FOR ONCE GET TOGETHER
  - CHAPTER XIX
  - IN WHICH THE COLONEL, MESSRS. COURTNEY, WASHER AND OTHERS SIT IN A LITTLE GAME
  - CHAPTER XX
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY ASKS HIMSELF WHAT IS A MILLION DOLLARS, ANYWAY
  - CHAPTER XXI
  - IN WHICH CONSTANCE AVAILS HERSELF OF WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE TO CHANGE HER MIND
  - CHAPTER XXII
  - IN WHICH PAUL GRESHAM PROPOSES A VERY PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT
  - CHAPTER XXIII
  - IN WHICH THE BRIGHT EYES OF CONSTANCE "RAIN INFLUENCE"
  - CHAPTER XXIV
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY DEMANDS SPOT CASH AT ONCE
  - CHAPTER XXV
  - IN WHICH JOHNNY KEEPS ON DOING BUSINESS TILL THE CLOCK STRIKES FOUR