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"No, I am afraid he hasn't."
The financier lit a cigar and puffed at it in thoughtful silence.
"That motor-boat idea of his now--why, if it could be perfected and
boomed properly, it would make his fortune."
"Do you think so?"
"I know it."
Again the humming of the engine was the only sound.
"Do you know, Bob, I've half a mind to get Snelling down here and set
him to work at that job. What should you say?"
"Snelling? You mean the expert from your ship-building plant?"
"Yes. Wouldn't it be a good plan?"
Robert Morton hesitated.
"There is no question that a man of Mr. Snelling's ability would be a
tremendous asset in handling such a proposition," he agreed cautiously.
"Snelling could drop in as if to see you," went on the capitalist.
"You could fix up all that so there would not be any need of the old
fellow suspecting who he was. Once there he could pitch in and help
the scheme along. It is going to be quite an undertaking before you
get through with it, and the more hands there are to carry it out, the
better, in my opinion.
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