Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894 · Chicago : A.C. McClurg and Company · leaf 80
this new place.Fortunes were realized by clever specu-lators in a fabulously short time; for-tunes also were lost, but of those oneheard less than of the first. I was ledto invest some of my earnings in astretch of sand abutting on the lakeand on the North side ; a deserted anddesolate-looking… … MRS. THOMAS B. PR VAX, A Sketch of my Life. 65 that sand was often thrown into myeyes. The sand might have run through myfingers, and with it all my prospects forpeace and comfort in later years, but forthe kindness of my best and dearestfriend, Mr. E. B. McCagg. He foughtfor my rights when my…
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