This is a story about Jacob Pratt who "stood bond" for his brother and then lost all his money and was unable to pay his debts. Two years later his brother is finally able to restore him to an enviable financial position. Jacob rewards those who stood beside him during his time of trials and attempts to get even with those who had cast him aside. He finds that revenge is not always sweet. Even though Jacob has plenty of money, he is unable to win the girl of his dreams.
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99 Classic Mystery Short Stories Vol.1 : : Works by Arthur Conan Doyle, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Fred M. White, Rudyard Kipling, Wilkie Collins, H.G. Wells...and many more !
The Malefactor : A Man Returns to the Society That Broke Him
The Kingdom of the Blind : Wartime London and a Question of Loyalty
Havoc : A Stolen Dispatch and the Coming War
The Yellow Crayon
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
The Illustrious Prince
The Zeppelin's Passenger
The Vanished Messenger
Der böse Hirte : Ein psychologischer Thriller
Das Geheimnis von Lady Grassleyes : Kriminalroman
Finanzkönige : Wirtschaftskrimi zwischen Börsengerüchten, politischen Intrigen, Spionage und aristokratischen Salons
