The Idle Boast
A farewell banquet was held by a number of college men, at which they agreed to meet ten years later and tell of their successes or failures. One of them, Bob Livingstone, in a spirit of bra... Read allA farewell banquet was held by a number of college men, at which they agreed to meet ten years later and tell of their successes or failures. One of them, Bob Livingstone, in a spirit of bravado, declared that unless he was a millionaire by that time he would shoot himself. Fate ... Read allA farewell banquet was held by a number of college men, at which they agreed to meet ten years later and tell of their successes or failures. One of them, Bob Livingstone, in a spirit of bravado, declared that unless he was a millionaire by that time he would shoot himself. Fate seemed to take his jest in earnest, for within a few years Bob's brokerage firm had failed... Read all