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To quote one of his own pet phrases. William Saltburn constantly had his finger on the pulse of the market. It was his business to watch the fluctuations of stocks and shares as carefully as a mother watches her child. It was the same labour of love to him and his unerring instinct never led him far wrong.
It was not a difficult matter, therefore, for him to discover that some audacious outsider, was interfering with his operations in Tortina Concessions. It seemed almost incredible that any ordinary business man should step deliberately into the path of a financial lion like William Saltburn. And there were signs, too, that the thing had been done quite deliberately.