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During the course of the next three months many things happened to me. I went in for high adventure, and taking dreadful risks with the eight hundred pounds I had won at the races, came out of everything well on the way to fortune.
There were hectic days upon the Stock Exchange then. One of the periodical booms in rubber had set in, and those who threw caution aside and plunged boldly made big money. I got in early and was well into my stride before the public generally, realised what was happening.