The Saint in London: Originally Entitled the Misfortunes of Mr. Teal
The Saint in London: Originally Entitled the Misfortunes of Mr. Teal
“Why? Not for any ordinary purpose to which such counterfeits might have been put—the very idea was absurd. What for, then?
He ran over everything he could recall about Nordsten. The name was not on the tip of every tongue, like the names of Rockefeller, or Morgan, but it was a name that was no less famous in other fields of finance; and it was part of Simon Templar’s business to have at least a passing knowledge of those fields where millions are dealt with which are outside the limited ken of ...the average man in the street. Ivar Nordsten reaped in those fields; and the Saint had heard of him.
To the few people whose interests brought them in contact with the less publicized kingdoms of industry, he was known as the Paper King. Start-, ing from one small factory in Sweden, he had built up a chain of production units which controlled practically the whole output of Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Holland, until more than half the paper which was consumed in Europe was manufactured under his management.MoreLess
He ran over everything he could recall about Nordsten. The name was not on the tip of every tongue, like the names of Rockefeller, or Morgan, but it was a name that was no less famous in other fields of finance; and it was part of Simon Templar’s business to have at least a passing knowledge of those fields where millions are dealt with which are outside the limited ken of ...the average man in the street. Ivar Nordsten reaped in those fields; and the Saint had heard of him.
To the few people whose interests brought them in contact with the less publicized kingdoms of industry, he was known as the Paper King. Start-, ing from one small factory in Sweden, he had built up a chain of production units which controlled practically the whole output of Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Holland, until more than half the paper which was consumed in Europe was manufactured under his management.MoreLess
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