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Title: The Progressionists, and Angela.

Author: Conrad von Bolanden

Release Date: August 29, 2010 [EBook #33573]

Language: English

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THE

PROGRESSIONISTS,

AND

ANGELA.

_TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF CONRAD VON BOLANDEN_.

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New York:
THE CATHOLIC PUBLICATION SOCIETY,
9 WARREN STREET.
1873.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
THE CATHOLIC PUBLICATION SOCIETY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

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THE PROGRESSIONISTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE WAGER

The balcony of the _palais_ Greifmann contains three persons who
together represent four million florins. It is not often that one sees
a group of this kind. The youthful landholder, Seraphin Gerlach, is
possessor of two millions. His is a quiet disposition; very calm, and
habitually thoughtful; innocence looks from his clear eye upon the
world; physically, he is a man of twenty-three; morally, he is a child
in purity; a profusion of rich brown hair clusters about his head; his
cheeks are ruddy, and an attractive sweetness plays round his mouth.

The third million belongs to Carl Greifmann, the oldest member of the
group, head _pro tem_. of the banking-house of the same name. This