Excerpt from Harry Egerton, or the Younger Son of the Day, Vol. 3 of 3 That wiser Satan that tempts by making rich, had selected in Harry Egerton a good subject for the practice of his wiles. This coup of two or three hundred pounds had produced exactly the effect desired. Exalted by continual and increased good luck, he began to think that he was marked out for especial favour by the fickle deity who presides over money speculations, and, accordingly, the amount of his stakes was proportionately raised in future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.