Excerpt from The Founding of Fortunes In the earlier days I speak of - that is to say, about thirty years ago - a very small cabin on the side of the road, half way between Glenore and Port Maguire, was inhabited by an old widow woman, one Mrs. Ginnelly. The situation of her dwelling enabled her to entertain an impartial Opinion of her equi-distant neighbours on either hand; but, fortunately perhaps, her turn of mind being cynical, her Opinions were universally disregarded, as they belonged to merely a very poor old ignorant crone, who owned little or nothing else except a few hens and a pig. Insignificant though she was, however, mentioned she must be, if we are to relate some most poor matters which did certainly point to rich ends - to nothing less, indeed, than the earliest financial Operations of Timothy Galvin. 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.