Front matter
Reading edition
RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS BOSTON
Copyright, 1911, by The Ridgway Company
Copyright, 1913, by Richard G. Badger
All rights reserved
The Gorham Press, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't—greetings!
This book is for you! Read as you run, and may you run as you read.
G. G. R.
New York, March 15, 1913.