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Sophy Martin is an orphan who learned well to watch out for her own interests. She makes herself useful to her old uncle and attractive as well by arranging her hair and clothing so she reminds him of his long missing son, Cornelius. After Mr. Thorp's death, his will makes Sophy Mr Thorp's sole heir, displacing many closer relatives. While in power, Sophy lives a comfortable life, eating special food in her own private apartment and thinking about marriage to a wealthy neighbor. Cornelius Thorp appears, however, and claims his estate but Sophy manages to marry one of her admirers and to obtain a legacy of £300 for life from the Thorpe estate.
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Thomas OReiley, a wealthy and highly successful San Francisco businessman had spent five desperate, daunting years as a young man isolated on a South Pacific island. After his audacious return to San Francisco in 1896, OReiley married the only girl he had ever cherished, the beautiful Amanda McPherson. During these early years of the twentieth century, the United States is busy flexing its newly-found muscles, from the far-Western Pacific through Central America to the Caribbean. Meanwhile, prominent politicians and scandalous entrepreneurs were determined to sabotage one of the United States greatest engineering feats, the construction of the inter-ocean canal through the Isthmus of Panama....