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fortune     was    entangled    in   the  others。    Besides    the   usual   Midsummer 

faintness that overtakes the stock market�察�my own specialties were a good 

deal more than faint。 On the 20th of August I took the afternoon train to 

spend my two weeks' holiday at Lenox�察�and during much of the journey I 

gazed at the Wall Street edition of the afternoon paper that I had purchased 

as   I   came   through   the   Grand   Central   Station。   Ethel   and   I   read   it   in   the 

evening。; 

     ;'I wonder what she's buying now��' said Ethel�察�vindictively。; 

     ;'Well�察�I can't help feeling sorry for her��' I answered�察�with as much of a 

smile as I could produce。; 

     ;'That is so unnecessary�察�Richard� �She can easily afford to gratify her 

gambling instinct。'; 

     ;'There you go�察�Ethel�察�inventing millions for her just as you invented 

grandchildren。'; 

     ;'Not at all。 Unless she constantly had money lying idle�察�she could not 

take these continual plunges。 She is an old woman with few expenses�察�and 

she lives well within her income。 You would hear of her entertaining if it 

was   otherwise。   So   instead   of   conservatively   investing   her   surplus�察  �she 

makes ducks and drakes of it in her son's office。 Is he at Hyde Park now��' 

Hyde Park was where the old Beverly country seat had always been。; 



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     ;'No��' I answered。 'He went to Europe early last month。'; 

     ;'Very likely he took her with him。 She is probably at Monte Carlo。'; 

     ;'Scarcely in August�察�I fancy。 And I'll tell you what�察�Ethel。 I have been 

counting it up。 She has lost twenty´four thousand dollars in the Standard 

Egg alone。 It takes a good deal of surplus to stand that。'; 

     ;'Serve her right��' said Ethel 'And I would say so to her face。'; 

     ;September brought freshness to the stock market but not to me。 Mr。 

Beverly�察  �like   the   well´to´do   man   that   he   was�察  �remained   away  in   Europe 

until October should require his presence as a guiding hand in the office。 

Thus     was    I  left  without    his  buoyant     consolation     in  the  face   of   my 

investments。; 

     ;Petunias were being adjusted on a four per cent basis�察�Dutchess and 

Columbia       Traction     was    holding    its  own�察   �I   could    not   complain     of 

Amalgamated Electric�察�though it was now lower than when I had bought it�察�

while   had   I   sold   it   on   that   Wednesday   in   May   when   Ethel   begged   me�察�

before   the  increased   dividend   turned   out   a   mistake�察  �I   should   have   made 

money。      But   Philippi   Sewers    were    threatened�察   �Pasteurised     Feeders    had 

been numb since June�察�Pollyopolis Heat�察�Light�察�Power�察�Paving�察�Pressing�察�

and Packing was going to pass its quarterly dividend�察�and Standard Egg 

had gone down from 63 to 7 1/8。 My  million dollars on paper now was 

worth in reality less than a quarter of that sum�察�and although we could still 

make both ends meet fairly well in some place where you wouldn't want to 

live�察 �like   Philadelphia�察 �in   New York   we  should   drop   into   a   pinched   and 

dwarfed obscurity。; 

     ;I   must   say   now�察  �and   I   shall   never   forget�察  �that   Ethel   during   these 

gloomy   weeks   behaved   much   better   than   I   did。   The   grayer   the   outlook 

became�察     �the  more    words    of   hope   and   sense    she  seemed     to  find   She 

reminded me that�察�after all my Uncle Godfrey's legacy had been a thing 

unlooked for�察�something out of my scheme of life that I had my youth�察�my 

salary and my writing�察�and that she would wait till she was as old at Mr。 

Beverly's mother。; 

     ;It   was   the   thought   of   that   lady   which   brought   from   Ethel   the   only 

note   of   complaint   she   uttered   in   my   presence   during   that   whole   dreary 



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month。; 

     ;We   were   spending   Sunday   with   a   house   party   at   Hyde   Park�察  �and 

driving to church�察�we passed an avenue gate with a lodge。 'Rockhurst�察�sir��' 

said the coachman。 'Whose place��' I inquired。 'The old Beverly place�察�sir。' 

Ethel heard him tell me this�察�and as we went on�察�we saw a carriage and 

pair coming down the avenue toward the gate with that look which horses 

always seem to have when they are taking the family to church on Sunday 

morning。; 

     ;'If I see her��' said Ethel to me as we entered the door�察�'I shall be unable 

to say my prayers。'; 

     ;But only young people came into the Beverly pew�察�and Ethel said her 

prayers and also sang the hymn and chants very sweetly。; 

     ;After the service�察�we strolled together in the old and lovely grave yard 

before starting homeward。 We had told them that we should prefer to walk 

back。 The day was beautiful�察�and one could see a little blue piece of the 

river�察�sparkling。; 

     ;'Here is where they are all buried��' said Ethel�察�and we paused before 

brown   old   headstones   with   Beverly   upon   them。   'Died   1750�察  �died   1767��' 

continued Ethel�察 �reading the  names and   inscriptions。 'I  think one  doesn't 

mind the idea of lying in such a place as this。'; 

     ;Some of the young people in the pew now came along the path。 'The 

grandchildren��' said Ethel。 'She is probably too old to come to church。 Or 

she is in Europe。'; 

     ;The young people had brought a basket with flowers from their place�察�

and now laid them over several of the grassy mounds。 'Give me some of 

yours��'     said   one     to   the   other�察   �presently�察   �'I've   not    enough     for 

grandmother's。'; 

     ;Ethel   took   me   rather   sharply   by   the   arm。   'Did   you   hear   that��'   she 

asked。; 

     ;'It can't   be she�察 �you   know��'   said I。  'He   would  have   come   back   from 

Europe。'; 

     ;But we found it out at lunch。 It was she�察�and she had been dead for 

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     ;Ethel and I talked it over in the train going up to town on   Monday 

morning。 We had by that time grown calmer。 'If it is not false pretences��' 

said she�察�'and you cannot sue him for damages�察�and if it is not stealing or 

something�察�and you cannot put him in prison�察�what are you going to do to 

him�察�Richard��'; 

     ;As   this   was   a question   which   I  had   frequently  asked   myself   during 

the night�察�having found no satisfactory answer to it�察�I said�此�'What would 

you do in my place�察�Ethel��' But Ethel knew。; 

     ;'I  should    find   out   when    he   sails�察 �and   meet    his  steamer    with    a 

cowhide。'; 

     ;'Then he would sue me for damages。'; 

     ;'That would be nothing�察�if you got a few good cuts in on him。'; 

     ;'Ethel��'   I   said�察  �'please   follow   me   carefully。   I   should   like   dearly   to 

cowhide him。 and for the sake of argument we will consider it done Then 

comes the lawsuit。 Then I get up and say that I beat him because he made 

me buy Standard Egg at 63 by telling me that his mother had some�察�when 

really the old lady had been dead for fifteen years。 When I think of it in 

this way�察�I do not feel'; 

     ;I know��' interrupted Ethel�察�'you are afraid of ridicule。 All men are。'; 

     ;Had Ethel insisted�察�I believe that I should have cowhided Mr。 Beverly 

for her sake。 But before his return our destinies were brightened。 Copper 

had   been   found   near   Ethel's   waste   lands   in   Michigan�察  �and   the   family 

business   man   was   able   to   sell   the   property   for   seven   hundred   thousand 

dollars。 He did this so promptly that I ventured to ask him if delay might 

not have brought a greater price。 'Well'�察�he said�察�'I don't know。 You must 

seize these things。 Blake and Beverly might have got tired waiting。; 

     ;'Blake and Beverly��' I exclaimed 'So they made the purchase。 It Mr。 

Beverly back��'; 

     ;'Just   back。   To   tell   the   truth   I   don't   believe   they're   finding   so   much 

copper as they hoped。'; 

     ;This turned out to be true。 And I am not sure that the business man 

had    not   known     it  all  the  while。  'We   looked    over   the   property    pretty 

thoroughly at the time of the Tamarack excitement��' he said。 And in a few 



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days more�察�in fact�察�it was generally known that this land had returned to its 

old state of not quite paying the taxes。; 

     ;Then    I  paid   my   visit  to  Mr。  Beverly�察  �but   with  no   cowhide。    'Mr。 

Beverly��' said I�察�'I want to announce to you my engagement to Miss Ethel 

Lansing�察  �whose   Michigan   copper   land   you   have   lately   acquired。   I   hope 

that you bought some for your mother。'; 

     ;Those�察─    �concluded      Mr。   Richard     Field�察   �are   the   circumstances 

attending my engagement which I felt might interest you。 And now�察�Ethel�察�

tell your story�察�if they'll listen。; 

     ;Richard�察─�said Ethel�察 �that is the story I was going to tell。; 



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