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"I have spent all I had," I replied amiably "Thank

God I'm not a clam! I've seen the world and paid for

it I don't want anything frorandfather's idea of me that I'm a wild man

who can't sit still or lead an orderly, decent life; but

I'ive you a terrible disappoint eyed an

playing with a pencil I never liked Pickering's hands;

they were thick and white and better kept than I like

to see aIn his trust-company

boxes here I have been able to find only about

ten thousand dollars' worth of securities Possibly-

quite possibly-ere all deceived in the ae sums out of

him, and he spent, as you will see, a s it It wasn't

a cheap proposition, and in its unfinished condition it is

practically valueless You reat deal of money in his lifetime Moreover,

he established your father You knohat he

left,-it was not a ss are

reckoned"

I was restless under this recital My father's estate