The Dugdale Millions — page 31: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER III. THE Fa Ric Tt STF P. From a careful perusal of the documents given him by Mr. Hetlow, Dick gathered these data, as the basis for the search he was to enter upon: In 1853 Edmund Dugdale, with his wife, arrived in New York and was immediately lost to view; in 1855 he reappeared and was employed by a lawyer named Stanton; in 1856 a child was born to them; in 1857 young Dugdale was discharged by Stanton, under the accusation of having sold valuable papers pertaining to a litigation to the other side; in 1858 he was employed in a minor capacity in the office of the Courier and Ingutrer, living at the time in MacDougall Street, where his wife died; in 1858 he had applied to his father for relief; in the same year, the lawyer Stan- ton, hearing the truth as to the lost documents, en- deavored to repair the wrong, but was too late, for the man was dying and all he could do was to secure for him a decent burial; the final fact was that a few days before Dugdale’s death the child had disappeared and no one could tell where. The difficulties of Dick’s task grew with the con- sideration of them. A quarter of a century had elapsed since the death of Edmund, and there was every indi- cation that he had kept the fact of his relationship to the great London merchant to himself. The Courzer and Inquirer was out of existence, and, if by any chance Dick could find anyone employed upon that paper, it was extremely doubtful if recollection of a CoMmicloeo® S C@ 3