The Dugdale Millions — page 40: what you’re looking at

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3° THE DUGDALE MILLIONS, “I can help you in this, for my experience in searching titles of property will be of value toyou. I will go to town with you to-morrow. You say you are in the employ of neighbor Hetlow?”’ Dick replied he was. ‘Your name is Mason, you say?’’ pursued the old man. **Yes,’’ replied Dick. *‘Anything to Thomas Mason who was once in the shipping business in New York?” ‘‘A nephew, and adopted by him,”’ replied Dick. ‘I knew him. Was his counsel in his business days. He adopted you to inherit his property. But you didn’t inherit anything, did you?”’ Dick could not refrain from laughing over the blunt directness of the old lawyer, as he replied: **No, sir; Uncle Thomas—father as I called him— died practically without property.” **T know all about it,’’ said Mr. Stanton. ‘‘I man- aged to save a little for the widow—very little—enough to keep her—if she didn’t live too long. Is she alive or dead?”’ “Dead, sir,’* replied Dick. ‘*‘She died two years ago. She lived long enough for me to show in a prac- tical way that I was grateful for the kindness she and Uncle Tom had shown an orphan from his babyhood.” "Her money gave out before she died then?’’ **Yes, sir, but I was earning some.” “Good boy! Good boy! I suppose you will stop with Hetlow to-night?’ “‘No,’’ replied Dick, with a peculiar smile, ‘‘T shall not. I will call upon him, for I think he should know that his neighbor holds the key to our future progress. But since you will go to town with me to-morrow, [ will stop in the village overnight,” *“No, you shan’t do that. You shall stop here. Comicloo® S C@ 3