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will bring you into your inheritance. When will you dine with me?"
" I have an engagement to-morrow evening; the next evening- I am at
your service." " Good I shall call for you at six." And so the two
gentlemen parted, each with a growing interest in the other.
CHAPTER VI. A FOOL AND HIS MONEY. The Hendersons lived in one of
those old-fashioned streets on the west side of town, which have
been left far behind by the upward march of fashion, but have not,
as yet, yielded to the encroachments of business, nor been given up
to the gradual deterioration that seizes hold of tenement blocks.
Forty years ago, these solid and really comfortable brick houses
were occupied by the same class relatively, that now live in the
brownstone fronts that stretch northward from Madison Square to
Central Park. The street in question was very quiet, and extremely
respectable. It is not necessary to mention the precise location,
but it was some distance south from Union Square, and to the
westward of Broadway. It was owned by Mrs. Henderson; and now that
their cash capital had been sunk by Herbert, it represented the
entire wealth of the family. The mother and daughters were seated
in die front room of the first floor?a room extending the whole
length of the building, divided in the centre by folding doors,
which were always open. It was the parlor, so-called, but was also
the sitting-room; and a very pleasant and cheery room it was. The
furniture was rich, but faded with the daily use that takes from
lustre and adds to comfort. The chairs were wide and deep, and the
lounges inviting. Mrs. Henderson was a small woman with a fair and
quiet face, and perfectly white hair. She sat in a rocking-chair,
knitting placidly, and was a picture of kindly and beautiful old
age. Th...
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