Yes, woman is truly an
enigma!
Squire Floyd was a plain, upright man, in moderately good
circumstances. He owned a water power on the stream that ran near
our town, and had built himself a cotton mill, which was yielding
him a good annual income. But he was far from being rich, and had
the good sense not to assume a style of living beyond his means.
Henry Wallingford was the son of an old friend of Squire Floyd's.
The elder Mr. Wallingford was not a man of the Squire's caution and
prudence. He was always making mistakes in matters of business, and
never succeeded well in any thing. He died when his son was about
eighteen years of age. Henry was at that time studying law with
Judge Bigelow. As, in the settlement of his father's estate, it was
found to be wholly insolvent, Henry, unwilling to be dependent on
his mother, who had a small income in her own right, gave notice to
the Judge that he was about to leave his office. Now, the Judge was
a man of penetration, and had already discovered in the quiet,
reserved young man, just the qualities needed to give success in the
practice of law.
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