"He must be nearly of age," said I.
"About twenty, if his years were correctly given."
"He will come into the possession of a handsome property," I
remarked.
"Yes, if it can be found by the time he is ready to receive it."
"Can be found! I don't comprehend you, Mr. Wallingford? Do you mean
to question the integrity of the men who are executors to the
estate?"
"No. But, they have embarked in the same vessel with an unscrupulous
villain--so I regard Ralph Dewey--and have, as far as I can see,
given the rudder into his hands. If he do not wreck them on some
dangerous coast, or sunken rock, it will be more from good fortune
than anything else."
"He is partner in a very wealthy firm," said I.
"The standing of Floyd, Lawson, Lee & Co., is, you know, undoubted.
He can't wreck out friends Bigelow and Floyd, without ruining them
also."
"I was in New York a few months ago, on business," Mr. Wallingford
replied, "and it so happened, that I heard the firm of which Dewey
is a partner spoken of. Among other remarks, was this: 'They are
thought to be very much extended.
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