It came in such a
shape, that we could not refuse it without doing violence to the
feelings of true-hearted friends. And so, when they removed to their
new home, we passed to Ivy Cottage.
The two years that followed were marked by no events of striking
interest. The affairs of Judge Bigelow continued to assume a better
shape, under the persistent direction of Mr. Wallingford, until
every dollar which he had invested in the cotton mills was withdrawn
and placed in real estate or sound securities. Long before this
there had come an open rupture between the old man and his nephew;
but the Judge had seen his real character in so clear a light that
friendship was no longer desirable.
CHAPTER XXX.
And now we have come down to the memorable summer and fall of 1857.
No gathering clouds, no far-distant, low-voiced thunder gave warning
of an approaching storm. The sky was clear, and the sun of
prosperity moving onward in his strength, when, suddenly, from the
West came a quick flash and an ominous roll of thunder. Men paused,
looked at each other, and asked what it meant.
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