"
"What of Dewey's second wife?" asked Mr. Wallingford.
"She has applied for a divorce from him, on the ground that he is a
convicted felon; and will get a decree in her favor, without doubt."
"What a history!" he exclaimed. Then, after a pause, he asked--
"Cannot something be done for Mr. Floyd?"
"I have understood," said I, "that the company about to start the
mills again have engaged him as manager."
"Is that so? Just what I was thinking," he replied, with animation.
"I must look after that matter, and see that it does not fall
through."
And he was in this, as in all things, as good as his word. It needed
only a favorable intimation from him to decide the company to place
their works in the hands of Squire Floyd, who was a man of skill and
experience in manufacturing, and one in whose integrity the fullest
confidence might be reposed.
A month has passed; and Squire Floyd, engaged at a salary of two
thousand dollars a year, is again at the mills, busy in
superintending repairs, improvements, and additions. A few more
weeks, and the rattle of industry will commence, and the old aspect
of things show itself in S----.
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