PARTS:
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
? ? ? ? This ended the conversation, and Mr. Wharton, according to his declared intention, went to Gilbert & Mack's. He returned disappointed with the information that our hero was no longer in the store.
? ? ? ? I now return to Mr. Wharton at dinner.
? ? ? ? "Here is a letter for you, sir," said the housekeeper. "It was brought by the postman this afternoon."
? ? ? ? Mr. Wharton adjusted his spectacles and read as follows:
? ? ? ? "No.-- Wall Street.
? ? ? ? "Dear Sir: Will you have the kindness to call at my office to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock, if it suits your convenience? I have an important communication to make to you, which will, I think be of an agreeable character. Should the time named not suit you, will you have the kindness to name your own time? "Yours respectfully, "MORRIS HALL."
? ? ? ? "Read that, John," said his uncle, passing him the letter.
? ? ? ? "Morris Hall is a lawyer, I believe, sir," said John.
? ? ? ? "Have you any idea of the nature of the communication he desires to make?"
? ? ? ? "No idea at all.
Pages:
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166