Chapter 2

           TheheadoftheLycurgusbranchoftheGriffiths,ascontrastedwiththefatheroftheKansasCityfamily,wasmostarresting.UnlikehisshorterandmoreconfusedbrotheroftheDoorofHope,whomhehadnotevenseenforthirtyyears,hewasalittleabovetheaverageinheight,verywell-knit,althoughcomparativelyslender,shrewdofeye,andincisivebothastomannerandspeech.Longusedtocontendingforhimself,andhavingcomebyeffortaswellasresultstoknowthathewasabovetheaverageinacumenandcommercialability,hewasinclinedattimestobeabitintolerantofthosewhowerenot.Hewasnotungenerousorunpleasantinmanner,butalwaysstrivingtomaintainacalmandjudicialair.Andhetoldhimselfbywayofexcuseforhismannerismsthathewasmerelyacceptinghimselfatthevaluethatothersplaceduponhimandallthosewho,likehimself,weresuccessful.

           HavingarrivedinLycurgusabouttwenty-fiveyearsbeforewithsomecapitalandadeterminationtoinvestinanewcollarenterprisewhichhadbeenproposedtohim,hehadsucceededthereafterbeyondhiswildestexpectations.Andnaturallyhewasvainaboutit.Hisfamilyatthistimetwenty-fiveyearslaterunquestionablyoccupiedoneofthebest,aswellasthemosttastefullyconstructedresidencesinLycurgus.Theywerealsoesteemedasamongthefewbestfamiliesofthisregionbeing,ifnottheoldest,atleastamongthemostconservative,respectableandsuccessfulinLycurgus.

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