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The Smallweed Family

           Thefatherofthispleasantgrandfather,oftheneighbourhoodofMountPleasant,wasahorny-skinned,two-legged,money-gettingspeciesofspiderwhospunwebstocatchunwaryfliesandretiredintoholesuntiltheywereentrapped.Thenameofthisoldpagan’sgodwasCompoundInterest.Helivedforit,marriedit,diedofit.Meetingwithaheavylossinanhonestlittleenterpriseinwhichallthelosswasintendedtohavebeenontheotherside,hebrokesomethingsomethingnecessarytohisexistence,thereforeitcouldn’thavebeenhisheartandmadeanendofhiscareer.Ashischaracterwasnotgood,andhehadbeenbredatacharityschoolinacompletecourse,accordingtoquestionandanswer,ofthoseancientpeopletheAmoritesandHittites,hewasfrequentlyquotedasanexampleofthefailureofeducation.Hisspiritshonethroughhisson,towhomhehadalwayspreachedof"goingout"earlyinlifeandwhomhemadeaclerkinasharpscrivener’sofficeattwelveyearsold.Theretheyounggentlemanimprovedhismind,whichwasofaleanandanxiouscharacter,anddevelopingthefamilygifts,graduallyelevatedhimselfintothediscountingprofession.Goingoutearlyinlifeandmarryinglate,ashisfatherhaddonebeforehim,hetoobegataleanandanxious-mindedson,whoinhisturn,goingoutearlyinlifeandmarryinglate,becamethefatherofBartholomewandJudithSmallweed,twins.

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