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Chapter X

           Notmuchhewastooself-sufficient,tooresourceful;andyetheworried,conjuringupthoughtsofdeathandtheendoftheirpresentstate.Thenwordcame,aftercertainpiercing,harrowingcries,thatallwaswell,andhewaspermittedtolookatthenewarrival.Theexperiencebroadenedhisconceptionofthings,madehimmoresolidinhisjudgmentoflife.Thatoldconvictionoftragedyunderlyingthesurfaceofthings,likewoodunderitsveneer,wasemphasized.LittleFrank,andlaterLillian,blue-eyedandgolden-haired,touchedhisimaginationforawhile.Therewasagooddealtothishomeidea,afterall.Thatwasthewaylifewasorganized,andproperlysoitscornerstonewasthehome.

           Itwouldbeimpossibletoindicatefullyhowsubtlewerethematerialchangeswhichtheseyearsinvolvedchangessogradualthattheywere,likethelapofsoftwaters,unnoticeable.Considerableagreatdeal,consideringhowlittlehehadtobeginwithwealthwasaddedinthenextfiveyears.Hecame,inhisfinancialworld,toknowfairlyintimately,ascommercialrelationshipsgo,someofthesubtlestcharactersofthesteadilyenlargingfinancialworld.InhisdaysatTighe’sandontheexchange,manycuriousfigureshadbeenpointedouttohimStateandcityofficialsofonegradeandanotherwhowere"makingsomethingoutofpolitics,"andsomenationalfigureswhocamefromWashingtontoPhiladelphiaattimestoseeDrexel&Co.,Clark&Co.,andevenTighe&Co.

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