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Chapter 4

           SamuelGriffithsoftheGriffithsCollarCompanyofLycurgus,aren’tyou?"

           "Yes,Ihavealittlesomethingtodowithit,Ibelieve.Whoareyou?"returnedhisuncle,lookingathimsharply.

           "Myname’sClydeGriffiths.Myfather,AsaGriffiths,isyourbrother,Ibelieve."

           Atthementionofthisparticularbrother,who,totheknowledgeofallthemembersofthisfamily,wasdistinctlynotasuccessmaterially,thefaceofSamuelGriffithscloudedtheleasttrifle.ForthementionofAsabroughtratherunpleasinglybeforehimthestockyanddecidedlynotwell-groomedfigureofhisyoungerbrother,whomhehadnotseeninsomanyyears.HismostrecentdistinctpictureofhimwasasayoungmanofaboutClyde’sageabouthisfather’shousenearBertwick,Vermont.Buthowdifferent!Clyde’sfatherwasthenshort,fatandpoorlyknitmentallyaswellasphysicallyoleaginousandabitmushy,asitwere.Hischinwasnotfirm,hiseyesapalewateryblue,andhishairfrizzled.Whereasthissonofhiswasneat,alert,good-lookingandseeminglywell-manneredandintelligent,asmostbell-hopswereinclinedtobeashenoted.Andhelikedhim.

           However,SamuelGriffiths,whoalongwithhiselderbrotherAllenhadinheritedthebulkofhisfather’smoderateproperty,andthisbecauseofJosephGriffiths’prejudiceagainsthisyoungestson,hadalwaysfeltthatperhapsaninjusticehadbeendoneAsa.

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