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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Rich Enough, by Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Rich Enough a tale of the times Author: Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee Release Date: October 29, 2007 [eBook #23231] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RICH ENOUGH*** Transcribed from the 1837 Whipple and Damrell edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org RICH ENOUGH; A TALE OF THE TIMES BY THE AUTHOR OF "THREE EXPERIMENTS OF LIVING." And while they were eating and drinking, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon them. Third Edition. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY WHIPPLE & DAMRELL, No. 9 Cornhill. NEW YORK:--SAMUEL COLMAN, No. 114 Fulton Street. 1837. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by WHIPPLE AND DAMRELL, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. CHAPTER I. "Welcome," said Mr. Draper, the rich merchant, to his brother, who entered his counting-room one fine spring morning. "I am truly glad to see you--but what has brought you to the city, at this _busy country_ season, when ploughing and planting are its life and sinews?" "A motive," said Howard, smiling, "that I am sure will need no apology with you--_business_! I have acquired a few hundreds, which I wish to invest safely, and I want your advice." "When you say safely, I presume you mean to include profitably." "Ay, profitably and safely." "I am just fitting out a ship for Canton; what do you think of investing the sum in articles of foreign merchandise?" "I confess," said Howard, "I have great distrust of winds and waves." "Suppose you invest it in Eastern lands? many have made fortunes in this way." "I am not seeking to make a fortune," said Howard, quietly;--"my object is to secure something for my family in case of accident, and I only want to invest what I do not require for present use in a manner that will bring compound interest. I hope not to be obliged to take up the interest for many years, but to be adding it to the principal, with such sums as I
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