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son except the few thousands arising from the sale 

 of the furniture. Singularly fortunate at first, 

 success had rendered him incautious, and latterly 

 losses had fallen upon him thickly and heavily. 

 Still he would have pulled through had it not beer 

 for the unforeseen failure of the great American 

 house, but this completely ruined him, and it was 

 the paragraph in the newspapers recording this 

 event that caused his death. 



Paul bore the reverse nob!)-. To say that he 

 did not feel the alteration in his fortune would be 

 untrue ; no young man brought up with unlimited 

 money can see himself reduced to penury without 

 regret; but it can be safely affirmed that the loss 

 of his father by far outweighed the loss of his 



fortune. He at once threw up his rooms at , 



and at Mr. Marshall's request went down to the 

 quiet hall, where, six years before, he had so 

 narrowly escaped drowning. 



Mr. Marshall was Robert Gresham's only ex- 

 ecutor, and much that worthy man pondered on 

 what would be the best career for Paul, whom he 

 loved as though he were his son. The young 

 man, however, relieved him of all anxiety on this 

 score, by saying, " You are one of the directors of 

 the Hudson's Bay Company, cannot you send me 

 out there as a clerk or something.'*" 



