Rich enough

Transcribed from the 1837 Whipple and Damrell edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
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.
“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.”