"Henceforth," said he, "you--you--shall be my son."
FATHER AND SON.
BOOK TWELFTH.
SPECULATIONS--PECUNIARY AND MATRIMONIAL.
CHAPTER I.
THE "COSMOPOLITAN WINDOW FASTENER."
The "Cosmopolitan Window Fastener" was a veritable success. For the first time in his life, Mr. Wesley Tiffles's theories had been demonstrated by results. Had the "Cosmopolitan Window Fastener" been his own invention, and disposed of for his own behoof, he would have abandoned it long before its merits had been fairly tested, and tried some other of the myriad schemes that floated through his brain. But the profits of the "Cosmopolitan Window Fastener" went to another; and this was the secret of Wesley Tiffles's persistent (and therefore successful) exertions.