CHAPTER II.
UNCLE JACOB'S RECEPTION.
Percy found his father at home, and quickly acquainted him with the arrival in town of Uncle Jacob. His news was received with interest by Squire Marlowe.
"Why didn't you invite him to ride home with you?" asked the squire.
"I did; but he preferred to walk."
"What does he look like?"
"Like an old tramp," answered Percy.
Squire Marlowe was taken aback; for, without having received any definite intelligence from the long absent relative, he had somehow persuaded himself that Uncle Jacob had accumulated a fortune at the mines.
"Then he is shabbily dressed?" said the squire, inquiringly.