"Was he well received?"
"At first; for, coming from California, Albert supposed him rich. When he found he had but five hundred dollars, he lost no time in turning him out of the house."
"Poor Uncle Jacob! It must have hurt the old man's feelings."
"I feared it would, but he only seemed amused—not at all offended."
"He has seen so much of the world that he probably expected it. The old man seemed in good spirits, then?"
"Yes; he declared that he was well able to earn his own living still, though he is sixty-five, and was as gay and cheerful as a young man. He insisted on paying his board while he was with us."
"There is nothing mean about Uncle Jacob."
"No; and it is a mystery to me why such men as he, who would make so good use of riches, should almost always be poor."
"And men like Albert Marlowe are rich."
"Yes."