Horatio Alger

“ He had questioned Leonard, however, about Mr. Jennings, and whether he was supposed to be rich.
Leonard had answered freely that everyone considered him so.
"But he doesn't know how to enjoy his money," he added.
"We should," said Stark, jocularly.
"You bet we would," returned Leonard; and he was quite sincere in his boast, as we know from his conversation with Carl.
"By the way," said Stark, on this particular evening, "I never asked you about your family, Leonard. I suppose you live with your parents."
"No, sir. They are dead." ”

“ I should have thought you unwise, and I should have been reminded of a fellow workman who became so infatuated with lotteries that he stole money from his employer to enable him to continue his purchases of tickets. ”

“ I'd go to New York every few weeks and see life."
"You may be rich some time, so that you can carry out your wishes."
"Do you know any easy way of getting money?" asked Leonard, pointedly.
"The easy ways are not generally the true ways. A man sometimes makes money by speculation, but he has to have some to begin with."
"I can't get anything out of him," thought Leonard. "Well, good-evening."
He crossed the street, and joined the man who has already been referred to as boarding at the hotel.
Mr. Stark had now been several days in Milford. ”