Eleanor Hodgman Porter

Oh, Money! Money! Eleanor Hodgman Porter

Book Excerpt: ... The man who owned twenty millions still smiled imperturbably."Oh, yes, I know what you mean, but I'm not crazy. And really I'm interested in genealogy, too, and I've been thinking for some time I'd go digging about the roots of my ancestral tree. I have dug a little, in years gone. My mother was a Blaisdell, you know. Her grandfather was brother to some ancestor of these Hillerton Blaisdells; and I really am interested in collecting Blaisdell data. So that's all straight. I shall be telling no fibs. And think of the opportunity it gives me! Besides, I shall try to board with one of them. I've decided that.""Upon my word, a pretty little scheme!""Yes, I knew you'd appreciate it, the more you thought about it." Mr. Stanley G. Fulton's blue eyes twinkled a little. With a disdainful gesture the lawyer brushed this aside."Do you mind telling me how you happened to think of it, yourself?""Not a bit. 'Twas a little booklet got out by a Trust Company."...