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CHAPTER XXXII RISEN FROM THE DEAD
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Ralph Pendleton proceeded.
“You had your money,” suggested Mr. Stanton.
“Yes, I had my money; but for money itself I cared little.”
Mr. Stanton shrugged2 his shoulders a little contemptuously. He could not understand how anyone could think slightingly of money, and he decided3 in his own mind that Ralph was an unpractical enthusiast4.
“I valued money only as a means to an end, and that end was to make Margaret Lindsay my wife. She failed me, and my money lost its charm.”
“There were plenty who could have consoled you in her place.”
“No doubt, I might have been successful in other quarters, but I did not care to try. I left New York in disgust, and, going West, I buried myself in the forest, where I built a rude cabin, and there I have lived since, an unsocial, solitary5 life. Years have passed since I visited New York.”
“What did you do with your money all this while?”
“I left it in the hands of men whom I could trust. It has been accumulating all these years, and I find that the fifty thousand dollars have swelled6 to ninety thousand.”
“Indeed!” ejaculated Mr. Stanton, his respect for Ralph considerably7 raised. “And now you have come here to enjoy it, I suppose?”
“A different motive8 has led to my coming—a motive connected with you,” said Ralph, fixing his eyes steadily9 upon Mr. Stanton.
“Connected with me!” repeated the merchant, uneasily.
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