"Mark alone will spend more than the interest of this sum."
"Then you must prevent him. He will be better off if he has to earn his
living, as Frank has done for the last year."
In less than a week the transfer was made, and Frank recovered his
patrimony.
Mr. Manning and Mark went to Chicago, and perhaps further West; but
nothing has been heard from them for years.
Frank didn't return to the Cedars. The place was let until he should
wish to return to it.
By the advice of Col. Vincent, he resumed his preparation for college,
and, graduating in due time, commenced the study of law.
Though rich enough to do without a profession, he felt that he should
not be content to lead an aimless life.
He obtained for his school friend, Herbert Grant, the post of private
secretary to Mr. Percival, and Herbert became nearly as great a favorite
as himself.
Through Mr. Percival's kindness, Herbert was enabled, while still living
at his house and attending to his duties as secretary, to enter Columbia
College, and complete his course there, graduating with honor.
Herbert selected the medical profession, and, when he has completed his
studies, will go abroad for a year with Frank, at the latter's expense,
and, returning, open an office in New York.
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