108 A GOOD INVESTMENT.

 

proposed to send young Davis to school,
have passed.

One day, about this period, Mr. Winslow,
who had met with a number of reverses in
business, was sitting in his counting-room,
with a troubled look on his face, when the
mercantile friend before-mentioned came in.
His countenance was pale and disturbed.

“ We are ruined! ruined!” said he, with
much agitation.

Mr. Winslow started to his feet.

“ Speak !” he exclaimed. ‘“ What new
disaster is about to sweep over me ?”

“The house of Toledo & Co., in Rio, has
suspended.” .

Mr. Winslow struck his hands together,
and sank down into the chair from which
he had arisen.

“Then it is all over,’ he murmured.
“All over !”

“Tt is all over with me,” said the other.
“A longer struggle would be fruitless.
But for this, I might have weathered the
storm. Twenty thousand dollars of drafts