Meyer & Son; A Novel (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909. Excerpt: ... X MEYER sat late that afternoon in his own particular room at the house of his father, a room half den and half library, where the varied interests of his heart and mind were rather strangely illustrated. There were rare editions and duelling foils in close companionship; weird pipes and dainty brochures in one unconventional heap on the broad center-table. Over his small desk was hung a picture of a famous and beautiful Parisian actress, while on the very shelf before him was the photograph of Doris Gray. One or two heads of deer and bear adorned the walls, testifying to a wide range of feeling on the part of the apartment's occupant in which, however, the commercial never once appeared. Max blew a dense cloud of smoke from a huge German pipe resting on the desk before him and poised the hand which was still grasping a pen over the paper upon which he had been writing. Little strips of manuscript that had been torn to bits as soon as finished testified that the younger partner of the house of Meyer & Son was finding the wooing of the muse a rather unproductive business. In fact, he could not write at all, for the face of the girl whom he had left only a few hours before, as well as that of her twin brother Paul, was constantly between his thoughts and his paper. One thing was certain. He knew now what had caused the young fellow to act so strangely as to lead his sister to fear. Ah, she had come to him There was joy and exultation in the thought. She had chosen him as champion of her brother. And why? was it not that her heart's inclination led her footsteps to the one man she knew would not fail her? And yet, after all, was he not simply an old friend, a friend of childhood? And was it not the merest matter of course that she should come to him? Would ...