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expectations had been disappointed by Mr. Fenton’s sudden death at a
period of great commercial disturbance. The business was found in a state
of entanglement that was very near insolvency; and wise friends told
Gilbert Fenton that the only hope of coming well out of these
perplexities lay with himself. The business was too good to be
sacrificed, and the business was all his father had left behind him, with
the exception of a houseful of handsome furniture, two or three
carriages, and a couple of pairs of horses, which were sold by auction
within a few weeks of the funeral.

Gilbert Fenton took upon himself the management of the business. He had a
clear comprehensive intellect, which adapted itself very easily to
commerce. He put his shoulder to the wheel with a will, and worked for
the first three years of his business career as it is not given to many
men to work in the course of their lives. By that time the ship had been
steered clear of all rocks and quicksands, and rode the commercial waters
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