At least she
told me she had told you the night before you left that her father had
decided to return here to live. It was appropriate that your mother,
herself an old friend, should assemble a representative selection of
Mr. Morgan's old friends around him at such a time. He was in great
spirits and most entertaining. As your time was so charmingly taken
up during your visit home with a younger member of his family, you
probably overlooked opportunities of hearing him talk, and do not know
what an interesting man he can be.
He will soon begin to build his factory here for the manufacture of
automobiles, which he says is a term he prefers to "horseless
carriages." Your Uncle George told me he would like to invest in this
factory, as George thinks there is a future for automobiles; perhaps
not for general use, but as an interesting novelty, which people with
sufficient means would like to own for their amusement and the sake of
variety. However, he said Mr. Morgan laughingly declined his offer,
as Mr. M. was fully able to finance this venture, though not starting
in a very large way.
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