David Harum, A Story of American Life
David Harum, A Story of American Life,novel by Edward Noyes Westcott, posthumously published in 1898.
David is a country banker in the New England town Homeville, where he is noted as a crusty widower, an oracle of pithy humor, and a sly horse trader. Unlearned and commonsensical, he holds that “The's as much human nature in some folks as th' is in others, if not more,” and contends that “A reasonable amount of fleas is good for a dog—they keep him f'm broodin' on bein' a dog.” He proves his kindliness by aiding John Lenox, a young New Yorker who comes to Homeville as David's assistant at the bank. Lenox through a misunderstanding has broken his engagement with Mary Blake, but they meet again and marry, and live in Homeville, where they are understood to be David's heirs, and name their son for him.
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