Illustration for chapter 6 of the prodigal son by dutton cook. Once a week magazine, volume 6, page 505. The lawyer (center) is reading old mr. Hadfield's will, which is long and technically-written. At right are mr. Hadfield's younger son, stephen, and his wife, gertrude. Gertrude is not trying to pretend to understand, but instead is thinking about her children. Stephen, the sole heir, is watching with concern his disinherited older brother, wilford, who is collapsed in misery at left. Date: 3 May 1862.
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