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something of a practical mechanic & had gained their con-
fidence to such an extent that Mr Stone? had taken him to
Adjectives formed from Proper Nouns
A friend are called Proper Adjectives
a business As Proper Nouns are always written
man of with capitals, so Adjectives derived
some wealth from them are also written with capitals.
He also was impressed with the excellence of the plans
& it was agreed that he & Mr Stone should furnish money
to get a patent & for the young man to live on while he was
making his model. May couldn't understand how it was
that her father should have placed so much confidence in
an entire stranger, the truth was that her father who was
wary of new things as a rule had an instinctive belief that
this was the something which was to change his luck a belief
strengthened by the enthusiasm of his bookkeeper. His
friend was a man who had had to do with inventors & inven-
tions before & had both made & lost money by them & he
[reasoned?] as did Mr Stone that it couldn't be very much lost
& might be a great deal gained. Having something to hope for
& look forward to had done Mr Stone a great deal of good &
he was brighter that evening than May had seen him for
a long while. But she had a great dread lest he should be
disappointed after all that took away from her pleasure.
Her mother activated by a desire not to let herself think of

something of a practical mechanic & had gained their con
fidence to such an extent that Mr [Stone?] had taken him to
Adjectives formed from Proper Nouns
A friend are called Proper Adjectives
a business As Proper Nouns are always written
man of with capitals, so Adjectives derived
some wealth from them are also written with capitals.
He also was impressed with the excellence of the plans
& it was agreed that he & Mr [Stone?] should furnish money
to get a patent & for the young man to live on while he was
making his model. May couldn't understand how it was
that her father should have placed so much confidence in
an entire stranger, the truth was that her father who was
wary of new things as a rule had an instinctive belief that
this was the something which was to change his luck a belief
strengthened by the enthusiasm of his bookkeeper. His
friend was a man who had had to do with inventors & inven-
tions before & had both made & lost money by them & he
[reasoned?] as did Mr Stone that it couldn't be very much lost
& might be a great deal gained. Having something to hope for
& look forward to had done Mr Stone a great deal of good &
he was brighter that evening than May had seen him for
a long while. But she had a great dread lest he should be
disappointed after all that took away from her pleasure.
Her mother activated by a desire not to let herself think of