Herbert Carter's Legacy The Inventor's Son

Hero Herbert Carter is a poor student, son to a widow. His clothing is mocked for its raggedness by James Leech, fop and son to miser Squire Leech, who holds the mortgage to the Carter cottage. James is noted for being 'foolish enough to feel that a man or boy derived importance from the extent of his wardrobe.' Herbert turns aside James's insults, and on coming home discovers that his miserly unc...