| Show f bate he laukin got f r ills irato Irr to W en E n IW john aa ruskin earned the forkim fortan at f left him in heird cash by hll his father it ie Is p sible ble be he bigat have w disposed oj of it in a different wy way the year 1877 1977 was his last appearance as a rich man loan after allowing himself about tor for a bolisay at venice lie ila meant at that time 1 ts 3 invest a sum in the funds xuM clent to brine bring him la in tl a day dut but his publisher mr allan baa bag corn coma between him and nd poverty and a reissue ot his works at popular prices has meant a handsome annual income to tle author at t modern painters his lits first fortune went in this wat war one third ot at it was invested 1 in n mort whereby he lost 20 I 0 ho handed a sum of to poor relatives another sum of 11 1 was freela tre ent eat to a cousin to whom I atiq I agave the debt ills gifts to she arid fir id and aud oxford absorbed and as ILS he lived considerably above his income I 1 t at 5 for many years hie bin cap ital boon soon ran low |
