Uncle Crusty

Edward Van Nest was a wealthy bachelor, who, having been disappointed in love in his younger days, had renounced men, women and children alike, and whose only companions were a valet and a b... Read allEdward Van Nest was a wealthy bachelor, who, having been disappointed in love in his younger days, had renounced men, women and children alike, and whose only companions were a valet and a bad disposition. On account of the latter, and his dislike for children, he had earned tor ... Read allEdward Van Nest was a wealthy bachelor, who, having been disappointed in love in his younger days, had renounced men, women and children alike, and whose only companions were a valet and a bad disposition. On account of the latter, and his dislike for children, he had earned tor himself the appellation of "Uncle Crusty." Crusty had a brother, William Van Nest, who was... Read all