over-the-left

Updated: July 23, 2026

There's only one poorer hand at figures than these over-the-left financiers, and he's the fellow who inherits the old man's dollars without his sense. When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking. Inheriting money is like being the second husband of a Chicago grass-widow mighty uncertain business, unless a fellow has had a heap of experience.

George Horace Lorimer - Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son