The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-23


seat the door Was carefully closed by the
stage clad knight of the stable, who then
mounted TO his pedestal on high, assumed
his Antomaton dignity, grasped the reins,
and the carriage rolled away.
Next morning Arbyght appeared at the
. Gieldamo Warehououse and began opera
tions upon the recalcitrant casks On the
following day, in the afternoon, Mr.. Gel
damO sought the workman, and asked HIM
Y if he would 20 up to his resi,lence for q
few hours and see after the condition of
sol.e superior vine that WAS stored in his
cellar Richard said it WAS iInnaterisl,
whether he worked at the store or at his
I residence. A few hours afterwards he was
driven To the residence Of the great banker,
which he found, in many respects to close
I ~ resemble its owner, especially In the
summing up, for AS whole it appeared q
I 4" column Of cash ia repose
Paraliel with the street or avenue ran a
massive spear-pointed iron fence, rising
{ from a foundation uf solid cut stone
Behind thIs fence the land stopped upward
like the glacls Of fort, forming q level
plateau or terrace about four feet above
the banquette, from the centre of which
the huIlding shot skyward with stately gor-
geous beauty. la shape the principal body
Of the building was rectangular but its
form when finished could hardly be classi-
ned, owing to the numerous wings and
projections that issued from its sides The
wallis were built Of Ohio stone beautifully
finished, the heavy bracketed cornices and
the upper story Of the campinile were of
wood, the roof slate The general srchi-
tectural stvle was the modern Italian. The
campanlle was artlstically embehshed and
decorated, and rose hlgh above the roofs
from the angle formed by the main build
ing and the wing or projection IN which
the dining room was located. The tirst
story of the campanIle was used as a sleep
ing apartment, the next as "a sort of belvi-
deere. la passing through the street gate,
Richard saw n man On the top of the tower
Or campanlle adjusting flag staff, but
being lost Ia wonder at the chaste, classical
architectural beauty of the great mans
residence, he paid but little attention to
the man on the ro"f ol the campinile
However, duty s"'n put an end To his &c
stasles over IsA,lhnents, cornIces, grand
archwaNs, NvstIhules and I~n'tIcoes, and
from the contemplation Of these things he
passed INTO the cellars Of the mansion and
began cOntemplatlons Of All entirely differ
ent nature. And while he was busily EN-
pluyed i'll the lowest story Of the grand
mansion, a scene was being enacted almost
directly over his head that We shall take
the liberty uf unyeiling to our readers.
Ii Mas Ia the drawing rooms great,
large r,,Ins fully twelve feet high, eigh-
I, en- feet vide and thirty-six feet long
above which, and extending across the
ceiling Was all elliptic arch. The columns
and ante were Of the corinthlan order, the
capitals being composition and the base and
columns, scag lola, deep cornlce extend
ing upon the ceiling and walls, ran round
the roulns. In the centre of the oeIiIng of
each room were large panels encased by
drip moulding, also running round the
roouls IN the centre of these panels were
magnificent rusettes, Artlstlcally and orna-
mentally finished, and from which descend
ed the great gas chandeliers. The walls
were papered with encaustic paper of SELF
t."t upon gold relies In the front room
WAS q large bay window, its opening sup
ported by white scag giiola columns. The
carpets were velvet, with dark green tinted
ground and mosaic pattern ia wood colurs.
The furniture was Of dark walnut and
rosewood, upholstered in damask and
broCatelle, no two pieces being alike. At
the piano, in the outer room, sat a young
lady not more than twenty years Of age, =
bright, VivaciOus, sparkling, betutIful type
of girlhood, q flower Of that geranium
school If beauty 30 peculiar To- our coun
try. The forehead was high arched and
smooth, the face prominently feminine,
supernSturally sweet, earnest con6dmg
ard digni6ed. The general expression Of
the features was delicate to a fault, but
from her eyes there shune steady lustre
that gave unmistakable evidence Of n
stronger soul power than physiognomical
examination would accord her. A few feet
from her, leaning against one If the scagli-
ola columns of the bay-window, stood
young man about seven Years her senior.
tie was of medium height, lanky body,
slender limbs, the whole surInOunted by a
head 50 small As To render him III object Of
dread to every halter in the city. His face
MAS thin, his forehead narrow, high HUT
retreating, his mouth and nose large for
his face, which had sharp, knowing ex
preston. The most remarkable thing
noticeable in the man, was his voice,
which Immediately arrested the attention
Of any who heard it, by its volume and
pompOus ponderUslty. The smallest Of
words would roll from his lips with a
argeness that made them sound like =
whole sentence doubled or rolled up and
issued with one effort from the mouth Of
a giant The inslgnihcancs Of the man,
mentally AM physically considered, was
I..,..l IA, ..,,.. ~ .lanaa,l hy tha ,,,n ...,,at;
cally considered for no matter how much
QUE dispised the absence Of mental power
and masculine originality, still " on he
spoke. and the deep bass intonation Of his
voice broke upon the startled ear like
sound from the largest pipe of the great
Haarlem organ, You trembled, in spite-Df
yourself, as the prolonged vibrations rang
through every fibre Of your body.
Miss Geldamo," the man Of voice
began, but the wordL were 81 unex pected
and startling, that the person addressed
almost sprang from her seat ''you have
. magni6cently beautiful, an elysian home
here :" the voice continued.
1T is % considered, answered the
beauty, abstrsctedly, her eyes following
the retrsating figure of Richard Arbyght,
who Just then passed the side window
"And truly 30 considered" returned
Mr.. Allsound.
Papa is very kind and good" slowly
replied the Lady, more in answer to the
former question than from q desire to
continue the conversation.
To my mind" again returned All
sound, with . mysterious air, there is
one thiag still lacking to make your eX-
istence here completely happy"
And pray what may that be r. qneri
cd Miss GeldAmO, not that she cared,
but that she felt in courtesy bound to ask.
81 think the amount Of comfort and
happiness derived from property, OF .
place called home, 10 measured by ones
degree of ownerahip in it, be answered,
after q little hesitation. Miss Geldamo
cclored shghtly, but did not answer i'm
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