The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-06-18
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Q VI
Two men met at the Rector street station
ofthe Elevated Railroad, which Is the point
where Wall street men iget on and of the
trains, and shook hands In limp, grip
less manner. On the face Of each was an
expression Of worry, ofabstraction, Of be-
ing hunted down by business II not by per.
sons. Not many In the throng recognized
them as Jay Gould and Ulysses s. Grant,
Notwithstanding the fact that o majority
belonged to the Wall street tegion. Tho
two were so ordinary and unpicturesque as
as to be readily overlooked. have an
idea that each was eager to hear something
said by the other on the subject Of per-
turbed finance, and am sure that was
willing to listen to 1.-THE smallest remark
from either; but they stopped at "Good
day" and "How'd' you do" and Grant
plodded on toward conference between
lawyers as to the disastrous affairs of
Grant & Ward. The General has aged
perceptibly under the trouble which his
venture among spectators has brought on
him. During the year previous to the ex.
plosion he steadily improved In fashion
able presentability. His silk hat became
well brushed, his old.style Of frock coat In
broadcloth turned to snug Prince Albert
In diagonal goods, and q turn-down shirt
collar was displaced by stand.up one;
but now relapse was discernable In the
care, II not In. the cut, Of these things, and
he had the aspect once again Of the Galena
tanner.
Gould was the same nervous, snappy,
unimpressive little fellow as ever, very
neatly but not fashionably clothed, and
accompanied as usual by Morosini, the big
secretary, who is commonly regarded as
the millionaire's body guard. Gould Is o
''literary feller," although you may have
forgotten that fact In your observation Of
him as mere financier. He has written
two books, now lost to all memory except
his own; he has a notably fine library at
home; he is close reader of current lit
erature, and he is the hacker Of the Man
haitian Magazine, which shows some
strength and much weakness in an effort to
compete with the older monthlies. The
news stands in the stations Of the Elevated
Railroad do about half Of the city's entire
retail business In periodicals. Gould con-
trolls the roads. He fell In with the idea,
when 1t was presented to him, that mag
szine placed very conspicuously forward
on all those counters would have winning
advantage. The diversion of practically
editing it caught his fancy. Therefore the
Manhattan is in existence, as the eyes OF
every passenger In the Elevated care can
not fail to see, so plentiful and well placed
are the placards. Well, Gould stopped an
instant at the stand and glanced at the
pile Of magazines, possibly to see whether
IL had grown less by sales than when he
last viewed 1t. There is no use In accost-
ing him on a stock or money topic, for IL
Is certain that he will impart no facts, and
his falsites are Of no special interest; but
l tried the Manhattan as a subject Of In
quiry, beginning with question as to how
he liked it.
"Very well-very well, indeed" he re-
piled, like the bull that he was in this fea-
ture of the literary market. at is a good
looking publication.
"They say you're the author of the serial
Could" ventured; "is that So"
"Who says sop
"0i, the people in the different maga.
zine and newspaper offices. The idea
seems to be that the story has a purpose,
which is to reply to THE Breal.Winncri,,
and that, II you didn't write it, you are at
least the inspircr."
l.. -.
write stories-nor the ability, either"
But he would no. dlny his personal in
tere9t in the magazine, and he briefly dis
cussed that line OF serials.
"The trouble with HGIper'5 and the Cen
turn" said he, "ij that they are no longer
American. In order to get AMI keep large
cr,slations IN England they run heavily
10 pictures and articles English in subj ,ct
nnG authorship. Look over any issue OF
/ ether of them and you'd no5 suppose, II
you didn't know It already, that It was an
/ American print. This is a biz continent,
with plenty in II to max, pictures and
/ renllng matter about"
/ II Gould has been Induced 70 found lit
| erlry enterprise, as he seems TO have done
/ IN this instance. 1t Is more than lis son
George has been able 20 accomplish with
/ him in the theatrical direction. There was
a minor actress in the Union Square Con-
pany last season and the previous ons, in
whose professional advancement. GEORGE
/ .ook deep interest. The father owIsd
/ ,hc World in those days, and the son used
to send down paragraphs far publication
I concerning the insisndcnntly iniSn llcan5
performances Of thiS charming girl. OF
course, She had de sire 70 become star,
and almost as inevitable she convince her
ndmirer that she had ability sufficient Tor
the purpose. The young man won't 90 his
parent, so It Is told, for $4,000 with which
/ 10 render this genus commercially avail.
able. The answer was n decisive refusal.
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