Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-03-27

When he was fifteen he was sent down
to New York to al old bachelor uncle,
a brother of his mothers, who had Of
fered to adopt and educate him and to
leave him all his fortune.
He went to Andover first and after
! wardto Harvard, where he graduated
in several courses and took good de-
gree. His talent for drawing, modelling
and construction was so decided that he
desired to make architecture his profess
sion, but TO this his uncle would in no.
wise consent. He had adopted the boy
that he might have son TO succeed him
in his business, he averred, not that the
son might draw lines on paper. The
noblest architecture in his eyes was
that which constructed fortunes
Blessed with a sunny temperament
and the manners which unseliiShness
and kindness OF heart bestow, Dan
was a general favorte, pleasing quite as
much by his unaffected enthusiasm and
genuine boyish high spirits as he did by
his cleverness and exquisite tact. He
was not handsome, and was rather
small, and his hair was well nigh scar
let; but nobody minded that--he least
of all-and couple OF years passed
away very pleasantly in learning the
ways Of finance and filtration and be-
looming converted from a charming stu
dent into an equally charming man Of
the world.
Then suddenly the foundations OF his
prosperity slid from under him, leaving
him stunned for awhile and inclined TO
question his own identity. There was
crisis of affairs, wild panic, follow
ed by q deep hush, in which men looked
about stealthily to see who was hurt
and who was killed, and fortunes fell
like leaves before frost and were
whirled away on the winds OF ruin; and
here and there pistol shot rang
through handsome chambers and there
was a quiet, hasty burial at Green
wood.
After his uncle's death Dan Stewart
was forced 10 look about him. After the
creditors were satisfied there was very
little left of what was to have been his
nheritance-only a few thousands, but
enough for a start Dan thought In some
new place. A horror OF the hurrying,
heartleSs city in which his fortunes bad
suffered shipwreck seized on him for
the time, and his hsme in New Bruins
wick being broken up he went out
west and roved about for several years.
Although he failed to add much
to his store OF material blessings, he
contrived TO get considerable enjoyment
ont of life, for the same traits which Sc
cured him popularity in his youth won
1 fc oF,h
twas during this portion OF his ca
reer that he made the acquaintance OF
Ned Anthony. 1t was in n saloon in
little mining town in one OF the terrific
ries kept by an Irish bully named
O'Hara. A party Of roughs were
drinking and at small table In one
corner four men playing poker.
Dan noticed one of the play
ers particularly, because OF his being
a stranger in the place and because OF a
certain rough grace in the pose OF his
splendid athletic figure, the beauty OF
his silky brown beard, and a trick he
had of lowering his lids and looking out
through half shut eyes. He was won
dering who the man could be, when
there arose cry OF foul play in the cor
ner, ana saw the brown bearded man
Quick as a flash pin the hand Of one OF
his opponents TO the table with long.
keen, double-edged knife which he had
whipped out OF the breast OF his hunt
ing shirt.
In less than minute, scene OF the
widest confusion was inaugnrated;
blows were struck, shots fired, and the
air surcharged with threats and profan-
ity. Dan, whose every instinct was to
espouse the weaker side, forced his way
to where Ned Anthony stood with his
back TO the wall, fighting with GOODNESS
and science, but ct terrible disadvan-
tage, because of having emptied his re-
volver in the beginning Of the ARRAY.
II would have gone hard with the pair
in a very short time, for the roughs were
heavily armed and growing dangerous,
but for the interference OF the
Irish proprietor, who with a Donny-
brook fair taste for fighting combined
warm regard for his own possessions.
In language that reeked OF birthstone
he proclaimed that the personal welfare
of the combatants was matter OF utter
Indifference TO him. but that he OBJ
iec,ed 10 having his furniture smashed
or his saloon turned ito slaughter pen
with any OF their foolishness, and
rushed into the melee, followed by his
bartender. With the aid of this re-
enforcement our two friends did such
effective work that in comparatively