Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-20

| make it. / inherited large part of it. NV
| ancestors were English Quakers A Robin.
son WAS Tory Governor of Massachusetts,
| Bay, and have the silver seal that attested
the official deeds of his Office. 1 own the
house not far from New Bedford which he
built on ground he bought direct from the
Indians was sole heir on both fathers,
grandfather's, mothers and grandmother's
sides 1 was born in New Bedford, and
went to school to Mrs. Lowell in Boston.
Mrs Lowell was wife to the brother of
James Russell Lowell Being my fathers
only child, and living alone with him and
my grandfather, 1 gradually fell into the
habit of reading his business letters to
him and writing answers at his dictatioI; (;
and 1 acquired quite without thinking
over it knowledge of the many kinds of in
vestment in which he was concerned. We
lived, when 1 was growing up in Salem,
on Federal street, near the Government
building.
'My father was one of the pioneers of the
industries of the Pacific coast, and built the
first street railroad in San Francisco He
was largely interested also in commerce,
and many of the ships that came in and
went out at Salem he owned or sent off with
cargoes. married Edward Henry Green,
whom met through nv fathers connec-
tion with sea-going Investments. Mr..
Green" (who is still living). WAS in the
East India trade. and had large fortune
of his own. His father was judge and q
great friend of Captain Marryatt."
A "Reminiscences of Lady Franklin.
"Ahr' said Mrs Green's friend; ''then
you can tell me something of interest about
that delightful romancer?"
"No," replied Mrs Green, shaking her
square head; 81 don't know anything espe-
cially interesting about him. Our COM
mercial affairs" Mrs. Green went on, after
brief pause, naturally took us frequent
ly to New York. 1 was married, indeed.
from the house of Henry GrInnell, in Bond
street-pretty far downtown now. Lady
Franklin lived there for time while the
expedition was gone in search of Sir John
Franklin"
"Ahw said Mrs. Green's friend, again de-
lighted at the prospect of an engaging per-
sonal reminiscence; you saw a beautiful
and charming woman at time when rare
pathos must have been added to person.
ality otherwise deeply attractive. Do you
recoIlect anything about her? How did
she appear? What did she wear? How
did she talk? Was she in-but, of course,
she was suffering the keenest torture con-
cerning the fate of her husband. You saw
her frequently?"
fYe-e-s," answered Mrs Green, sur
prised at the eagerness of the questions.
There wasn't much noticeable about hers L
remember"-for Mrs Green is unaffected in
her language, and drops unconsciously now
and then into Nantucket and Cape Cod dia
lect.
Mrs. Green was specific in her character
ization Of, of,lawyers she dlstrusted and Judge.
she was certain were purchasable, and she
excepted only one on the United States
bench and one in the State Circuit Courts
As her experience in litigation in that city
was not sufficient to give her personal
grounds for her suspicious views of the
judiciary it seemed that her feelings had for
the moment got the better of her usually
calm aud reasonable Judgment. Indeed,
Mrs. Green is prone to take detected view
of the judiciary of the United States gener-
ally, and of American lawyers she thinks
even less than of the judges when she loses
actions.
How Many Millions Have You?
"Mrs Green" said her interlocutor,
millions? And by the way, is it proper to
ask how many millions you have?''
A faint flush of personal interest over
spread Mrs. Green's countenance "Well,
1 ant going to say how much L am worth.
1t ant necessary for anyone to tell things
he don't want to, and enemies might turn
against him. No" said the richest woman
in the country, lowering her voice, lest
word should be overheard-"no, 1 don't
tell ANYBODY how much am worth. Men
that have no right to know it are mousing
into my affairs all the time, and 1 am not
going to furnish them with information
they will use to hurt me and my chill
dren."
''Your children are with you, Mrs
Green?"
"Yes, two of 'em; that is all there is
Henry Rowland and my daughter
Mrs. Green's devotion to her only son,
who is slightly crippled, is intense. Both