The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-26

ter Of one Of Chicago's most prominen.
citizens. a Mr.. Cayler. After the
young man had given a brief account of
his own history. an offer of assistance
was promptly made him by the
millionaire.
III you can secure me some position
which will provide me living, and
leave the rest to me, shall not remain
poor long: for my spare moments viii
be devoted to perfecting my invention,
which had already been Endorsed by
practical men before it was DESTROYED"
replied the self-reliant young inventor:
The young lady, who was quiet
listener to the conversation, could not
refrain from casting an admiring glance
at the speaker, who disdained any
recompense, even for his losses, which
he might have legitimately accepted
without any qualms. She said nothing,
however, for the currents OF women's
thoughts often run in deep and I'M
dreamed-of channels.
One may almost close the interesting
chapters of mans life with the ter
mination of his misfortunes and strug-
giles. From the day he.left the hospital
Allan Penton's star was in the ascend
ant. He obtained through Mr.. Caylcr
a lucrative and easy position. which
left him leisure to work rapidly upon
his invention, and in due course it was
perfected, patented and put upon the
market.
A company was formed to manufac-
ture it, for which Mr.. Cayler. mainly,
furnished the capital. One of the great
Trunk railway lines, which had tested
the invention before the formation Of
the company, gave an order sufficient
to keep the factory going for months,
and their example was promptly fol-
lowed by others, until three-fourahs Of
the English and American railway sys-
TENS had adopted it, Every one almost
knows the story of the great patent to-
day. and many have been enriched by
it; whilst the travelling public have to
thank its inventor for the additional
safety they enjoy owing to its intro
duction.
The poor, aimless vagrant of few
years ago is president of company
worth many millions of dollars, with
sumptuous Offices in one of the great
sky-scrapers which are Chicago's' espe-
cial pride and glory. He has not
rested on the laurels won by his great
invention, but has patented many more
devices of similarly useful character,
and his name has become world famous
After his success was assured he built
Il handsome residence on Michigan ave-
nue.; and having sought and won the
heart of Lucille Cayler, whom he had
already linked to himself so strongly
by his heroic deed of the fatal October
night, there was a grand wedding one
day which made quite stir in the So
cial atmosphere Of the Lake Shore drive
Engrossed as Allan Penton is in in
schemes of personal and
public interest, in the great lake city,
his handsome home is nevertheless a
scene of busy hospitality; and the gra-
cious woman who presides over it looks
as young and lovely as she did before
the night when, i'll wild terror, she fell
into the arms of the husband she will
always consider in the light of hero.
Among the guests selected on account
of their social prominence to meet the
royal visitors from Europe, recently,
were the famous inventor and his wife,
whose lives are as full of usefulness as
of the pleasures that accrue therefrom.
They are a typical example of the class
who, sharing the misfortunes OF the
city, have in later days grown with its
to afiuence and renowu.
Sometimes, as Allan Penton's car
rage rolls by. a tired-looking woman,
who seems dissatisfied with her lot, and |
has to work hard to help along shift
less husband, looks out of a window on |
State street, and sends her memory !
back nearly quarter of a century. to |
the time when she dropped the ac-
4uaintance of a young man because he /
bad lost his grip for little while; bat |
no one knows what she feels, or how 1
She envies the other one who stepped |
INTO her place. But, then, who could |
have fCretold the success that was IN |
,tore for an unknown inventor?-Leslie
Kane, in Demorest's Magazine.