The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-18
But His Street Railway
Is In a Receivers
Hands.
HIS STRUGGLES FOR GOLD.
In Early Days He and His Brothers
Conducted a Pawn Shop-A
New York Character.

of the most singular HltiliphdhtS IA
the world-Henry Hart That is.
like that Muiyaney who was "a corporal
onct" Henry Hart was millionaire
"onct" What he Is now, who shall say
Regularly every morning. says the New
York Press. there used to be the sound OF
rafting IN Printing House square, ana ol-
Misunderstanding cab drawn by q sorrowiui
horse would draw up IN front of the Trlb-
une building. The cab had sort OF Il
o,lght-nof-to be here" expression, and the
horse, when the driver dropped the reins,
fell TO mcdtsting. The horse might nave
been thinking of the days when ne was
a gay young car horse and listened TO the
merry Jingle OF the bell which announced
that another scent piece had gone TO
swell the fortunes OF the vice president OF
the Third Avenue road-or he might nor.
He was a self-contained, inscrutabie OLD
horse.
THE driver was not In livery, no skin.
tight white breeches tapering into polished
top boots, no smart coat. no shining hat
with obtrusive cockade adorned him. Not
decidedly the coachmnn was not IN hVefy.
From tho cab emerged little old man,
and walking with difficulty and puffins as
no walked, made his way up the steps OF
the building.
lie was about four feet high. thick set.
with large head and heavy face, In which
the prominent eyes were keen and bright.
The ghost OF a smile generally played
about his mouth, and from his chin depena-
ed gray whiskers The expression of his
face was rather kindly; but also slightly
weird Henry Hart, several times Million
aire had arrived Mt his office.
Henry Hart had been a familiar figure
from a time whereof the memory OF man
ran not TO the contrary, and so the people
whose daily vacations carried them up and
down the pavements paid little attention to
the arrival of the millionaire. Sometimes
araH nf htae
arinnfng and making sarcastic remarks
about the meditative horse and the sorrow
fnl cab. whereat the driver, a big, bnrly
fellow, looked fierce and the boys scanper-
ed OF to some new mischief But the MIL
iionaire only smiled benigniy. All his life
he had been used TO being the source or
Innocent merriment' to the boys, and he
was used TO ~. II was only the out-of-
town visitor. seeing the sights of tho me-
tropolis under the guidance OF his city
cousin and stumbling upon the millionaire's
arrival by accident who was deeply af-
fected The countryman had all his IDEAS
az miIiIouairea and their everyday gorg
eousness swept away at one glance, The
stately horses proudly champing their sill
yer bits. the splendid carriage with arms
or ciphers on the panels, the tall gentle
man IN side whiskers, ffock coat and well
ironed silk hat bowed out OF hts chariot
hy a rayly caparisoned foetman-the mil
lionaIre OF the story books and the car
toonists all vanished. never 90 be believed
In again, and thereat another Illusion OF
childhood was dispeled And no wonder
person who dld not know had TO be
told two or three times. and that empha-
tiealiy, that he was looking at real live
millionaire when he saw Henry Hart az
rive As millionaire Hart might be said
always TO be travelling incoGnito
In his progress 20 the elevator tenants
hurrying IN or out OF the building and boys
and clerks employed In the offices rushed
by the iaborlnE little old man With
GOOD morning Mr. Hart" once on board
the elevator there sometimes was little
hitch IN the progress TO the rich mans
office,
II us.d TO be the custom for the tenants
OF the building 90 remember the elevator
boys on Christmas or New Years. bat Mr.
= Hart had bad memory for such things,
and 80 e sometimes happened that tae
ELEVATOR boy forgot 90 let the little Gid
man on NJ tho proper floor sud carried him
nv put the millionaire eeldom complained.
cniy wore hts inscrutablc smile. and chat
TED pleasantly Win the forsclfal boy
The office itself was a iittle onc-room
affair. up several fights " stairs. and the
aeor thereof was guarded az ioalously as
that Of a sulfan's harcm by TAN thin
and ancient sgrvitsg. Who comprised Go
himself the miiionalrc's entire office
staff
The door 81 the Office seanw was passed
nv s,rangcta When thgre came a knock
AZ the door y NaH "renei cautiously by
this thin 90 NAV. fAf'N pet s'nAt az
tepdant. private secretary Hnd general
factotun. u Wa 'f,Nr1 only "i"e way.
and the Visitor usually vas dcuttd admit
tanee n however 10 pushes by tho Old
man - would hod Nr Hart sitting 90 IA
aesk and che millionaire a@d reply to
aA questions with ircurnNte stunts cr
muEn,ars. ..
While "a" "Ns t' VIC '',"N u.''N'''S
a. used to be taNofie topic - conNryss