The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-14
LORD DUFFERIN AND
WRIGHT IN FICTIOH
New York HeraIdD

New York Herald-)
The late Harold Frederic's novel OF
THE Market Place" was generally
understood at the time of its appear
ance to veil under a guise Of hction the
main event in the early career o. w mt
aker Wright and his connection win
Lord Dufferin.
The former is called in the novel
Stormont Thorpe He has started out
in lite as Joel 5. Thorpe. but had drop
Ped the Joel and spelled out his mid
die name in full. Lord Dufferln mas
querades as the Marquis of ChaldOn.
This is how the tinancier IS described:
Thorpe was tall. but of burly and
slouching figure. His face, shrouded IN
a high growing, dust cOlOTed beard, IN
vited no attention. One seemed always
to have known this face-thlck iea-
tured immObile, undistinguishcd. It's
accessories for the time being were
even more than ordinarily unimpres-
sive. Both hair and beard were ragged
with neglect His commonplace, dark
clothes looked as if he had slept IN
them. The hands resting on his big
knees were coarse in shape, and rough
ened, and ilI-kept.'
The first chapter opens with Thorpe
in conversation with Lord Plowden, q
middle aged nODleman, whose social
connections he wishes to utilize. he
explains that he has made his coup,
that he is sure of being multi-1n1l-
lfOnaire, and he offers to take Lord
PIowden in on the ground floor. You
reed money" he says. land here &c is
Cor you. I need-what shall l say
i kind of friendly lead in the matter OF
establishing myself or the right foot
ing among the right peOple-and tfat 5
what you can do for me. Mind d
like to say it was all niceness on your
part. all gratitude on mine. But If you
want to consider 1t on business basis
why, there you have it alSO-l)erfect-
ly plain and clear
The Marquis of Chaldon-"a tremen-
dous diplomatic swell, ambassador 9t
Vienna in his time. and lord lieutenant
and all sorts of things, but willing -
gather in his five hundred year just
the Same'-had agreed to accept the
position of chairman of the board of
directors. Here is q description of this
gentleman
The noble chairman was white of
beard and hair, and extremely court
eous of Manner small carefully clad,
gracious old gentleman, whose mild
pink cOuntenanCe had with years Of
anxiety about ways and means dis
posed itself in lines which produced
a chronic expression of sOlicitude. A
nervous affection Of the eyelids lent to
this look. at intervals. a beseechjng
quality which embarrassed the behold
er. All men liked him, and had spoken
well Of him throughout his long and
hard worked career"
There is not much of the marquis in
the story. which concerns itself mann
Nv with how Thorpe floats the rubber
cOnSOls through the aid of his guinea
pigs: how his enemies attempt 10 bear
the stock and how he corners the mar
kst BY buying in all the shares offered.
so that he owns all the one hundred
thousand, save only 1000 which had
been subscribed for by bona fide
parties
We've got what's called a corner on
the bears" This is how Thorpe de-
scribes his coup to his sister:
They're caught short, and we can
/ squeeze them to our hearts content
! What-yOu don't understand nOW2
Why. see here! These fellows who've
sold $4,000 of our shareS-they haven t
got them to sell. and they can't get
them That is the pOint-they can t
get them for love nor mOney-they
must pay me my own price for them,
or be ruined men. The moment they
/ realize the situation they viii begin
offering a premium for rubber cOnSOlS.
/ The price of a 81 share viii be 60; then
"a. sc, SO, ego, G30-whatever
want to drive IL to-"
In point Of fact. everything happens
as he says, Thorpe's enemies are ruined
! his friends enriched. he himself mar
: ries a rich and ariStOcratic wife. and
! the novelist leaves him planning new
schemes by which he may utilize the
noble friends under whose tables he
/ is now privileged to spread his legs