The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-22
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Copyright, 1901. by w r. Hearst)
Mr.. Walter Vanderveer was some
times termed 1.-The American Prince OF
Wales" greatly to his joy. 1t was not
perhaps much Of a compliment TO an
American. and still less was it so to that
prince who throughout an overIong career
devoted to sensuality always remained a
sprightly character and attentive to his
Pupic duties stu it pleased Mr.. Van
derveer- Undoubtedly he was as near to
the original article as anything we pro-
duce IN this raw country.
He mad inherited an enormous collec-
ton OF railroads from his immediate an
cesJors- In other words, he had wealth
als laooIs IN the world had not been use
ful- At 70 he found himself the possessot
OF ms immeasurable fortune. He pro-
ceeded 10 spend as much of 1t as he could
IN strictly personal indulgence At so the
period when the chief incident here TO b,.
narrated occurred, he was a fat man.
with a very large, very dull and very red
race A careless person would have said
that ne resembled an over-fed butcher
But in truth few butchers are so Overfed
shortly after the inheritance of his vast
fortune Nanderveer had married an am
bilious young girl of no fortune. She
was vaguely described as belonging to
one of the first families of the south She
was a Jones. All the blood of all the
JoneSes flowed in her veins. no doubt
At that epoch New York society was
Just beginning seriously to ape the
ways OF llNlNR OF the european upper
classes New York plutocrats moved
uneasily in the presence of 1iveried me-
mails. The new Mrs. Vanderveer pro-
ceeded to take this transition society bv
storm She was clever. audacious and
possessed of an indomitable will. She
could give orders TO a British butler as
II to the manner born She made her
husband build 4 beautiful town house,
copy of the Chateau de Chenonceaux. BY
various means she dragged him to tho
front place IN New York society.
VanderVeer was proud OF his easily
earned society pre-erninence- He divided
his time between admirinE his wife's
cleverness and reseEting rer masterful
temper. Often he consoled himself for
the latter in the bottle and in other WAYS
OF the largest steam yachts in the world
but this was not always "A refuge for
when his wife came on board she was
As the years rolled by Mrs. Wander
veer became more and more intoleranI
of her besOtted and Gninterestiner bus-
band. She had gained all the social ends
to which his wealth was essential As a
elimination Of her social triumphs she
married her daughter to the British Duke
Of Agincourt, the most brilliant marriage.
IL was commonly said. ever contrived IN
an American mother After that she felt
that she had time TO attend TO her per
sonal affairs She told her husband That
she must have divorce. He said very
cheerfiiIIy Yes. nv dear or words a,
that effect. One of his numerous vulss.r
Iaisons served as a convenient pretext for
the divorce
After the uihQItt dAJeTNf.er tried
violently 10 amuse himself He ranohle5
but man of such wealth cannot Ites.
enough 10 make II exciting He i,ecens.
devofed TO an exceedingly beautiful :lnJ
foolish young woman, the wife of a Using
stoclSbroker living about four times be-
yond his means. Nanderveer gave Mrs
Hazleton many presents OF a value not
sanctioned by the conventions lie be
came "a very dear friend Of the family
Still he was not quite certain about Ela-
zleton's attitude Husbands are etleer
animals NanderVeer did az he could
for Haze1ton in a business way. He saved
him from ruin at least once.
One afternoon Nanderyeer was waiting
horefnsiy for Mrs. Hazelton fn her draw