The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-05

II nave no time to give my mind to
marriages.; no, not even for the sake Of
money. I don't want any money while
l have enough to go on with.'
But what will you do when your pres
ent supply is all gomez"
1T is soon enough to think about trou-
bles when one meets them face to face.
I'm not going to trouble about the fu-
ture, let it look after ITSELF
Did the Trocadero banquet really cost
you 41,000?"
Il can't say to a hundred or two what
it cost. I paid the hill presented to me;
that's all. l would not query items in a
bill where l was entertaining my friends.
l nave no idea what l pay my tailors or
hosiers. Who Is going to be bothered with
a staff Of clerks to keep ones accounts?
No, l can't find time for reading: never
was very fond Of it anyhow, and never
had a favorite author"
Mr.. Robinson takes a somewhat cynical
view Of femininity. Women folks, he
says, are agreeable-very agreeable-on
occasions, but they are harder to get rid
of than men when one wants to be alone.
You find solitude necessary, then once
in a wniI-?'
ooh, - it all, one can't go the pace
without some rest and Sleep
You don object TO late hours?'
sometimes; a great deal depends upor>
the company. Occasionally I get to bed
at 10 o'clock; more frequently 2 or 3 in
the morning"
How do you stand IT,"
"Oh, all right, excepting an occasional
bilious attack, and'-for some mysteri-
Gus reason here the millionaire laughed
lack of appetite for breakfast
Robinson is a slender, rather good look
ing youth, whose good nature is so eX-
pansive and expensive that If it were not
for the watchful care Of Pugilist Ste
vens-who says he was appointed a sort
of guardian by a member of the million
aires family-his fortune could not be ex-
pected to last throughout the year. The
other day, for example, he promised a
member of the ballet a $3.50 diamond ring
and then forgot all about it. When she
encountered him an evening or two later
she reprOached him. He gave her a blank
check bearing his signature, and told her
to buy her own ring. The check. filled out
for I do not know what sum, was pre-
scented at the bank the moment the doors
were open the next morning. Fortunately
RobinsOn's signature was extremely
shaky, and the cashier refused to accept
the check. Robinson had forgotten all
bout the matter when the bank brought
it to his atte1ltion-but the girl got the
promised ring.
On another occasion he bet John Rob-
erts, the billiard champion, $4,000 to 5000
that he could beat him at pyramids. II
would have been a safe bet for the cham
pion at a million to one in his favor, so,
although he played the game and won
hands down, he declined to accept the
money and intimated that a champagne
supper would clear the account nicely
Robinson has notions upon the subject OF
thrift, though, for he disapproves Of the
career Of Jubilee Benson as much as he
distrusts the philanthropy of Mr.. Car.
negie.
Il was only a bit Of a boy when Jubilee
Benson was about he said, "although J
have a lot of good friends on my list now
But he was a-ass, you know, the way he
spent his money"
The thousands that young Robinson is
spending SO royalty were amassed penny
by penny over the counters of what cam
in time to be the greatest and most ia
nous dry goods store in London. Peter
Robinson, father of the young millionaire
and founder Of the family fortunes, wa
a dry goods clerk who saved money on 6
salary of SIS a week until he had enough
to open a tiny shop Of his own in Oxford
street. 1t grew and grew until it stretched
far down fashionable Regent street ant
extended over into n~eighboring hooks anc
corners wherever LAND could be bought
In time it was turned into a limited liza
bility company, Robinson drawing a large
salary as managing director. When hi
died, two or three years ago, his estate
was figured at $40, 900, coo, for which there
were various claimants. Young Robin
sons money was put into a bank for hin
and left to accumulate until he should
come of age. He has no interest in the
great stores that are so familiar a feature
of Oxford Circus, and has no other fnan'
cial cares, duties or responsibilities.