The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

ton IN or about 1850. A. d. the year l In
the Lawson calendar by which he recko1s.
Does he New YORK Yacht; Club still hoIi
the Americas Cu2c" he asked. as he was
porn Yes replied his nurse. Then put
M Up for membership. or they'll lose it"
he observed. as he fell OF into a peaceful
lumber. His request was Immediately car
red out, but owing 10 his nurses failure to
procure a seconder. the nomination has
never been acted upon by the Membership
Committee OF the club.
In lsS he celebrated his third hirthdav by
telegraphirs President Lincoin: LIZ me
defend the Union. The New York Yacht
Iluo ha5 had It's chance. Now for Ne. one
and inseparable. with malice toward none
and paps- shot for all" His demand was
considered by the Cabinet. and formally de-
cLned- and the war continued, much TO the
disappointment OF Boston as well as Of the
wouio-be defender. II Is thought by many
that IL the request had been granted Gen
erai Lee would have surrendered at once.
Jefferson Davis would have fed to Manila
to join AguinaIdo. and Boston would have
become the capital Of the nation.
He soon turned his attention 20 literature.
and by an assiduous devotion TO the study
OF such writers as Emerson. lsaiah, Oar
win. Mary e wilkins ane other leaders n
the New England school OF letters he be-
anne so proficient in the art OF writing that
the late James Russell Lowell is said to
80 - N1 20 W. -
Boston has been transferred 10 Indianspo-
lis. we SIN have Tom Lawson and grant
ed fair winds and a smooth course. hen
win out" Asked why he thought SO. Mr..
Lowell replied: His style may wabble. and
his ideas may be antediluyian, but he has
the gift OF continuously. He wouldn't. know
It IL a house fell on him"
Unfortunately for the literary cause of
Boston, young Lawson about this time made
a successful turn in copper and abandoned
letters TO such OF his contemporaries as
cared to continue in a losing game. srch as
Edward Atkinson. Erving Wins,ov AID W
l. Garrison. the Filipino poet. who have
never departed in literature from the prin-
ciples of the Lawson school. His success-
full venture, In copper. by means OF which
he exchansed a scent nickel for % cents
In coppcr. attracted him strongly to finance.
but has never inserfered with his love for
yachting and horseiesh. He entered q bank
while IN his teens and worked eight hours
q day counting up other peoples fortunes.
but soon vearied Of this. preferring TO
count his own. the foundations of which
were by this time laid. his 90 cents having
by constant nursing grown TO S.S IN gold
With this amount In hand he took up gas
and by careful manipulation OF his holdings
was soon the proprietor Of S.SS shares OK
q corporation formed to supply this COM
modify TO the Anti-Imperalist League, the
greatest consumers OF artificial gas IN the
country, although pientifuIly supplied with
the natural variety. These figures. Sc. and
81 shares. inspired In him q superstition
that he and the number , or Its muitfpies
were In some mysterious way related Be
cause OF this he has made himself three
times as conspicuous a. any other Bostonian
Of his day, and has been proposed for men,
bership IN the New York Yacht Club three |
times. never spends less than 50 for any |
thing and when the third Shamrock chsl- 1
lenged for the Americas Cup made ninety
nine efforts TO enter his boat the Ninede- |
pencence. against her. Failing IN these. he
broke tia yacht Up into ass pieces. which |
he distributed among his friends. saving the |
keel. however, for future use against q pos
sihls Shamrock sd rvent Of the Law