Evening star., 1902-02-01
Young New Workers. Wealth Caused
Him Much Annoyance.
BESET BY MEN With AXES 10 GRIND
Had to Leave College and Barri-
cade His Home.
May GO TO RIGA
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK, January 81, 1902.
Ihere is a quiet, smooth-faced lad O
twenty in this town, student at Colum
bia, who has been learning during the pas
week or so what it means to be read busy
This boys grandfather died about a month
ago. The old man was known to be pretty
rich. He was a millionaire who kept his
name and his personality obscure because
ne despised the notorety of riches Ever
his most intimate friends had no idea a.
10 the amount of money he had accumulat
ed during his long life, although wher
senator Depew heard of his old friends
oeath he remarked that folks would be
surprised when the will went to probate
Inc t"enty-year-old grandson had never
oeen looked upon as the heir to the old
man wealth. He lived with his grand
1ather, but there were others, nearer of
kin' VINO lived with him, too, and 1t was
| inquired by those who like to speculate upon
| matters OF this sort that the lad would he
! PROVIDED with a mere bagatelIe of half a
mlliion or SO in his grandfather's win. The
10y 10y oiont travel with the bloods of his
age at any period of his upgrowine TO
young manhood, for Ibis family had never
peen IN the social swim of New York, nor
ma mao II ever pined to get into that swim
me young FELLOW stood on a level plane
| with MS mates at Columbia even with the
anoltlous young chaps working their way
| through the college, Nobody in fact Maid
hirn,s hiucn at1entlon to him, and he occupied
nt!nseii ti curing all of his waking hours in
attending strictly and exclusively to his
own business ~ his
ohief Heir to Big Estate.
| Last week the terms of his deceas sed
sidhuIathers Will came out. Under the
Terms OF the will it was discovered that
tne grandson was set down, in an admira-
oIyoraWn document, to receive the buIk
OF ehe estate. The yellow papers announced
that the boys share would he many mil
lions. NC iiiaiS HiI-
II was on the very day that tho on
nouncement Of heirship was made tbat thi
young man was forced to become actuaJIy
Duy Dusy perhaps for the first time in his life
81 .neS goI after him like bloodhounds after
an escaped convict in a swami. Thera
were just forty-eight persons waiting for
nlin When he emerged from Columbia at
ioon noon the day the papers announced his ac
SesSlon 10 great riches. They wanted to
make clothes for him. They imnlored b;no
10 permit them to take his foot measure
@ aisut 'nere on the street, if he would be so
sHua' si", ThaIt Tnat they they might make shoes for
nm aiiIn !hey begged him to permit them to
S@end @ MIN a few dozen hats on PROBATION
iney eioquently pictured how mertorious
ana 1ashlonable they were as manufactur
ers OF shirts. They entreated him to men
ton his underwear sizes that thew nieh+
instantly send him a few specimens ns
thelr latest 1mportations in that line Tbev
80 iiiin now necessary 1t would hence
1orth be for him to join the brigade of
arbiters in the matter of neckwear. They
desired him to name his preferences to,
getner with his size in gloves They pre-
ments with which they were Connected in
tne matter OF exclusive designs In sticl,
pms watches and other jewelry. WouId
ne not name an afternoon upon which he
@ @coula come down and look over the finest
stock of automobiles in the western hemis
sphere? Could he undertake to give his
solemn promise that he would patronize no
other New York florist than the one NAMED
on this business card? Could he drnana
toeprecatingly inquired several of the fortv
eight Of extending his distinguished cus-
tom to any other caterer than So-and-So.
he that is SO cherished of the Wealth.
elect? Surely he would not demean him,
self by permitting any other brand Of
champagne than Such-and-Such a one to
appear on his table? OF course he would
now need many horses-hunters, hacks,
al the varieties-and Of course he knew
the one horse purchasing agent in New
YORK capable Of Immediately fixing him
decorators, well, here was the business
card OF the one, solitary firm In New York
In that line.
His Home Invaded, Too.
And SO they swarmed around the flushed
youth, pushing and showing and almost
fighting for his ear. They represent eyery-
thing but manufactures of glass ewes
wooden legs and speaking trumpets. After
fifteen minutes the young man contrived
to push his way through the mob and
climbed into his trap. He drove to his late
gTandfather's home-his own home all his
lffe-and when he alighted he was pulled
and hauled TO" twenty minutes by another
mob, comprising perhaps fifty or sixty of
the same sort Of individuals who had way
laid him at the college. He kept his head
and his patience, gave them each a nom
compromising word or So and eventually
was permitted to walk up the steps and
let himself into his home He had no soon
er passed the threshold, however, than he
was held up again by persons, who, in the
gu1se Of bowling swells had awed the
servant into admitting them to the house.
Ihese wanted to insure the young mans
life for a million or SO, right then and
there, or they wanted to sell him outright,
ct stiff and stipulated figure a gentle
mans library Of $4,000 volumes, or they
wanted half an hour or so of his time in
order to paint for him the desirability of
purchasing an annuity, or they felt 1t in
cumbent upon them, having his interest at
heart, to Illustrate to him how quickly and
easily he could quadruple his inheritance by
investing most all of 1t in Texas oil |
fields; and on, until the lad sped I'D
-he stairs for his life, and from that coign
of vantage ordered the male servant to
watt them all instantly out of the house |
on pain Of immediate dismissal.
Has Not Been to Lectures Since.
The boy hasn't been to his lectures since
that day. He is virtually barricaded in his
own home The cop on the block says that
he sneaks out after dark for exercise afoot,
and then sneaks in again like guilty per-
son. All OF the male servants of the estab-
lishment, including the coachman and other |
stable employees, are said to be stationed In
the hall of the house, with orders to
macerate the bowling swels with axes to
grind who attempt to force themselves
past the portal. In the meantime United
States mail wagon drives up to the man
sion four times a day, and each time a
large sack Of circulars, most Of them beau
tifully gotten up and with full letter post
age, is dumped in the basement. The young
man has to spend most of his waking hours
in extracting his bona f1de letters from this
mass of chaff.
One Of the executors of the will states
that the young man is contemplating an
immediate trip to Africa to shoot okapi, |
and dwarfs, and other recently discovered |
animals over there. He Is going to stay
close to the Congo until it all dies away
He is long-headed boy.
In the meanwhile the number of persons |
over here who would be willing to endure |