The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

E - 40 no one could tell. It Is true
4 that many ingenious theories were ao.
s.arced some going so far as to hint az
granent lance. But deep in the hearts o,
[ his fellow brokers, and OF MS iflenas a'.u
his victims alike, was the pSllei Una.
\ aid shaw, & ID somo not generally known
way.- made practical use Of his ostenta-
( !ious enthusiasm Tor things churchly as
IT noliticlans resort to more or 1855 obvious
devices to capture the German vote
b, to please tho Irish element
One day, after a series o. sh4i ..t.a.,s
4, shore between the Old Man and the
bears. when the potts Of the latter, after
ii the capitulation, added nearly a half mil
lion to the old fellows bank account,
K certain luninarics of tho Methodist l1pls-
K copal Church We're called into consulta-
ton Silas Shaw had long thought about
1t: and now there was n1uch conierrlns
and more or less arid and misplaced SER
monizing by the theologians and muoh
soothing talk by the Old Mans lawyers;
and moro Methodist clergymen and more
lawyers and more talk: and then real
estate agent and an architect ana
+ leading banker and, at last. Just ono check
from the Old Man. ~
The next day tho newspapers announce
& ed that the Shaw Theological Seminary
had been founded and endowed by Mr.
silas Shaw. But even after the Old Man
4 mad QGVOleu HIS SPoio w sAftS
praiseworthy object. Wall Street contn-
ued skeptical.
And yet, Wall Street made q mistake
as it often dots In, Its Judgment OF its
LEADERS, S!ias..Sl1a% really had a soft
spot In his tape-wound and tic1er-dented
old heart for ell things ecclesiastical.
Next to being a power in the Street he
4 loved to be regarded as one Of the pill
4 lars of his church, He heard with pleas
lure, OF week days. the wakeful staccato
. BOUND of the. ticker; but on Sundays he
certainly enjoyed the soothing cadences
Of familiar hymns. And If more than one
hardened broker expressed picturesque
\ but unproducibe opinions of the old man,
so also more than one enthusiastic young
minister could tell pleasant stories OF
how the old stock gambler received him
snd responded to the fervent appeal for
the funds wherewitn many little back
woods church was built. s
sshaM|s generosity was so notorious
lnong the church people that the Rev,
pr, Ramsdell, pastor Of tho Steenth Street
q Methodist Episcopal Church and a trus-
lee OF the Shaw Theological Seminary.
4 lelt no embarrassment in applying to him
Tor assistance. 1t was not Shaws church,
Il but In DR.. Ramsdcll's charge there were
ono or two bankers we'll known In Wall
Street and several members OF the New
York Stock Exchange. 1t seemed par
lcu,arly fitting to the Rev. Dr. Rams
lowed by few figures, should head a
Protestant chapel In oruro. Bol.Yia--the
most uncivillzed Of all tho South Ameri'
81 can "repubIics."
Good morning. Brother Shaw; trust
z you are we'll
replied the sturdy old gambler, VIVA
brings you down to this sinful section,
4 Doing some missionary work chr l wisi
"a you'd begin among those da-er-dhnd'
s Young bears" :,
,"Ah, yes" said the Rev. Or. Ramsdell
eagerly. at Is precisely appropos OF mis-
Yionary work" And no told Sllas SHAW
all about the plan tor carrying tho Ugh
into Bolivia by building the only Protes
tant chapel In Oruro, where IT WAS "
credibly tenebrous--worse tnan 1arRfs
y Africa. The reverend doctor hoped, nay
he knew, in view OF Brother shaw's we'll
Z known devotion 10 the glorious work o
redeeming their 'benighted Bolivian breth
rem, thai he could count upon him, etc.
and the subscription list
9a my dear DR. Ramsdell" interrupted
e shaw, II never sign subscription lists
When ] give. give; and / don't wan.
( everybody to know now much I've given
"Well, Brother Shaw, you need not sigr
"A your name, I'll put you down as y. Y
K H.. he smiled enconraglngly.
i'No, no; don't put me down at all
ia This good doctor looked so surprised anc
III 80 woe-begone that Shaw laughed. VS.
s45i Cheer up. doctor. tell you what III
q al. I,ll buy some Erie for you. Yes
Gree: that's tho best Thing I can do
what do you say to that" And he
inok cd at the doctor trlumphantly.
"a hem.--I am not--are you sure 81 vii
nrovs a--hen!--a desirable investment
4 y Won see. + do not--ah-know much abou
Wall Street"
the less 7 know.
4 tatiye snaile OF semi-incredulty.
a ,.Thstx right, doctor, But we'll make