Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
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woos Winona in the heart of the village,
and no man looks. no woman speaks, no
boy brother dare spy, no small sister SIM
per.
Rex Ingraham was the son of a former
partner of John Raynor, partner who had
stood by him in days of struggle and adj
verSity, for Raynor had never been rich.
Through Geo. Ingrahams effort and perse-
verance a large and fairly lucrative prac-
tice had been started before the illness
which carried off the junior partner-a
practice that in 1860 had become extensive,
and Raynor's clients hailed from every cot
ton-growing state in the Union. His busi-
ness interests were, therefore, centered in
the south, though the field of his practice
northern metropolis. Where your treas
ure is, there will your heart be also, and
John Raynor had been outspoken in his OPP
position that even remotely resembled
coercion of the sister states, until silenced
by the guns at Sumter After that he
stood classed as southern sympathizer,
but one who would be party to no act of
disloyalty to the general governmental
neutral at time when he who stood not
for the flag was against it.
A very unhappy man was Raynor. He
had lived up to his income. He had been
lavish in charity and generosity. His
southern clients had often been slow in
their payments, but paid in full and roy
ally when they were able to pay at alias
most OF them were. But now all possibil-
ity of collection had been blocked by the
loaded his kith and kin with benefits, now
found himself unable to meet his bills-a
fact he dare not let his daughter know.
Her beloved mother. a native of Mobile.
had been dead for years, and Editha, the
only surviving child, had been reared in
ease and luxury educated at the most ex-
pensive schools, and taught almost every
thing but economy and self-denial. Her
been the talk of Gotham for weeks before
and after. Her success had been the
fathers keen delight. Her bills he had paid
with laughing ease. And now about the
only funds feft subject to his order were
some thousands of dollars recently col
lected for certain of his clients. He had
not thousand of his own.
Rex 1ngraham was another of the aged
lawyers comforts as well as benefciaries.
He had sent the lad through an admirable
school, and then through col
lege. The senior year of the four was only
just come to end. For more than one
reason he had planned to send him for a.
year or two abroad He had purposed that
Ingraham should enter the law school
eventually and become his partner. But
now-now, where was the money to come
from? Raynor had rejoieed in the stanch
friendship that had long lived between Rex
and Burnham. The latter was the son or
cousin he had dearly loved, and it was
more than suspected that Burnham owed
all of his apparent prosperity TO the bounty
of the big-hearted lawyer.
To both young men the doors OF his
handsome home had ever been open, but II
was almost as far down town, at Washlng-
ton Square, as the college was toward Har-
lem, and he had approved their living to-
gether, therefore, in very comfortable quar-
tiers on Murray Hill, sure OF visits from
both young men, visits that had been regu-
lar I'D to the time of their entrance into
the senior year and that became frequent
and more frequent as fall and winter drew
on for then Edtha had finished at school
and was proudly keeping house for her de-
voted father.
No sooner was the November election de-
cded than his troubles began in earnest.
State after state seeded. Mail commune
cation was speedily interrupted and later
abandoned. June came with its talk of
government confiscation of the property
of persons in armed rebellion against the
United States, and John Raynor, faithful to
the last to his clients trust, stored upward
of $4,000 in gold and more in bank notes
in his personal safe, and then sought eager
ly for other professional employment
among the shippers and merchants of the
great city. to which cotton had already
ceased to come.
He had promised Editha to attend COM
mencement exercises with her, and Rex
Ingraham heard with strange relief that
at the last moment the prospect of meeting
certain southern gentlemen at Cranston's
famous hosiery had taken the father
thither, leaving Editha to the care of her
aunt, Mrs. Fairbanks.
And now, with bankruptcy staring him in
the face, he had gone to the New York
hotel, praying that within its somber red
brick walls he might find friends or agents
of his clients who could aid him to gather
portion at least of the large sums due him
in almost every port between Charleston
and Indianola, at many a plantation and
landing betwixt Memphis and New Orleans.
When the Raynor carriage drove swiftly
homeward, bearing Mrs. Fairbanks, her
niece and the two chums whose college
days were now gone forever, there stood
at the massive doorway the butler, with his
imperturbable face and his silver tray. "A
note miss, from Mr. Raynor," and the
no earlier than 10 or IL o'clock. He might
even have to take night train to Wash
ington.
(To be continued Monday)