The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-15

/ Of the northern metropolis where
your treasure. ia. there will your
/ heart be also" and John Hpynor
/ had been outapokon in bis 0ppo
I aitinn 10 any measures that even
/ remotely reaemhled coercion of the
sister states. until aiieneed by the
funa ut sumter After that he
/ stood ciaaaed as a Southern syn.
pa'hizor. but one who would be
phrty 20 no act Of dislogalty e. the
/ general government a neutral AZ
q time when he who stgod not fJf
the Tag was against a.
| A very unhappy man Nua ftaYnor
/ lie bad lived up to lis Income. lie
/ Lad been lavish In charity aud gen
/ crosby. Ills Southern clients had
often been slow Ia their payments.
but paid Ia full aud royalty when
they gare abba 90 pay AZ All -aa
most Of them were hut nos all
| possibility Of collection had been
/ tioeaoa BY the outbreak Of the war.
aud kaYnor. who had loaded hts
kiih and kin with benefits, now
found himself unable 90 meet hia
billu-a fact he dare not let his
daughter know. Her beloved moth.
or. a native Of Mobile. hal been
tdcad for years. and Editha the only
surviving child. had been reared Ia
ease aud luxury. educated NJ tie
most expensive schools. AnG taught
almost everything but economy and
aelf denial. Her coming out party
the previous winter had been the
talk Of Gotham for weeks before
aEd after. Her success hat been
thu fathers keen delight Her bills
he had paid with laughing ease.
And nov about the only funds left
subject 20 his order were some
thousand OF dollars recently col
locted for certain OF bis clients. lie
had not a thousand Of hia own.
Rex iugraham Was another of the
AGED lawyers comforts a. well as
brnefIclafiea. lie had sent the lad
through an admirable preparatory
school and then through college
THE senior year Of the fouf vas only
just come % an end For more than
one reason he had planned % send
him Tor a year o. two abroad he
had purposed that lngrahAn should
enter the law school eventually and
become bis partneg hut aow nos.
where vas the money tocums from
RaYnor had rejaiced In the aianeh
frisndahip that had long lived be
tween TEX and Durham The LAT
ter Nas tho son Of a cousin he had
dearly loved. and Il Vas more than
inspected that Durham owed all q
bis apparent prosperity % the
bounty II the bis hearted iaaytr.
To both young men the doors 81
bis handsome home had ever been
open. bat II Naa almost aa Tar down
town. At Washington square As the
college waa toward Harlem. and be
had approved their liging togafh r.
therefore. 10 very comfortable quar-.
fera on Murray Hili. cure Of visits
from both young men. visits that
had been regular up to the tius. II
their entrance Into the senior yrrsf
and that became frequent and more
lfrcqueut a. fall and winter dreN
on. for then Edifha had finished
~ aehool and was proudly Keeping
Z AHfHHHH NA# NV NAtHWNEaaE NMAMNNH
No suunef Vas the November
election decided than his troubles
began iu earnest state after state
secedrd. Mail communication was
/ speedily Interrupted and later
abandoned Iuna came with ita
talk of government confisratipn Of
the property % persons In armed
rrheilion against the United States.
and John Hayuof. faithful 70 the
Last 20 his clients trust. stored up.
wards d sio.eoo In gold. and more
In hanknuten In his personal safe
and then sought eagerly for other
professional employment among
the shippers and merchants Of the
great city 20 which cotton had al
ready ceased TO come.
lie had promised EdithA to at.
tend commencement exercises With
her. and Rex inEraham heard with
strange relief that az the last mo.
ment the prospect OF meeting Ger
tain Southern gentlemen at Grams
ton'e famous hostelry had taken the
father thither. leaving Edltha 10 the
care of her aunt. Mrs. Fairbanks.
And now. with bankruptcy star
lng him In the face. be had gone TO
the New York hotel. praying that
within It's sombef red brick walls
be might find friends or agents OF
hls clients who could aid him to
gather q portion az least Of the
large sums due him in almost sv-
cry port between Charleston aud In
dianola. At many a plantation and
landing between Memphis and New
Orleans.
when the Raynor carriage drove
swiftly homeward. bearing Mrs.
Fairbanks. her niece and the two
ehuma whose college days we're now
gone forever. there stood at the
massive doorway the butler. with
his imperturbable face and hts sill
yer tray. "A note. miss. from Mr.
Raynor." and the brief words babe
the daughter look for him no ear
Her than 10 or II o'clock. lie
might even have 10 take a night
train TO Washington.
(Continuedl
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