The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-11-26

that his race had Wove
into the social fabric of the metropol
was merely an automatic matter fo
Selwyn.
His own people had always bee
among the makers of that fabric. Int
part Of its vast and intricate patter
they had woven an inconspicuousl
honorable record-chronlcles OF birth
and deaths and marriages. plail
memorandum OF plain living and up
right dealing with their fellow men.
Some public service Of modest natur
they had performed, not seeking It, no
Sinking. accomplishing II cleanly whel
II was lntrusted to them
His forefathers had been. as rule
professional men physicians and law
yers. His grandfather died under tn,
walls of Chaputepec castle while
twisting tournquet for q cursine
fragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely
at Malvern Hill; an only brother al
Moptauk Point sickened In the trench
es before Santiago
His fathers services as division med
lcal officer In Sheridans cavalry had
been perhaps no more devoted, no more
loyal than the services of thousands
of officers and troopers. and his reward
was pension offer, declined He prac.
ticed until his wife died then retired
TO his country home. from which house
his daughter Nina was married to Aus
tin Gerard
Mr.. Selwyn. Sr., continued to pay bis
taxes on his fathers house In Tenth
street voted In that district spent
month every year with the Gerards
and judciously enlarged the family
reservation In Greenwood whittier he
retired In due time
The first gun off the Florida keys
sent Selwyn's only brother from his
law office In hot haste TO San Antonio
That same gun interrupted Selwyn's
connection with Neergard & Co. op
orators In Long Island real estate. aud
a year later the captaincy offered him
In western volunteer regiment oper
ating on the island of Ieyte completed
the rapture
And now be was back again,
chance career ended. with option Of
picking up the severed threads bis
Inheritance at the ioom-and Of rety
ing them, warp and weft, and coniinu
Ing the pattern according TO the de
signs Of the tufted. tinted pile yarn
knotted In by his ancestors before
him.
Meanwhile be was looking for two
apartment and Job +the
FIRST energeticaly combated by his i'm
family
II was rather odd--the scarcity Of !
Jobs OF course Austin offered him |
me. which selwyn declined at once
his brother.ln-law
But what do | know about the In. /
restment Of trust fundsT' demanded
selwyn. You wouldn't take me II
gere not your wife's brother. and
hats nepotism."
Austln's harmless fury ragged for
'early ten minutes. after which he
heered up. rellgbted bis cigar md re
umed his discussion with Selwyn con.
ernlng the merits Of various boys
chools. the victim IN prospective being
sliiy
A little later. reverting 30 flie sub
ret Of bis own enforced ldlpnrss. SCI
FyD said. I've been on the point ~
ding 10 see Neergard. but somehow
ant quite bring myself 10 ii-slinkine
ITO his Office ms a rank failure ID one
'rofession to ask him " be has any
se Tor me again"
Stuff and fancyr' growied Gerard
Its all stun and fancy about your be
az any kind of failure II sou want
D resume with that Duichman. 30 10
In and say 10. II you want 10 invest
nything 10 bis Long island schemes
ell take you 10 fast enough He tool
j Gerald aud some twenty fbousand!@
Isn't be very prosperous. Austing"
"yery--on paper. Long Island farn
nds and mortgages on Hampton beu.
eops are not fragraui propositions to
ie But there's always one more way
making living after you counted
~ all up on your fingers II yonge
~ capital 10 offer Seergard. be wont
Iriek for help"
But Isn't suburban property