Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-02
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"IIE country house Of Charles
Wainwright, finnncier. topped
the ridge overlooking the water
4 in a climax Of architectural hid
eousness and %extravagant cost. The
grounds of Charles Wainwright, imam
cier, stretched out into countless acres
Of landscape gardening. The whole es-
tate OF Charles Wainwright. ~financier,
eclipsed those OF his %ncighbors in the
fashionable suburb. even as the name
of Charles Wainwright, inancicr,
eclipsed almost every other In the city
world where money ruled rs undis-
puted and absolute monarch.
Even when he turned from the bus
tie of city and fellow money builders
and sought for a space the simple life
on his $21.50o,0D country place. with
its modest equipment Of forty-one serv-
ants, Mr.. Wainwright so far carried
into the wilds the atmosphere OF bust
ness and the burden Of other mems
wealth as to have n very complete lit
tie s~tockbroker room fitted up adjoln-
Ing his big library and to keep a man
night and day at his private wire.
Charles Wainwright. %inancier, was a
bachelor. No obese or statuesque wife
carried about with her a portable ad-
vertisement Of his wealth in the shape
Of fabulously valuable jewels or made
his name renowned in opera box, New
port casino or Lenox cottage. His only
brother had died years before, leaving
a mere beggarly million dollars or so
and two children to divide It. These
children - Dallas. a %strikingly pretty
and still more strlkingiy independent
girl Of twenty-four. and Perry, n de-
lightfully lazy, lovable lad Of twenty
one-lived with their uncle, who man.
aged their affairs, let them 60 pretty
much as they chose and-as they were
more or less ornamental and enter
tanning and decidedly popular - was
rather fond Of them.
The trio had passed n pleasant, I'M
eventful month at the big house on the
hill early in the summer Of 10, when
u day dawued wherein fate booked @
number of decidedly interesting fatefu'
happenings to occur.
Wainwright himself was up betimes
and at work in his library, porting ovel
market reports, cipher kilograms and
dozen other details OF deals which hi:
simple life cult did not prevent hin
from operating at long range. With
him was his secretary, ThoInpSVL,
pallid. earnest looking ynun; fellow
whose unobtrusive efficiency had loni
since won the inancier's admiration.
This morning affairs In the hnancia
world had gone more than ordinaril,
to Mr.. Wainwright's liking. Moreover
paragraph in one e the city paper
that had caught hts eyes had set hi
lean gray face 10 twltching with n
near M approach to n smile as tn
great man ever permitted. AltogethC
he was In an unwontedly genial mood
and some Of his good nature so far ey
banded as to include his busy secrf
tary.
Thompson" he remarked as the "a
batch OF correspondence was cler r"
away. you're looking pale. DO | wor
you too hard?'
mo. indeed. sir" replied tho soor
tary, with a prompt!tude that ha
something almost slavish in it.
"Feeling all right" went on Waii
wright "You need more exercise. VIII
don't you get Il OF doors ~oftener?"
1.-THE work. sir
Get another man to help you do tn
telegraph part Of 1t. then. T.
"Thank you. sir. You are very kin
indeed; hut, II It's Just the same to yoV
I'd rather handle 1t all myself. hoI
the works perfectly satisfactory. sir
"Pevfectly. Thompson. You're tn
only employee l have who seems
love work for works sake. Seen an.
thing Of Mr.. Gibbs this morningr'