Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-24
The Carleton Case .. z.s 6: rs 4 e, :s !,

worth half a million. But that's the
exception these days. and the others
the rule. Fol- one man that scrapes
and saves there are a dozen who live
on a big scale, spend their income to-
he last cent, and maybe draw on the
principal, too. And Edward Carleton
spent money very freely, I suppose"
Helmar looked entirely unconvinced.
well. suppose he did," he answered,
admit that he did, even: for he did
give a lot to charity and things like
that; / know that for a fact. But even
~then-think of the different enterprises
he was In In his day, and practically all
big. successful ones. Oh, 1t can't be
that he left nothing; it's an impossi-
bility."
Dr.. Morrison shook his head. mo,
sir. it's true he replied. I'm not
specializing about 1t; I know 1t posi-
lively, because I got 1t from Henry
Carleton's own lips. He surely ought
to know. II any one does, and he'd
hardly care TO publish the fact If 1t
wasn't really so. He's a most remark
able man, Helmar. I've always adj
mired him, but l don't think / ever
really appreciated him before. Some
times / seemed to find him q little self
centered. a little too sure of himself, If
you know what l mean. But l know
better now for what he's done in his
brothers case Is really as fine q thing
as you ever heard. 1t seems that the
old gentleman had always managed his
own affairs, but about a year ago he
came to Henry M asked him to take
charge of everything for him. / sup
pose he felt hat he was getting a little
out of touch with things, perhaps; any
way. whether he suspected it or not,
the sequel proved that he'd managed to
put matters off a little too long. He
had some very unfortunate invest
ments, and he'd looked out for lots OF
other people ahead of himself, and the
long and short of it was that when the
panic blew along it simply wiped Ed
ward Carleton off the map"
Helmar nodded grudgingly. well,
on those facts, I can understand it.
then" he replied. "But l always
thought he was too conservative a mar
to get caught in anything like that. He
had plenty of company. though"
mo doubt of that" Doctor Morri-
son assented. land then what do you
suppose Henry Carleton did? Straight
ened out what was left of h wreck
as well as he could. told the old gen
tleman that everything was all right,
and has kept the estate going ever
since, letting him have whatever he
wanted, right out of his own pocket,
and without a word to any one that
things were any different from what
they always had been. He's even kept
on paying Jack the allowance his father
gave him. and that, too, after he
and Jack had had another row, more
serious than any that had gone before.
And he'd have kept on like that, he
told me, II the old gentleman had lived
ten years instead of one If that isn't
doing ones duty. In the best sense
of the word. I'd like to have o. tell
me what Is"
For a moment, Helmar did not reply.
To all that Doctor Morrison had said
he had listened with the closest at
tention. HE told you all this him
self. you say2" he queried at length.
At once the doctor felt the unspoken
criticism in his tone. "And why not?''
he retorted. This has been a time