The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-12-16
Discovery That BawiIasred E''nu
Roots Father-in.Law
salem H. Wales Was Aston'sneo -
find That He Was a M~i'llona'rs
and Didn't Know How
to Act.
BY &, J. EDWARDS.

A delightful character was o
a. Wales. father-in-!aw OF Eiinu hoot
Republican candidate for mayor N
New York in 1875 and in his Gay on
II he foremost citizens OF the mo-
tropolis. It used to be his cusUoI.
On each New Years day to go aooos
his friends and say to the"'
Have I done anything In the year
lust ended to offend or annoy your
If | have | want to ask your PARDON.
for. after all, friendship Is OF mo's
value to q man than money.
zone day In the autumn OF lSol
met him as he was leaving the omco
If a safe deposit company. In wnose
vaults, he was in the habit OF teiiihs
his friends, he kept his modest pos.
sessions. There was a reTpiexeh
look upon his face as he greeted me-
took me by the arm and led me asioe-
Il have just had a most extraordinary
experience" he conided. Il reel =
little %bewildered. | don't know exact
" how to act. | have just made the
discovery that I am a millionalre!
| congratulated him. Fol q mo
ment he looked dreamily beyond ma
Then he continued:
Il remember that two or tnres
years age a very good friend OF mine'
who had finally succeeded In getting
his second million dollars, told me
that the first million was by far tho
harder Of the two to get. Undoupt-
edly 1t was with him, and maybe IL
Is with most men who get a million
and more, yet with me the million
was net hard to get at all, and until a
few minutes ago I had no idea thai
would ever be a millionaire.
You know of Tom Acton, tho OLD
notice commissioner who broke up
the draft riots in New York IN '631
Well, when he lost his place In the
s%ub-treasury, where he went some
time after the war was over, some OF
his friends decided to organize Tor
him q little bank uptown; Tom
thought there was a chance for .
bank to do good business up there IN
looking after small, accounts. was
appealed to and subscribed for a block
of stock. and with Tom Acton as pres
ident the bank did a comfortable III
tie business for a number OF years.
Then along Charles w. Morse
| organizing a chain Of banks in New
York city. He wan.s that little bank
of ours in the worst way, and he or
fers what seems to all of US a prepos-
ferrous price for our stock, and we 40
cept his offer. My, but 1t was q
mighty big sum that, l got for the
stock which l subscribed for simply
to help Tom Acton out. The amount
almost made my head swim.
To-day l came down to the safe do
post company to place in my boz
with my old securities the ones
bought with the money received fol
my bank stock. When I started tt
do that said to myself: Count every
thing and see how much you have
got So l began counting and be
fore / could realize It. hardly l hat
told OF q million dollars in ~gilt.edget
securities, and l have been bewild
cred rel since.
Il wonder II other men have felt
when they found they were worth
million, as l do now" continued MI
Wales. after another dreamy pause. "
don't believe l am pulled up. use'
to think that II l ever became q mil
lionaire l should do some %struttine
but, to tell you the truth, l feel hum
bled. don't think l eve realized O.
> strongly that contentment with what
eve you have Is really riches as
!, did when l made the starting discoy
, cry that l am a millionaire. And
! didn't feel a bit richer-I was goin
to say not half SO rich-as ! di
when | first realized that with about
: quarter of a million dollars | had az
c%unlulated enough money to take car
of my family and myself comtor
I ably"
1 Copyright, 1910. by f: J. Edwards A
g Rights Reserved.)