The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-17
The Struggle Raeked and Tore Him
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In the undertaking the futlllty; Of ar.
,,gs!nsnent. and though 10 tried fnesse in
the presence Of the Swittiest, the cIesvI;.
ergst, and anostI beattilfnli women ;9tl
Virginia and elsewhe ERE .ior Inc. eve
EtraVelaH q through ouf 9tkef s. Iunltedi
States welcomed everywhere, his Ell.
ftofts were, Finasaiim There il Was;
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slightly he could have won, but lie e
, xas RtS USE Fl
At the;e Of two years 'aocietysgaviei
him up as confirmed in his isolation
and loneliness, He was not the less
welcome. but he was no. longer! a
matrimonial possibility. nor was! he
any more the wonder that he had
been. New things engrossetl public.
attention. The world presently took
Charnock as he.would fain have 1t
take him. as. a matter Of course.
He did, things slowly. not because
that was his latures but from an in.
yincible determination TO do things
right. He. made his; plans deliberately
and had formulated al. enterprise so
comprehensive. in Its scope, SO vast in
Its outlay and with such infinite posi-.
billties Of help to the poor, the
wretched. The n.trodden classes OF
society. that when the iforeshadowings
Of, It were announc people stood
amazed Anundeftad King 50 great was
not within the powerseyen Of Char.
mock. His resources, were utterly, I'm.
equal to II, but he had enough to make
a magnificent beginning and BY; deyo.
ting TO It the whole revenue; Of his es.
tate, and the estate Itself after he
died, gradually the enterprise would
be achieved. S y "A i':,,.a, :
There; was mo necessityIfor: secrecy
about It. Indeed with that simplicity
and candor so.unusual, and 80 uncon..
yentionnl. which. touch with the world
had never been able. to alter he had
spoken Of his plans without reserve
and he had declared with equal frank.
ness that what he! was doing was In
memory. OF the noblest and the truest
Of women, to whom he owed, It that
he was a human being and not an AMI.
NAL Is ! 4. !, 4 ". I n ,5!:is. q
Whitaker. ofiwhose Judgment, he,
thought highly and with desert, was
called from the naval service IL be
the executive. head Of the great un.
dertaking. The spiritual work. was to
be placed In the hands. 81 the chaplain
who had SO endeared himself to- the.
promoter and deyiser OF 1t all. Char
mock realized that these men who had
known Katharine 3renton would enter.
more sympathetically Into his. views.
Efand could be depended upon to carry
them out In case anything happened
to him: He and his uncle and one or
two others Of excellent Judgment
whom he had met were associated,
with, the two mentioned to carry, out
all the founders plansr !, 7f5F
Now, this thing was not done, inS n
cctnef. The news Of It was carried,
over. the United States and spread
even to foreign lands. The, world read
Land snarveled :agnin. 4 Al newspaper,
carrying All account OF 1T fell, under,
theS eye ;ofta lonely man In San Fran.
cisco. who had justfreturnedS from a,
long voyage in9 northern seas The
name "Charnock" caught his eye first:;
and then Langford saw the name Of
the woman heSloyed, He read with
ayidity, approaching ms none could