The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-18

Grafton. He was sufficiently indep.i vi
ent-for he had done II alone have
been above tue ordinary feeling of
loneliness. Nevertheless. he Was tenn
peramcntally lonesome. and at this
particular moment desperately 90.
He had drifted into New York some
20 years before. utterly unhoralded.
unnouccd. lie had begun by nIling n
small clerkship IN little dry goods
store. lilo kept nj II until he owned
the store. and after that larger store
ON n better street lie had developed
a genius for trade. and an executive
ability In accord until the original
little shop had expanded into a 10.
story building covering block on tho
principal thoroughfare NJ New York
city and It's owner had become a pow
or In nnancc.-a merchant prince
Such was George Gormly
lie was. too. u scrupulously honest
man. lie sold good goods. without
deceit Things were as he represent.
ed them. lie established principles OF
accommodation In his dealings that
were unique when they we're FIRST In.
Htitutcd IN New York. lie made NO
dishonest dollars Ills money waS
good everywhere because II was un.
tainted lie prospcrcd exceedingly.
one expansion following another.
Eschewing speculation of any kind
and dcyotlng himself strictly To tho
business. he found himself IN middle
life the head. the foot, the sole owner.
of the grcateat enterprise Of the kind
that the world had ever seen
This had not been achieved lightly
lie had brought II about because. with
absolute singleneas Of heart. he had
put every ounce OF strength and time
and talent. which In him amounted to
genius at the service OF his AFFAIRS
Time. talent. and genius do not always
produce such results: fortune stlli
must be considered In tho game Op.
portunity had favored Gormly. lie
had succeeded In everything beyond
HIS own or hnyonc's widest dreams
He might have gone on indefinitely
In his mercantile operations without
attracting special attention 20 himself
personally. had II not been for one
fact That momentouH happening was
his meeting with Miss Haldane.
II had come about In common
place way enough Miss Haldane.
deeply Interested IN social settlement
work and being brought in contact
thereby with some OF the poorer en-
ployees OF the great Gormiy establish
ment' had concluded To call on Tho
proprietor thereon To 200 " abe could
not Induce him to make some ade-
quato contribution to the work shs
had 20 much at heart Liko every
other business man In New York
uormIy was overwhelmed by chaH-
thble demanda HIS business was ono
thing; his charity another. He en-
ployed special secretary To look AFT
CT the eieemoHJnary end OF MS AZ
iarn'
Therr we're two reasons why the
secretary iet himself unequal To deal
with Miss Haidane and her demands
Inc hrSt reason was Miss Haldanc
herself She was member OF the
Oldest ana most exclusive circle In
"~N~NsH
one OF the rioheat ana most esteemed
In that hive OF multi'miilionaries.
would'be'sos, also-ranS. and other peo'
pie. The second was the magnitude
OF Miss Haldane'H demand. She want
ed something like n million dollars.
This amount appalled, tho secretary.
She realized that n man like GOrmly.
indeed most men II they had the pow
er. would much rather give n million
than dime to an undertaking that
appealed 10 them. sim. Gormly. hay.
Ing devoted his attention so exclusive
ly 10 his business heretofore. was
rather staggered by the magnitude OF
the amount. lie would have been
more staggered by Il had he been less
so by Miss Haldane herself.
Miss HAldane had beauty. Thou
tands of people-.vomen that Ia. and