The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-10-11


to which had agreed concerning
Cameron than at the confinement. All
at once, had become imbued with
necessity for prompt and strenuous
measures. Some awful thing, knew
not what seemed ominously immi-
nent, and remorse tore at me torment
ingly.
Early Monday, l telephoned Miss
Clement for tidings of her progress,
but she could only implore me to wait.
She had nothing to report, but she
was encouraged, With my hands thus
tied diversion was my only refuge, and
an accumulation of Office work into
which plunged served, in part at
least, this purpose.
Evelyn and Mrs. Lancaster had
come in from Greenwich and opened
the Cameron town house, great
white granite Renaissance affair, on
upper Fifth avenue, facing the park;
and because the girl had made me
promise, ! lunched there; but went
with less grace than ever before, I'M
certain as | was of my self-control.
Evelyn's faith in Miss Clement, how
ever, was contagious. She spoke Of
little else, and when came away 1t
was with strengthened hope Of speedy
results
1t is my habit to glance over the
earlier editions Of all the evening pa
pers before leaving my office, and lat
err either on the train to Greenwich
or, when in town, at my club, to read
more carefully the later issues Of the
News and Star. On this particular
day, however, succession Of matters
Of more importance prevented my
looking at so much as headline, un-
I'll, seated at dinner, in the club res
taurant, | saw on a window ledge be-
side me one Of the more sensational
of the afternoon dailies, and appro-
priated 1t in lieu Of better companion.
ship.
1t was one Of those journals which,
in catering to the tastes Of the prole-
tariat, conceive it wise to minimize
their references to Wall street, save
only when a marked slump or panic
points the moral Of the INSCRIPTIONS
capitalist and his heinous crimes,
When, therefore, long, bold-face type
attracted my eye With the announce
ment, Fall in Crystal Consolidated, :"
| started to read the subjoined article,
confident enough that some director
or directors had been spitted for bar
becue. And before | had read five
lines came upon the name of Robert
Cameron.
If was to believe this Introductory
paragraph, my friend was to Crystal
| Consolidated what John d. Rockefel-
Ter was to Standard Oil, yet In the
months of our intimacy he had made
no reference to this connection; and,
though was thoroughly familiar with
the great glass trust" as 1t was
called and with the name of its multi
millionaire master, strangely enough
had never connected the Cameron
knew with this Cameron, the Captain
Of Industry
81 am" he had said, In all modesty
largely interested In certain line Of
industrial enterprises" That was all
l suppose l should have known; and
yet, mo prophet is without honor,
save In his own country"
The newspaper article now read,
however, left no room for doubt on the
subject; and, incidentally in a single
sentence, revealed the secret OF how
Cameron had succeeded in escaping
that general recognition which Is usu-
ally the penalty Of greatness. "He
has never sat for a photograph"
But, while this part Of the article
interested, that which followed startled
and perpleXed me:
Crystal Consolidated fell to 1903
today" 1t went on, because OF per-
slstent rumor that Robert Cameron
is seriously i'll, in New England sanl-
tarium. The greatest secrecy has been
maintained as to his malady and his
whereabouts by those who are In a
position to know. 1t has been ascer-
tanned, however, that after spending
quiet summer at his country place,
Cragholt, on Long Island sound, near
Greenwich, he started on October 81,
on his fast steam yacht Slbylla fer a
cruise along the New England coast.
Ten days later the Sibylla returned,
but Mr. Cameron was not on board
1T is known that he has been In
III health for months, and there are
those who now declare that he has
sought the seclusion of an institution
for the treatment Of nervous diseases.
near Boston, his condition being criti-
cal.
Inquiry, today, at his Fifth avenue
home In this city, and at his Connect.
cut country seat, was frultless. Mr.
Cameron was at neither place, and the
servants expressed ignorance concern
ing his present address.
"At the offices Of the Crystal Con
solldated Manufacturing company and
at these Of the missing fnancler's
brokers, Hatch & Hastings, evasion
was the keynote of the answers to al
questions.
whether Mr.. Cameron is. as Ill as
is reported, or whether he is quite
robust, the effect of the gossip on
CRYSTAL Consolidated was disastrous