Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-01

Fas D. mis- superiority upon any one
Iot pus,u ,a feature; in point OF
tsa 9snd manner, in point OF physical
gnlls oiraness, in point OF courtly
n lipasntation of his case, ne was cas-
Fe Ssnsa He came attended by a
lio' like maharaja. He gave no
etlnus' 10, ottention to Randolph Mason
YsrsOl1' certain stolid observation
eyOu ~ entering equally upon the
aSI ~ ~ leather book-backs, upon PIE
oTS noon the glittering ink-stand on
TO- . utJ Like a maharaja, he con-
pc 'a' his relations with others
lacls uh skilful attendants waiting con-
nrO tig On his person. One spoke for
i1n'ls sort of regent. One In white,
nm ,rant of an upper order, saw con-
p.s SET 9TH that no profaning hand touched
.An". md. another, of lower caste,
Ill., INA Of the door with various ar
'sIas Of portable luggage.
luz us held, above all persons OF my
Nv aS,,odge decided contempt for Gus
Wv remember that he lunched
, oL, fine interview, that he ex-
lu iaaod without restraint his annoy
s' al q beam of light which struck
slo through an open shutter, and
. .-rl he sang monotonously the fore
s ~0,as of a ditty with endless repeti-
aon like one comfortably at leisure
l~oIling on a thought that pleased
sm Something of his dress ought,
,.nbtIoss TO be described. He wore
: .ort of yellow sandal, disclosing
rbIte hose, ending four inches above
an his fat leg, a plated frock, a coat
S.nd.embroidered in white silk, a hat
bnttOned together, having baggy
crown. a dropping rim-all OF French
mime In his right hand he carried a
sogwhip, although there was nowhere
n his retinue a dog, and, tucked un-
asr his left elbow, a man in minute
sHgy named-as 1 presently observed
most curiously, How de-do," and
more curiously, | thought, referred to
nv bis master as a baby"
Now | admit here upon this record
Ne superiority of st. George Fairfield
Porter in all qualities deemed excel
lent among.men; but in the matter Of
sight | am as good as any OF Gods
creatures, and my gorge rises at the
word baby applied to such beast as
this How-de-do. There was never on
this earth a more debauched, eVil-fea-
tured thug of middle age. The worst
strains in three alien races were hide
Ously mixed in him. The negro kink
IN his hair spoke of long pig" eaten
haltraw by camp fires on the Congo;
bis puffy, cruel, Turkish face, of
ghaStly-writhing sacks cast out of pal
ace windows into the Bosphorus; his
slim Mexican body, deformed at the
ezhemities, of good priests buried
alive to the chin in the slime of the
Verde, their faces smeared with
honey that the flies might devour
them. If at the last door-post, by rea-
son Of my sins, I am to meet the devil,
pray that he may not come upon me
in the mortal habiliments of this How
OedO | saw now the larger uses for
the dog.whip.
st. George Fairfield Porter was per-
maps two years old. He came accom-
panied by his mother, a nurse and a
lesser servant. This mother was a
woman whose face impressed me; it
O0re record Of disaster without at
Iendant hardening of lines, rather the
lace seemed cleansed by misfortunes,
plate passed through acid. She
spOKe directly, without coloring her
S0faS' without restraint and without
spOlOgy, as one speaks to the surgeon
VelOre ne strips for the knife. She
VIZ not desire sympathy or verbal con-
s0Suon. She wished merely that RAN
Nv'pQ Mason should have the object
ner visit laid clearly before him.
'ae mad consulted with an eminent
S''Orney in New York, who had sent
.sE 70 MIN, as the practicing physician
''uuS the difficult case to the expert.
Sae was born in New York city, and
.Su oeen married three years before
~. VHarieS Porter, an iron-broker OF
-. a4' Ci'y This man was a progress
S brilliant fellow. He had risen
, "ary from a subordinate position,
S saE by reason of his excellent ad-
~ mssS' out chiefly because he was the
~ ss practical authority in America
Ie manufacture of pig-iron.
.,. .ue era OF industrial consolidation
1--WE, lived about the time of this mar
n ~ ~ ana Charles Porter was the first
:. ae east to step into the open door.
,or S"mtly got optional control of the
to~ Nv sliil whose product he was accus-
n ~. 70 sell, and materially assisted
si.Ie the larger business into one
cSs,.'' combine under a New York
VAC W This tremendous, giddy rise
nOs. 'le mans ruin. Shot upward al
uiSa- N night from the status of a
IN Oa 'eulan to position OF authority
tos,r, . VI the greatest consolidated in
SiOlsnt1,o y, the world, he was wrenched
ssra loose from every moral safe
elena.. he adopted, as an essential
tsrins D /, OF this new station, the gilt
surron, ,iceS with which he was now
Are Ian oriental, speaking from
feared .nSo~Iedge of human nature.
Get G a. mat with riches one would for
he vO,,, had he been monogamist,