Yellowstone monitor., 1912-12-12

| fYhn too soon. Derla rs
were some features OF Rivens
business ne must understand more
",iy before he could give IN ais
freedom and devote himself bodv and
soui 70 the task of money making a.
his associate. -s A9
he went across the snua-a r. @.ka
eao at the BreVoort His mood was
ou'sahI He was looking out on life
.Aee more through rose tinted glasses
= Aishtn street he met at right angles
1us sWarming thousands burryinp
aeFoss town from their vork-heavv
iooAing men who tramped with tiroa
ssep' striking the pavements DULY with
aheir nailed shoes. tired, anxious won
h' ifoWzy headed little girls, sad eyed
oss' naH awake--all hurrying. the
.ear OF want and the horror OF charity
- 'helr silent faces. And get the sight
toached no responsive chord OF SYM
patny in StuaFts heart as II often had
az ne drove uptown the avenue dash.
eo with swift, silent automobiles and
oiooaed horses. These uptown crowds
througn whose rushing streams be
passed were all well dressed and car,
Fied bundles OF candy. flowers and
toys.
stuart felt the contagious enthusi.
asm OF thousands OF prosperous men
ahd women whose lives at the moment
moved about and enveIoped his own.
"hat was it that made the difference
between the squalid atmosphere below
Fourth street and the glowing. fash
ing radiant. jeweled world uptown
Money! It meant purple and fine
inen. delicacies of food and drink,
puising machines that could make
mile a minute. the mountain and
the sea, freedom from care. fear.
drudgery and slavery!
After all In this modern passion for
money might there not be something
deeper than mere greed, perhaps the
reSenerating power of the spirit press
ing man upward? Certainly he could
see only the bright side of 1t tonight
AS his cab swung into Riverside
drive from Seventy second street the
sight which greeted him was one of
startling splendor. Bivens' yacht laY
at anchor In the river just In front of
his house. She was festooned with
electric lights from the water line to
the top Of her towering steel masts.
The illumination Of the exterior OF
the Bivens house was remarka bic.
The stone and iron fence surround.
Ing the block. which had been built at
a cost OF hundred thousand dollars.
was literally ablaze with lights. The
house was illumined from its founda
tions TO the top OF each towering
minaret with ruby coIored lights.
Stuart passed up the grand stairs
through row OF gorgeous hunkies
and greeted bis hostess
Nan grasped his hand with q smile
Of Joy.
"You are to lead me In to dinner.
Jim, at the stroke OF g."
''I'n not forget Stuart answered.
his face flushing with surprise at the |
unexpected honor. |
"Cal wishes to see you at once. You /
viii ind him In. the library"
Bivens met him at the door.
"Ah. there you areF' he cried cor
1ially. Come back downstairs with /
ne. want you to see some people
Is they come In tonight I've a lot
IF funny things to tell you about
hem"
The house was crowded with an
army Of servants. attendants. musI
,ians, singers. entertainers and re
1orters
The doctor had been recognized by
me Of the buffers whom he had be
'riendcd on his arrival from the Old
World. The grateful fellow had gone
,ut Of the way to make him at home
md in his enthusiasm had put an al
,ove which opened OF the ball room
II his and Harriet's disposal. The
loctor was elated at this evidence OF
3ivens' good feeling and again con
,ratulated himself on his common
ense In coming
Bivens led Stuart to a position near
he grand stairway. from which be
,ould greet his guests as they re
urned from their formal presentation
o the hostess
He kept up running Gre OF bio
raDhicaI comment which amused
stuart beyond measure. II was rev
lation Of the crooked ways IN which
sivens' guests or their fathers or grand
athers had amassed their millions.
many of them by robbing the govern
nent, the people.
.The world has never heard most
t these stories that's funnyP Stuart
reclaimed after q time.
"Not SO funny, Jim. when you think
4 the power OF money TO make the
vorld forget. God only knows how
many fortunes IN America had their
rlgin in thefts from the nation during
he civil war. and the systematic
frauds that have been practised Oh our
government since. I've turned some
pretty sharp tricks. Jim, In stalking
nv game In this big man hunt OF Wall
street. but at least I've never robbed
he wounded or the dead On a battle
ield and I've never used q dark Ian