The evening world., 1913-07-10
Ten NatiOn-FamOus
New York Murders
: Alfred Henry Lewis


lks unto . queens palace: anA. anes
his own homo was but twenty doors
away. and the Erie ofices N the Opera
House . few doors further On, he ~
garded his daily sxistsnos ~ most con-
fortably arraoGsd.
The Mansfisld. eoiA ana eoel and WISE
and calculating. a. . woman must be
who has only her beauty TO hank On. 60
ceptsd Fisk for what he was and
what he promised. She had ceased 70
DO sensitive while yet Mra. LAWYER. ana
me rough touch OF poverty had thick
ened her skin.
FISK had nothing siiken in his nature:
Ms nbre waS - coarse - horsshair, His
great trait was vanity. and he would do
snythine. be anything. pay anything for
edmiration. OF nattery. no matter how
1ross. ne could not have too much.
Wnatsoever it, source or IT, occasion he
nuIpec " Gown like spring water. Much
,..! S"x o'd which was good-his nber.
nothing better Or nobler e. 4 tanroot "a
vanity. s"~ssss
SsNs vanity. Whether for epoA a. NJ
~ Aways his North star. Il NJ M
vAniV which prompted HIN IN al nos.
Sess'on OF the AAnsneid. He noyor ievsh
ner. ~ the same hard, untsnds., 49,
ene never loved him Why ehoui6 N.
nave % wasted hsfsslff Those bleck. ~.
friendly years with Lawlsr had nro.sh,
Win them their lesson. They had tsusht
aes me eafrsn utilities Of ssatamont
~tnout dollars. Wherefore aIthouIh
nmoI' .ne Mansneld In = cutgiass way
was quite a. dour a. H1sk. an6 vniis
ne nampered his vanity she kept a.r
eoldiy obssrvant sys on lumber One
Nothing II not . Lucuiius nonA kn.v
better than FAX how to dine. The Nans.
ns!d gave dinners at her little Twenty.
tnird street palace. and sat-the ooiy
woman-at the head Of the tahlA Ia
these Mansfield dinners came eminent
ones In letters. finance and politlca. AM
every man must mind his mannera NJ,
the Mansnelds position was peculiar.
and In protecting II she Mario = Cd con.
variation to the rigidly dscoroua Nany
Jest. many . story. which wound have
passed at respectable tables, elected
what careless humorist o. racontsur
had been guilty thereof 70 he Nans.
fsid black list. He had rsc.,vsd ~.
lest invitation to dine In Tventv.,h,Si
street, No. $50: the Mansfield could NOT
and would not abide the Elixabsthan.
Fisk was always ct the Mansfield din.
ners. which. With . last word. vere
Fisk dinners. There. too. came Gould
and Tweed and what others we're Of ths
Eris-Tammany inner circle. Il was over
81 wines and through the smoke OF
Emperor Napoleon cigars that thsss
kings Of politics and stock jobbery ma
out their campaigns The bsdplatss OF
Black Friday and the Fisk Gould gold
corner-broken hnally by Preside ni
Grant-wers laid At the Nansnslds N
the midst OF after-dinher laughter.
The Rich Harvest.
A. wise ~ beautiful, the Nans3sld
garnered her golden harvests with u
others. She. too. had brokers; she. too
sold on down and bought on an ur
market, and became bear or bull Will
her powerful guests. For while Il wa,
her day Of splendor. . day when hel
beauty bought Q diamond necklace viii
q kiss. she had her side OF independe Of nee
and liked best that gold which no maj
gave her Thus she possessed anal mill
ions; and when Fisk was In the grave
and Stokes was In the Tombs or q sub
ly languid. full Of milk-fed content
withdrew to Paris and TO silken ease.
1t was Fisk's pride In the Mansfiel,
which taught him to bring his friend
about her. He liked to exhibit her
liked to show her of. More splendid Il
her lovel!ness than the golden Giorie
wherein she sat framed. he regarde,
her as he might q monument which h
had upreared to his own maEnificence
Fisk brought Stokes to the Mans
fields.
(To Be Contlnued.)