New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

ETZ5<N the earlier DAYS Of Dagncy three men
(3S1 EIN arrived. They came separately, and were
1MUr strangers; but Fate threw them together
~ First was George Balow Green, whose
V12uNV full name did not transpire in years who
ES1L(3 in the interesting meanwhile went by
N1,5/E[Z "SOrrcl' Green because Of the color OF
SNS1~J the tuft Of hair that crowned his bullet
head. Green driited into Dagney as ne
had duttei into a hundred other places during his
troubled search for fortune The spirit Of the mines
and Of mango was born in him from father VINO hai
spent B. own lie between starvation and dreams Oh
million Sgrrel was among the pioneers Of Dagney and
ne stake his claim with the hopeless hope Of long and
bitter experience But this time he struck luck me
opuene The Dagncy district lay under ms bit OF sur
lace. Money poured forth thousand week, then TWO
thousand and later thousand day more than all the
others S.rre Green at once became the chief figure Of
tnc new city. The sudden elevation was httlc TOO
much Tor h aplonb but what he lacked in other things
ne made up 10 encrgy-and in money The vanity Of
abrupt wealth 20 three observation-disclosures
blocks, hotels and newspapers,- Green embazoned
MS name on the FIRST and secretly acquired thc
'mId and Of al he was fondest Of the paper
Al the psychological moment entered Fitzroy Jack
son. somewhat ceremonial in looks, but with vagrant
eyes and with the appearance Of having come IRON
everywhere on his way % nowhere. But he believed
III enjoying the little stops on his painless Journey ana
ne CCull seize opportunity even though he could not
"od II IOng lie found that Green needed someone 10
run his paper and having bcen everything else Jackson
ga" no reason why Lc should not look little more sol
''' ana 't'"mc an ciior He proved 10 be thc very
q" ''ech "as seeking He had style OF moving
eao& ,'al fnppei compliments. And thenceiorth the
owner % The Palladium could take up his paper each
wee AMI ~" t.e worth Of his money, for there were
S4'f 10 Dee articles prasng in eysan terms the genius
u Da&'F or some Of his works; the genius OF course
gcf& ''Yi&e BaIow Green, now happily rescued iroi"
'He 9yIId Precn Of roughcr years. ~
ImIi u iac tho chunk Of a man, very Sordiy
tohpoaed with large head, eyes that bored through
human illi and that immobty Of countcnance some
HneS called poker face. He was attractive ana ne
oo"el ~ and even his mask could not hide persistent
gchse o. hufnor Possibly II this sense OF huiIo
more THAN anything else that led H. Arlington Simpson
~ commercial use Of thc unique situation at )agey
iIc lound one uch man owning and running the toW"'
anu everybody cnvious Of him. This rich man nad
newspaper % loot his horn. On the other hand tlG
a9I iiaJonty Of the population wanted voice anu
uTrSeN 70 see the rich man taken down a few pegs
ny h'' capitalize this SENTIMENT Simpson aCUcd
iJ pee anne editor Of the other paper "Ihe banner
rms hc purgcd himself Of local contempt by explain
InIg why he wrote his name II. Addington simpson
III confessed with due humiliation that his hrst name
was Harold. He wished TO conform to the preJudice
ga"at grown mans name being parted IN the inidiT
't a. Harold was manlicstly impossible he "ouid dsh
" De known as II. A. Simpson. The community went