The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-02-07
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HORACE
HAZELTINE

points the moral OF the inscriptions
capitalist and his heinous crimes.
When. therefore. long, bold-face type
attracted my eye with the announce
ment. Fail In Crystal Consolidated"
started to read the subjOined article.
confident enough that some, director
or directors had been spiited for bar
becue. And before | had read five
lines came upon the name OF Robert
Cameron.
II | was to believe this introductory
paragraph. my friend was &c Crystal
Consolidated what John ID. Rockefel.
Ter was TO Standard Oil. Xet in the
months OF our intimacy he had made
no reference TO this connection: and,
though was thoroughly familiar with
the great glass trust" rs It was
called. and With the name OF its multi.
| millionaire master. strangely enough l.
had never connected the Cameron l
| knew with this Cameron, the Captain
OF Industry.
Il am" he had said, In all modesty.
largely interested in q certain line OF
Industrial enterprises" That was all.
| suppose I 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 y single
sentence. revealed the secret OF how
Cameron had succeeded I'm escaping
that general recognition which IL 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" IL went on. because OF a per
sistent rumor that Robert Cameron
Is seriously III. In New England SAM
tarium. The greatest secrecy has been
maintained as 10 his malady aud his
| whereabouts by those who are In a
position TO know. II has been ascer-
tanned. however that after spending a
quiet summer at his country place.
Cragholt. on Long Island sound, near
Greenwich, ne started on October 81,
on his fast steam yacht Sibylla for
cruise along the New England coast
Ten days later the Sibylla returned
but Mr.. Cameron was not on board
at is known that he has been In
Ill 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 fruitless. 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 financier's
brokers. Hatch & Hastings, evasion
was the keynote OF the answers to all
questions.
Whether Mr.. Cameron is as III as
is reported, or whether he Is quite
robust, the effect OF the gossip on
Crystal Consolidated was disastrous.
A slump OF fifteen points In two hours.
this afternoon, wiped out many weak
ly margined accounts. and spread ruin
among number OF spectators who
fondly imagined this iaw-defyins
trust OF which Cameron Is the sup.
porting Atlas. as firmly intrencbed as
Is the government itself.
Unless something definite Is forth
coming regarding Mr.. Cameron's con
dition before the market opens tomor
row, a panic In Crystal Consolidated
Is predicted. II closed today at 1902 u
bid, 103 asked; the lowest figures re-
corded this year"
IL startled me. because Il showed
that at least a part OF the secret we
were guarding was secret no longer
and Il perpiexsd me because 1 could
not fancy through what channel these
somewhat distorted facts had filtered
into publicity. ! had no doubt tina,
the ball, having been set rolling In
this fashion. would gain both Ia vol
ume and momentum unless some ener
getic measures were promptly taker
to check It. And yet. what, under the
/. circumstances. could we do? Subter
!. fuge, knew. would be useless. ant
the truth must prove an accelerant
In haste and with diminished appe
I titc ! rushed through my dinner, ant
a moment later was speeding ND tn.
avenue as fast az a taxicab could car
E ry me. with the Cameron mansion m,
: destination and consultation will
: Evelyn Grayson my object.
4 II must not be ina gined that In thI,
! matter | expected any weighty assist
e ance from young woman Of such linn
r tied experience but she was lpracti
5 cally alone In the great house and
y could we'll imagine how already re
+ porters must be vying one with anoth
: err to wiring from her admissions con
: corning her uncle.
j To my Infinite relief | found tha
= she had returned the word, mot a
i home" to all such callers. Inquiries
from other sources had been met II
!, similar fashion officers of the com
: pany had called in person or had tel
g egraphed, and Hatch & Hastings ha,
Q been almost aggravatingly insistent
c But Evelyn" I sajo. this Ia Al