Mexico Missouri message., 1913-03-06
81
HORACE
HAZELTINE

capitalist and his heinous crimes.
When, therefore. long. bold-face type
attracted my eye with the announce
ment, Fall in Crystal Consolidated
started 10 read the subioined article.
confident enough that some director
or directors had been spitted 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. yet In the
months Of our intimacy he had made
no reference to this connection: and.
though was thoroughly familiar with
the great glass trust" as II was
called. and with the name OF its multi.
millionaire master. strangely enough |
had never connected the Cameron !
knew with this Cameron, the Captain
Of Industry.
Il am he had said, in all modesty,
largely interested In certain line Of
industrial enterprises" That was all.
/ suppose / should have known; and
yet, mo prophs! "a without honor,
save in his own country"
The newspaper article now read,
however. left no room FOR doubt on the
subject; and, incidentally in a single
sentence. revealed the secret Of how
Cameron had succeeded in escaping
that general recognition which is 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 1913
today" it went on. because of a per-
sistent rumor that Robert Cameron
is seriously i'll. in a New England sani-
tarium. The greatest secrecy has been
maintained as to his malady and his
Whereabouts by those who are in a
position to know. 1t has been ascer-
tanned, however. that after spending a
quiet summer at his country place,
Cragholt. on Long Island sound, near
Greenwich, he started on October 81,
on his fast steam yacht Sibylla for a
cruise along the New England coast
| Ten days later the Sibylla returned
I but Mr.. Cameron was not on board.
1T is known that he has been in
/ Ill health for months, and there are
/ those who now declare that he has
1 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 al neither place, and The
servants expressed ignorance concern
ing his present address.
AT the Offices Of the Crystal Con
solldated Manufacturing company ant
brokers, Hatch & Hastings. evasion
was the keynote OF the answers to al
questions.
! Whether Mr.. Cameron Is as I'll a
IS reported, or whether he is quit
! robust, the effect OF the gossip OIL
. Crystal Consolidated was disastrous
A slump OF fifteen points in two hours
AL4E GlLtIngOA4s Nll-u OuL many wear
ly margined accounts, and spread rui
: among a number Of Spectators VIII
] fondly imagined this law-defyin
: trust. OF which Cameron is the SUI
5 porting Atlas, as firmly intrenched a
: is the government itself
+ Unless something definite is fortl
: coming regarding Mr.. Cameron's col
dition before the market opens tomo
s row. a panic in Crystal Consolidate
), is predicted. II closed today at l027
/ bid, 1C3 asked; the lowest figures r.
e corded this year"
5 L startled ne, because II shove
d that at least a part Of the secret "
o were guarding was a secret no longer
i and Il perpiexed me because ! coui
not fancy through what channel thei
d somewhat distorted facts had fltere
d into publicity. had no doubt thi
L the ball, having been Set rolling
n this fashion, would gain both in yC
3; ume and momentum unless some enc
e getic measures were promptly take
It 10 check it. And yet. what. under Il
Il circumstances, could We Go? Subtle
|
v the truth must prove an accelerar
)fl In haste and with diminished app
II lite J rushed through my dinner, az
y q moment later was Speeding up II
avenue as fast as taNicab could ca
le ~ me. with the Cameron mansion II
a destination and a consultation wi
L. Evelyn GrayscH my object.
h It must not be imagined that IN h
ID matter | expected any weighty ASST
ne ance from young woman OF such iii
ar tied experience: but she was prac
rs cally alone in the great house and
-y could we'll imagine how already
n porters must be yying one with anot
IS err 10 wiring from her admissions co
,e- corning her uncle.
al To my infinite relief I found Ia
-o- she had returned the word, Not
N home" 10 all such callers. Inqulri
from other sources had been met
b, similar fashion. Officers OF the co
le- pany had called In person or had {