Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-02
CHAPTER VIII.
The Ghost of Romance

Van Vechten's admission was ac. cepted by Mir. Flint quite as matter of course; as if he would have been exceedingly surprised if the young man had identified the lady of the taxi cab with some other entirely different person. Said he:
 'I shall sketch briefly as much of the Schuyler-Bonner history as l have learned; then, MT. Van Vechten, you will see what l want to know.
 "In the seventies and early eighties. Compton Schuyler was prominent figure, a man of affairs, in the New York commercial world. and as fer tunes went in those days, a wealthy man. Besides, he was of the old Dutch stock: his home was a center of the fashionable life of the city. Two beau uful, charming daughters greatly en- hanced this attraction, so that the name was really better known socially than in a business way. At that period his home was looked upon ae man sion, and that young man who stood in the family's good graces counted himself fortunate indeed.
 Tt was only an inevitable conse- quence that the two Schuyler sisters carried a long string of suitors in their train, they were social favorites and enjoyed the supremacy which for several years discouraged all Idea of matrimony.
 Then conditions began to change One misfortune followed another so that in a remarkably short time the family sank into comparative obscur- ity. and, in the cruel way society has of giving her erstwhile favorites the cold shoulder. speedily forgotten.
 First. through a series of bad in vestments, Schuyler lost the bulk of his fortune A few months previously Josephine had married against hel fathers consent, and her husband Percy DevereauI, showed the sort ol specimen he was by promptly desert Ing her when the loss became known Next. Mrs. Schuyler died suddenly.
 Hope of rehabilitating the family and of recouping it's dwindling for tunes was now all centered in the re maining sister-Henrietta- Among hel suitors was one young man who wal not only her social equal, but heir tc one of the largest fortunes in th' world. Every mother in New Yorl with O msrriegeable daughter. to say nothing of many abroad-especially 1T England-had marked this young mar for her legitimate prey; but be loye' Henrietta Schuyler and was SO de voted and open in his preference tha the matrimonial schemers were on' and all discouraged.
 But with all his wealth and superio position. the course Of true love di' not run smooth for Temple Bonner The facts would make a plot for novel. There was yet another younl man among those who came a-courunl at the old brownstone mansion, bu one vastly different in many respect from Bonner. This mans name wa WiHard-Max Willard
 "I've heard the name, muttered Val Vechten.
 "It was an irony Of Fate" pursue' Mir. Flint, that Bonner and Willar' should not only be friends. but tn closest sort of intimacy existed be tween them, a genuine Damon an Pythias attachment
 willard lacked about every ac vantage possessed by his rival; h was poor, unattractiye iD appearances and had many peculiar traits whic made enemies where Templer Bonne won friends He was regarded as visionary, a crank. a man who woul aever make his mark. However. h must have possessed some unusus quality. because Temple Bonner hn implicit faith in him-believed that b was a genius Of some sort. but it va characteristic of Willard that he woui accept no assistance from his nor fortunate rival
 Bonner, 1t would seem. felt his ow position keenly He realized that hi friend was almost overwhelmingl handicapped. and as well as l can pieC put from what actually happened, b withdrew temporarily from the hel