The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-05-13

Had New Ellington Deen part Oh an
empire instead of one of the most Inn
portant cities in the greatest republic
in the word. the cry The King is
dead. Long live the King!" might
we'll have resounded through its
streets on that bleak November morn
ing when Pennington Iawton- was
found dead, seated quietly in his arm
chair by the hearth in the library,
where so many vast deals of national
import had been first conceived, and
the details arranged which had carried
them on and on to brilliant consum-
nation.
power in the financial world of the
whole country, had been suddenly cut
down in his prime.
The news of his passing travelled
more quickly than the extras which
rolled damp from the presses could
convey It through the avenues and al
: leys OF the city, whose wealthiest cit
fzen he had been, and through the
highways and byways OF the country,
which his marvellous mentality and
finesse had so manifestly strengthen
ed in its position as a world power.
AT the DdlkS anu pdHlcn
there were hurriedly-called directors
meetings, where men sat about long
mahogany tables, and talked con,
STRANGELY about the immediate future
and the vast changes which the death
sof this great man would necessarily
bring. In the political clubs, his pass.
ing was discussed with bated breath
At the hospitals and charitable In,
atf h31,H he hoI d1r
: helped to maintain, In the art clubs
and museums, in the Cosmopolitan
Opera House-in the founding OF
which he had been leading spirit and
unfailing thereafter. its most generous
econtributor-he was mourned with a
sincerity no less deep because, of its
admixture of self-interest
In aristocratic drawing-rooms. there
were whispers over the tea-cups: the
luck of Ramon Hamilton, the rising
young lawyer, whose engagement to
Anita Lawton. daughter and sole
heiress of the dead finaneier. had just
been announced, was remarked upon
: with the frankness of envy, left mo-
. mentarily unguarded by the sudden
. shock
; For three days Pennington Lawton
lay in simple, but veritable state
: kilograms poured in from the highest
representatives of States, clergy and
. finance. Then, while the banks and
p. charitable institutions momentarily
closed their doors, and flags through
out the city were lowered in respect
=. to the man who had gone, the funera
procession wound it's solemn way from
the aristocratic church of st. James
to the graveyard. The last extras were
a., issued, detailing the service; the las
obituaries printed, the final p6ans o
e. praise were sung, and the world wen
6n-its way
-, During the two DAYS thereafter, null
titudinous affairs of more imperative
public. import were brought to light
. a celebrated murder was committed
notorious band Of criminals wa
rounded up; a political boss topplet
and fell from his self-made pedestal:
diplomatic scandal of far-reaching ei
=. feet was unearthed, and in the press o
passing events, the fact that IaNtol
had been eliminated from the schem
of things faded into comparative insig
nificance, from the point of view o
the general public.
In the great house on Belleair Ave
nue., which the man who was gone hal
called home a tall, slender young giT
sat listlessly conVersins with Il poml
oua little man, whose clerical sarl
proclaimed the reason for his coming
The girls sable garments patheticall
betrayed her youth. and in her sof
eyes was the panied and wounded loo
of a child face to face with its frs
~compreherded sorrow.
The Rev Dr. Franklin laid a.
ubsequious hand upon her arm.
Tile Lord gave and the Lord hat
take#F away; blessed be the name 0
The Lord"
Anita Lawton shivered slightly, an
raised a trembling, protesting hand.
PLEASE" she said, softly, Il know
heard you say that at st. James
Two days ago. try to believe, t
think. that in some inscrutable way
God meant it for the best when he too
my father SO ruthlessly from me- wit
no premonition. no sign Of warning.
is hard, Or. Franklin. cannot CT
ordinate my thoughts just yet. 70
must give me little time"
Tae minister bent his short bod
still lower before her.
NV dear child, do you Sremembei
also. later prayer in the same serN
ice? "--unconsciously he assumed tn
full rich. rounded, pulpit tones, whic
we're habitual with him. Lord. Tho
hast been our refuge from one ger
Grafton to another; before the noun
aims we're brought forth or ever tn
earth and world were made
A low knocking upon the door il