The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-29

| Tho carer Of great mon liluS'rat"
,h, ,rifI.nr events that lead sometimes
: ,n kings ualG,,rS and sonnet INES 10 III"
nrrrhOusc In general. every man - INC
architect Of has own fortune. hut IN par
: ticulur. much d"p'ud~ "n trllIrS' re-
Gently, ON" Of our most h"n"r"d marine
'.rrhi,.rtS celebrated his seventeen
birthday. IN about w"r" hung rh"'"-
! graphs nf the many wonderful steam,
Shlps H. had built. Concerning an "lo
friend. This architect related "A thH'ina'-
: ing story. Just h"fnr" tho CLOS" "I tue
CiylI War the government let con-
/ tract To- William ". W,hh. L" hWild a
'h,,,IcshIr Manned tn" Dundcnhcrg. THIS
| shin WIS three hundred md eighty feet
, long had a butcher knit" bow. III" wood
! IN sides wrrr covered with four ana
half inch st""l the port holes hriSu"d
with csnnCn. and il made fifteen knots
:.r hour This war was 10 hc IN" M
r,vaIlcd pr"ndn"ught Of that TIM" sun
denly ih,. war closed Wages went mp ny
leans and hounds TIL" Navy department
bcId MFR Webb IT, his original c"ntr"''
\f,cr several years. when IN t't'l">h'P
was ready for delivery. tn" ""n'r;"'"r
stood 10 lose On" million u"I''rS anu NAH
prarlically bankrupt
Meanwhile IN" bu ldcr was in Despair
and waited from day to day for his bank
crs IN soil 0ui his rnllRtrral and 9" an
nnuncr The rain If has business career
Tb,r , trlflc interviewed. DURING IN"
autumn Of 1861 a New York business
man went ia Berlin. Nu" day. M dinner
~ a hotel. tins man "l'rhrara 'uhN'r
sp,lnn between two German "lll''rS'
.rb, urr said Ia the nth"d that lSlsm'r'k
wuuld hnrdly declare war on France no
fore, ihn harvest Tim. and ihai n" h"'h'"
for orders Vt nuh liZatrn about .NuE"Nt
FIRST This friend promptly notified
Wchh then banging midway between
hmm. and despair. TN" rrIm"r that Cor
many would declare war upon Franc"
h.rr,r.. ,urrrn, III Washington and reach
"a the cars ur tho Fi"n"h ambassador.
nr.. dny 4 cable brought Webb an "iirr
from tho French I"N' rhm"nt. ana WIN
the consent of tn" l'nl'"d states inc hh'-
SHIN was sold I" Franc" for lhr"" ara
a half million dollars. After IN" W.
rrx had received what They had loaned.
and rh, gn,rrsm"ut had r'""iN'd i'S dd-
vpu,..rururs webb would Atill HAY" lett
oyer ON" Inllltnu dollars. representing ms
ability ">r-rIcnC" and lnh"rS.
nn- daN. IN the highest spirits. Mr..
\N,l,h and his banker went down I" N"
wharf. :" So. the hattl"Ship SAL away
when ~ disappeared beyond IN" Narr-
,,ws both rriurn"d [" their "ifl'"S VI
uayhI"ak "u tn. second morning. ""hh
WIS a~t"undrd by the news that his snip
had =, turned. Engln' trnuhl" had d"N"I-
rp"d and ia hat "m' rE"n"N diSlih-
.yliShrd marin" hrchi"t"rt. Frank /. ny
10y. VA called ia. After few hours
study 49, ~. blu, prints. h" Su'"r"d"d. IN
iW' ,luN = time. ~ correcting IN" tauf.
and I Second rIm" TIA" ship sailed for
France" In that hour thu architect no.
ti,rd ~. builder W"hh was sinndtng
with Strrrrr'I i;m." and tens" limbs.
watching ih, ,ir"kr r"c"d" from SIGHT.
Finally Ia. hr"k" irtn th"Sc words. II
Sh, arrives. ~ ~ heaven: II Sh" returns.
II j. hell On tn" ono hand Is homo. sue
cess a comfortable old age. n troop Of
friends: tn" other. - bankruptcy.
failure. poverty. r broken hearted end.
II is as uncertain as tho toss ~ coin"
Ten days passed by. The cable brought
tho ncws that the French government
had accepted the steamer. and made It's
paymcnt In one hour. as itweer. tho
man paid his note at the bank. bought
house on Fifth avenue. near the old