Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-07

chatter about the people and things
she cared for. had brought flush of
pleasure to her cheeks. Why couldn't
she find enjoyment in this new coun-
try? Still. some people just cannot be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cornelia Car.
rington nor Golden Dick Reilly.
The president of the Northern Lum-
bermen's Bank fingered the thin stalk
of his wineglass. Tive made an
engagement for the three of us this
evening" he began. He was-trying
to be casual. but he avoided catching
his wife's eye. We're taking Wayne
over to the Reilly's. Gloria's giving
function. blow out. as her parent
phrases It, 1t will be an initiation
for Wayne into the social terrors Of
the northwest You know the Reilly
functions are always rather some-
thing in the way of a spectacle-a'
Klaw and Erlanger first night"
They all laughed.
mot Golden Dick Reilly" Reynolds
demanded. We'll, I am getting on.
That's name to conjure with"
Mrs. Darlington shrugged her
shoulders wait and see." Then she
turned her eyes to her husband. "Oh,
Pres. tonight? l thought 1t would be
so jolly just to stay here and talk.
Pm sorry. ] said we'd come. Be-
sides"--he smiled again-"we ought
to give Wayne a chance to meet the
Copper Princess"
Reynolds laughed. THE family does
sound bit metallurgic, doesn't it,"
Being a mining engineer. you'll
feel right at home" Darlington COM
bated. Anyway" he amended. lit
will be something in the line Of an
adventure"
A RCHITEcTuRALLY the Reilly
1 mansion belonged to the late Grant
period.
ct made my wad in lumber" he had
clustered. land ] build my house of
wood"
Though in a moment of sentimental
weakness he yielded to a cheaper ma
terial, it must be admitted that he
built his house of great deal of
wood. 1t had cupclas and conserva-
tories and turrets. Dick Reilly intro
duced the first porte-cochere into st.
Louis county, and he ordered fastened
to every available projection of his
mansion deep festoons of wooden
scrollwork 1t represented a lumber
! mans dream Of heaven; it was terri
BILE and magnificent.
When it came to the interior. his
imagination had run riot. He ordered
five hundred rolls of red Brussels car
pet. and he demanded that even the
floor Of his attic be covered. He pur-
chased everything that caught his
fancy, from hand-painted beer mugs
to hammered brass cuspidors.
Having exhausted the supplies OF
Duluth, he made special trip to
Minneapolis, but his ultimate resource
became a mail-order catalogue.
Wish I'd seen this first" he COM
planned. Its got more things than
ever thought was
There was only one thing he
brought down from the woods hat
rack. In the old days, with $40 OF
money with which he should have
bought sugar and coffee and a strip
of bacon, he had purchased the
golden oak" atrocity and carted 1t
back to the Reilly shack in the lum-
Der camp.
I'VE don't need it no more than a
toad needs a TAIL" he had confided to
the merchant, but I want 1t. It's
kinda purity"
They hadn't needed 1t. so Mrs.
Reilly informed him, and she could
be shrewish when her temper was
reused.
Dick Reilly. your die in the poor
house." she had screamed. Unlucky
Nelly. He was still only lumber
cruiser the winter she died. He felt
sorry at her death. and a little guilty.
but he did not mourn her.
Poor Nelly. she was all beat out"
he had said. Things was always
hard for her-and she made 'em
harder"
After the death of Nelly Reilly the
wheel of fortune began to turn. With
his winnings at poker, Dick Reilly
commenced, on each of his expedi-
tions for the company. to blaze a
small tract for himself. No man in
the northwest was a better judge Of
timber than he. He knew trees as
gem merchant knows jewels. r.
At this time he moved his three
little girls to Duluth, where they
lived with Mrs. O'Shaughnessy. the
wife of his old camp foreman, and
went to school. He was lonely with
out them. especially without little
Gloria. Five-year-old Gloria was. in
the terminology of the camp, a wild
'un and prime favorite.
"
fortune in the northwest knows
not moderation. Dick Reilly drew
forests had been cut slept the riches
of an empire. Millions of dollars in
copper had waited cons for a fool or
a DR. Gamer to find 1t.
There the ore lies so near the sur
face in the range beyond Duluth that
only the most primitive and fnexpen-
sive methods are needed-a steam
shovel. a score Of men and cars to
convey the metal to the freight cars
In six months Dick Reilly was rich
man, in six years a Croesus. Even
he had little vision Of his wealth.
He only knew now he could buy all
the things he had admired In the
company store. He learned at last II
had become no longer dignified for
him to operate the steam shovel. Then
he began to experiment with his far
tune, like a jumper who each trial
raises the rod he has to clear one
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