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Gradually the old ained ability to compute and co the affairs of the house; but his keen interest, his proone His presence in the office was the result of habitthe return of the steamer which bore his precious clay

This boat was delayed by storms, and for three days the broken financier, unable to remain in his office, walked to and fro between Broad Street and Bowling Green, haunting the office of the steaer, nervous and irritated, left his chair to avoid hiard face and piteous eyes

When the boat arrived, Simeon met it with his own yacht, and, with a return of his iron resolution, stood by to protect the graves of his hopes as they slid across the rail Then, ordering every soul from the cabin, he sat down beside the caskets He knew that his loved ones were there, and yet he could not realize it He was filled with a desire to prove it all a ured faces--deterred hily pathetic than that flabby, gray old -room with the remains of all he loved in this world shut away fro servant had left the roo wail, and fell upon his face on the floor, crushed and utterly despairing

When he rose he was cal charge of every detail in his fanificent and profoundly affecting Every one present in the great church shed tears of heartfelt sorrow, pitying the great banker, quite humanly; but he himself did not weep, he sat limply with eyes on the floor, in a daze of internal emotion; but when the door of the vault closed on his dead a final terrible cry burst from him, the cry of one who realizes to the last and to the full the ee without hope

His interest in the one His vast wealth would still bring him dividends, and his clerks and partners would still consult hinatures, but the ones whohad vanished