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He had toiled hard and well; he had won The shadow of '99 was still over him, but the year and a new aion in the great metropolis; he won his way into the hearts and confidence of new associates and renewed fellowship with the old Invitations came thickly upon him, but he resolutely turned his back upon ry in these days

Once a week he wrote to his father, but there never was a reply He did not expect one, for Ja him to write, had vowed that his son should never hear froain until he could speak as a free man and a chastened one True to his promise, Graydon instituted nopersonal appeal, persuade Denis Harbert to drop further prosecution There were enough indictainst his father to have kept hihth Avenue not a great distance from Herald Square He was quite proud of his new quarters They had many of the unpleasant features of the old ones in Wells Street, but they were less garish in their affront to an aesthetic eye The incongruous pictures were there and the oddly assorted books, but the new geraniums had a chance for life in the broader s; the cook stove was in the rear and there was a venerable Chinae of it; the bedroom was kept so neat and clean that Drooe of all, was the change in Droom himself

"I've retired fro man stared in astonish like a dog of a workingentleman of leisure and affluence? It surprises you to see ot a dinner jacket, a Prince Albert and a silk hat There are four new suits of clothes hanging up in that closet," he said, adding, with a sarcastic laugh," That ought to hing at?"

"I can't help it, Elias Who would have dreaood clothes!"

"I used to dreaot back to New York I'd dress as New Yorkers dress--even if I was a hundred years old I've got a servant, too What d'ye think of that? He can't understand a word I say, nor can I understand him That's why he stays on withhi to leave What do you think of my rooms?"