The Harris-Ingram Experiment

ept late. Jean was first to rise, and buying the

iked New York best of the American cities. Brown stone and marble fronts, fine equipage and dress, had charms for her, that almost made her forget a pleasant home and duties at Harrisville. She was heart and soul

Atlantic coast.' Cheer up! The 'Majestic' will bring your Englishman in, I think. This is a

e. Now what will give you a

ot take a drive, and pos

hington Square, under the American Arch of Triumph, and out Fifth Avenue, the fashionable street of New York. Alfonso acted as guide. "T

proverb 'Riches certainly make themselves wing

orrectly, my child," said the

Riches make themselves wings' and the prove

ill look at the hotel

, if the ho

ewart's millions have changed hands. Dead men have no ne

e loyalty to the Government of the United States, to resist every attempt against the integrity of the nation, and to promote

ll's handsome Presbyterian Church, and the brown stone and marble palaces of the Vanderbilt family, t

sed their hallowed music. People of all nationalities were jostling each other in their haste to enter St. Patr

teps towards the carriage. "Good morning, Mrs. Harris! Glad you have come to my church," Leo said; then taking her hand cordially,

iastic in their praise of the Fifth Avenue fa?ade; white marble fr

in the thirteenth century. The cardinal's gothic throne is on the right. The four altars are of carved French walnut, Tennessee marble and bronze. Half of the seventy windows are memorials, given by parishes and individuals in various parts of America. The vica

the erection of the first cathedral church, St. Peter's, in New York." The Harrises having invi

b Astor and his brother. Both gained wealth, very likely, because the value of money was first learned in the early Waldorf school of poverty. It was not an ill north wind that imprisoned young Astor for weeks in the ice of the Chesapeake Bay, as there on the small ship that brought him from Germany, he listened to marvelous tales of fortunes to be made in furs in the northwest. Shrewdly he determi

lue ribbon at her throat of the tint of her responsive eyes. Mrs. Harris came with Gertrude. The mother wore a gray gown, and her daughter a pretty silk. This f

leys of New England and the Central States, send their best food by swift st

itor, the waiter placed a white card by his plate. The color in the colonel's face suddenly deepened,

Reuben?" anxiously i

ly that our overdue English visitor,

d at breakfast, that the weather was to be fair. Probably the 'Ma

t Mr. Harris wrote in pencil, "I will

hat all should accompany Colonel Harris, and

importance of his mission to America, and possessed the tact of getting on in the world. If the proposed deal with Reuben Harris was a success, he expected as commission not less than five thousand pounds. Before the "Majestic" left the Mersey, that his mind

, who lived north of London in Lincolnshire. His father, the Hon. George Searles, had a competency, largely invested in lands, and three per cent consols. His rule of investment was, security unquestioned and interest not ab

had been reclaimed, and to-day the deep loam and peat-soils, not unlike the rich farms of Holland, are celebrated for their high cond

ulative kind, hence he was a fit agent for his firm. Already he had acquired a sunny suburban home in Kent, and was ambitious to hold a seat in Parliament. As he walked the steamer's

ddressed by his fellow passengers however, he was courteous, always talked to the point in his replies, and was anxious to learn more of America, or as he expresse

. Two of the passengers were English officers, returning to their commands in far away Australia. Others, like Searles, were crossing the Atlantic for the first time in search of fame and fortune. These adventurous Englishmen thou

lonel Harris cordially extended his hand, and said, "Mr. Searles, we are all glad to meet you, and bid you hearty welcome to A

Hugh Searles, as he gave each person a quick hand-shake, th

rope. Mr. Searles said, "The cause of the 'Majestic's' delay was a broken propeller in rough seas off the Banks of

coachman drove first down Broadway to the post office, then past the great newspaper buildings, and out upon the marvelous highway or bridge suspended in the air between New York and Brooklyn. Whe

re back and forth till the requisite strength of cables was obtained. The expense of the bridge was about $15,000,000, whi

xplained that "Central Park had been planted with over half a million trees, shrubs and vines, and that which was once a waste of rock and swamp, had by skill of enthusiastic engineers and landscape gard

he hotel, all agreed that Hugh Searles was thoroughly equipped to protect his English patrons in any deal that he might de

ns of English money for their manufacturing interest. Then after their visit to Europe might follow the long looked-for residence in delightful New Y