. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. I shall settle it now. I amgoing to pardon that young man. Two tears fell from the priestseyes and rolled slowly into the whiteforest of his beard. Mike Murphystared straight before him, while hisfingers felt vaguely for the rim ofthe hat that had fallen from his hands. Go home, Mike, said the Gover-nor gently. Go home and tell thewife and the mother. When his petitioners had departed,the Governor sat long in the recep-tion-room, thinking of the old he opened his watch it was notto note the hour, but to look on awomans likeness; and he crosse
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. I shall settle it now. I amgoing to pardon that young man. Two tears fell from the priestseyes and rolled slowly into the whiteforest of his beard. Mike Murphystared straight before him, while hisfingers felt vaguely for the rim ofthe hat that had fallen from his hands. Go home, Mike, said the Gover-nor gently. Go home and tell thewife and the mother. When his petitioners had departed,the Governor sat long in the recep-tion-room, thinking of the old he opened his watch it was notto note the hour, but to look on awomans likeness; and he crossed hisarms on the desk and buried his facein them. The old days had given himmuch that the latter years had stolenfrom him. He sighed and lifted hishead. Toor old Mike! he said. Imsquare with him at last. I wonderwhy he took my part that day ? Andhe wearily climbed the stair to hislonely room. He did not know that when Red-Head went home that noon, nearly fif-ty years before, he had found cutting out a pair of Women Who Have Immense Wealth WHO is she?Who is the female Croesusof this age of colossal fortunes,of magically acquired wealth ? Richest woman of the world—whocan claim such distinction? Wheredoes she live? What does she do?What are her hobbies? Is she gen-erous to the poor? Is she married?Is she the mother of children? Whatare her characteristics—the peculiartraits that make every human beingindifferent from some one else? Would it not be interesting toknow? Yet the Sphinx could not give an-swer says the Chicago Inter-OceanUndoubtedly there is one richest wo-man in the world, but who she is noone knows. Old earth to-day has many richwomen—women whose vast fortuneswould have staggered the famous oldKing of Lydia. There are, for ex-ample, Mrs. Hetty Green, Mrs. AnneWeightman Walker, Mme. Creel wifeof the Mexican Ambassador to theUnited States; Bertha von Bohlen,formerly Bertha Krupp, head of thegreat Krupp gun works of Germany;Princess M
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