. The romance and tragedy of a widely known business man of New York. XLVI XLVII XLVIII XLIX L LILII Contents PAGE An Importer and Dealer 146 Sad Hearts at Knollwood 150 New Faces 156 A Short Year and a Merry One 160 A Voucher 163 Two Sides to the Question 166 The Panic of Ninety-Three 169 Farewell to Redstone 173 A Summer on the Sound 180 Monmouth Beach 184 The Ship Founders 188 The Family and Friends 195 W. E. Stowe & Co., Incorporated 199 The Struggle Commenced 204 The Struggle Continued 210 Darkness Before the Dawn 217 Brighter Days 221 Smooth Sailing Into Rough Waters 225 The Tyranny of t
. The romance and tragedy of a widely known business man of New York. XLVI XLVII XLVIII XLIX L LILII Contents PAGE An Importer and Dealer 146 Sad Hearts at Knollwood 150 New Faces 156 A Short Year and a Merry One 160 A Voucher 163 Two Sides to the Question 166 The Panic of Ninety-Three 169 Farewell to Redstone 173 A Summer on the Sound 180 Monmouth Beach 184 The Ship Founders 188 The Family and Friends 195 W. E. Stowe & Co., Incorporated 199 The Struggle Commenced 204 The Struggle Continued 210 Darkness Before the Dawn 217 Brighter Days 221 Smooth Sailing Into Rough Waters 225 The Tyranny of the Jury Law 231 Bitter Trials 234 At the Brink of the Grave 237 Again at the Helm 241 A Nightmare 246 Retrospection 249 A Dream 254 From God and the King 258 A Foundation Principle 268 ILLUSTRATIONS The Woman Frontispiece PAGE Portrait 14 Sunnyside 82 Redstone 104 Redstone—Library 108 Off for a drive 144 Eighty-sixth Street and West End Avenue 176 Redstone—The Hall 256 Chestnut Ridge 262 Chestnut Ridge—Library 266 PU8L ASTO*, LMIOX ANDTILOEM FOUNDATION!.. fkil- /f/3 THE ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY OF A WIDELY KNOWN BUSINESS MAN OF NEW YORK CHAPTER I THE FIRST ROUND OE THE LADDER New York, February 23, 1866. Master Walter E. Stowe: If you have not yet procured a situation, pleasecall at my office, 45 Duane Street, and oblige. Yours truly, Jno. Derham,Per T. E. D. This letter came to me in response to my applica-tion for a situation as an office-boy. I had repliedto the advertisement in the Herald, without consult-ing my parents, knowing they would raise objectionsto my leaving school. My father, one of New Yorks old-time shippingmerchants, running a line of packets to Cuban ports, 16 The First Round of the Ladder. had failed in business as a result of losses during thewar, the crowding out of sailing vessels by steamers,and unfortunate outside investments. It did not require great discernment to see the ne-cessity of my giving up all idea of going to ColumbiaCollege, for which I w
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