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During the last years of his father he had been president of the American Fur Co., and he otherwise knew every detail of his father's multifarious interests and possessions. He lived in what was considered a fine mansion on Lafayette place, adjoining the Astor Library.
"I was commissioned to provide her with money and anything else she needed. There's my carriage. Rooms have already been engaged for her at the Astor." Frederick grew angry. "I am a physician," he snapped, "and as a physician, I tell you Miss Hahlström will not dance to-night, nor for several nights." "Will you make good to Miss Hahlström her financial loss?"
He thus expressed himself in the issue of April 5, 1848: We give in our columns an authentic copy of one of the greatest curiosities of the age the will of John Jacob Astor, disposing of property amounting to about twenty million dollars, among his various descendants of the first, second, third, and fourth degrees.... If we had been an associate of John Jacob Astor ... the first idea that we should have put into his head would have been that one-half of his immense property ten millions at least belonged to the people of the city of New York.
Of course, he hoped for something better, and indeed felt confident of it. Three weeks later, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, as he stood in front of the Astor House, with his last paper in his hand, he heard his name called: "Hello, Carter; are you here?" He did not need to turn around to recognize James Leech. "Good-morning, James," he said, politely. "So you're a newsboy," said James.
They are two marble busts, facing each other; one of the founder of the Library, the other of its first President, Washington Irving. A finer study in physiognomy than these two busts present can nowhere be found; for never were two men more unlike than Astor and Irving, and never were character and personal history more legibly recorded than in these portraits in marble.
There were only a few, and as they were mostly directed to those in authority in the fishing fleet, and to Astor M'Kree, Katherine was quick in coming to the conclusion that it was Mr. Selincourt who had arranged with the post office for the forwarding of this particular mail. A shiver of fear shook her as she thought of him.
Astor was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and yet he lived out his days with a beautiful and perfect disbelief in revealed religion. He knew enough of biology to know that religions are not "revealed" they are evolved. Yet he recognized the value of the Church as a social factor.
To his great delight, young Astor learned that, so far from being compelled to pay his employer for learning him the business, as in Europe, he would be certain here to receive his board and nominal wages from the first. The next day the three started out, and succeeded in obtaining a situation for the young man in the store of Mr.
A part was expended in leasing for a long period property which the owners would not sell, and the rest in buying property in fee simple. These leases, some of which have but recently expired, were extremely profitable. In his purchases of land Mr. Astor was very fortunate. He pursued a regular system in making them.
"Where are you going to sleep to-night?" asked Frank. "I don't know whether I'd better sleep at the Astor House or Fifth avenue," said Dick. Frank looked perplexed. "You don't mean that, do you?" he asked. "Of course I don't. You're too fresh. Don't get mad," he continued good-naturedly, seeing the flush on Frank's cheek. "You'll know as much about the city as I do before long.
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