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There
came
a
day
when
the
two
houses
in
Girard
Avenue
were
the
scene
of
a
sheriffs
sale
,
during
which
the
general
public
,
without
let
or
hindrance
,
was
permitted
to
tramp
through
the
rooms
and
examine
the
pictures
,
statuary
,
and
objects
of
art
generally
,
which
were
auctioned
off
to
the
highest
bidder
.
Considerable
fame
had
attached
to
Cowperwood
's
activities
in
this
field
,
owing
in
the
first
place
to
the
real
merit
of
what
he
had
brought
together
,
and
in
the
next
place
to
the
enthusiastic
comment
of
such
men
as
Wilton
Ellsworth
,
Fletcher
Norton
,
Gordon
Strake
--
architects
and
art
dealers
whose
judgment
and
taste
were
considered
important
in
Philadelphia
.
All
of
the
lovely
things
by
which
he
had
set
great
store
--
small
bronzes
,
representative
of
the
best
period
of
the
Italian
Renaissance
;
bits
of
Venetian
glass
which
he
had
collected
with
great
care
--
a
full
curio
case
;
statues
by
Powers
,
Hosmer
,
and
Thorwaldsen
--
things
which
would
be
smiled
at
thirty
years
later
,
but
which
were
of
high
value
then
;
all
of
his
pictures
by
representative
American
painters
from
Gilbert
to
Eastman
Johnson
,
together
with
a
few
specimens
of
the
current
French
and
English
schools
,
went
for
a
song
.
Art
judgment
in
Philadelphia
at
this
time
was
not
exceedingly
high
;
and
some
of
the
pictures
,
for
lack
of
appreciative
understanding
,
were
disposed
of
at
much
too
low
a
figure
.
Strake
,
Norton
,
and
Ellsworth
were
all
present
and
bought
liberally
.
Senator
Simpson
,
Mollenhauer
,
and
Strobik
came
to
see
what
they
could
see
.
The
small-fry
politicians
were
there
,
en
masse
.
But
Simpson
,
calm
judge
of
good
art
,
secured
practically
the
best
of
all
that
was
offered
.
To
him
went
the
curio
case
of
Venetian
glass
;
one
pair
of
tall
blue-and-white
Mohammedan
cylindrical
vases
;
fourteen
examples
of
Chinese
jade
,
including
several
artists
'
water-dishes
and
a
pierced
window-screen
of
the
faintest
tinge
of
green
.
To
Mollenhauer
went
the
furniture
and
decorations
of
the
entry-hall
and
reception-room
of
Henry
Cowperwood
's
house
,
and
to
Edward
Strobik
two
of
Cowperwood
's
bird
's
-
eye
maple
bedroom
suites
for
the
most
modest
of
prices
.
Adam
Davis
was
present
and
secured
the
secretaire
of
buhl
which
the
elder
Cowperwood
prized
so
highly
.
To
Fletcher
Norton
went
the
four
Greek
vases
--
a
kylix
,
a
water-jar
,
and
two
amphorae
--
which
he
had
sold
to
Cowperwood
and
which
he
valued
highly
.
Various
objects
of
art
,
including
a
Sevres
dinner
set
,
a
Gobelin
tapestry
,
Barye
bronzes
and
pictures
by
Detaille
,
Fortuny
,
and
George
Inness
,
went
to
Walter
Leigh
,
Arthur
Rivers
,
Joseph
Zimmerman
,
Judge
Kitchen
,
Harper
Steger
,
Terrence
Relihan
,
Trenor
Drake
,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Simeon
Jones
,
W.
C.
Davison
,
Frewen
Kasson
,
Fletcher
Norton
,
and
Judge
Rafalsky
.
Within
four
days
after
the
sale
began
the
two
houses
were
bare
of
their
contents
Even
the
objects
in
the
house
at
931
North
Tenth
Street
had
been
withdrawn
from
storage
where
they
had
been
placed
at
the
time
it
was
deemed
advisable
to
close
this
institution
,
and
placed
on
sale
with
the
other
objects
in
the
two
homes
.
It
was
at
this
time
that
the
senior
Cowperwoods
first
learned
of
something
which
seemed
to
indicate
a
mystery
which
had
existed
in
connection
with
their
son
and
his
wife
.
No
one
of
all
the
Cowperwoods
was
present
during
all
this
gloomy
distribution
;
and
Aileen
,
reading
of
the
disposition
of
all
the
wares
,
and
knowing
their
value
to
Cowperwood
,
to
say
nothing
of
their
charm
for
her
,
was
greatly
depressed
;
yet
she
was
not
long
despondent
,
for
she
was
convinced
that
Cowperwood
would
some
day
regain
his
liberty
and
attain
a
position
of
even
greater
significance
in
the
financial
world
.
She
could
not
have
said
why
but
she
was
sure
of
it
.
In
the
meanwhile
Cowperwood
had
been
transferred
to
a
new
overseer
and
a
new
cell
in
Block
3
on
the
ground
door
,
which
was
like
all
the
others
in
size
,
ten
by
sixteen
,
but
to
which
was
attached
the
small
yard
previously
mentioned
.
Warden
Desmas
came
up
two
days
before
he
was
transferred
,
and
had
another
short
conversation
with
him
through
his
cell
door
.
"
You
'll
be
transferred
on
Monday
,
"
he
said
,
in
his
reserved
,
slow
way
.
"
They
'll
give
you
a
yard
,
though
it
wo
n't
be
much
good
to
you
--
we
only
allow
a
half-hour
a
day
in
it
.
I
've
told
the
overseer
about
your
business
arrangements
.
He
'll
treat
you
right
in
that
matter
.
Just
be
careful
not
to
take
up
too
much
time
that
way
,
and
things
will
work
out
.
I
've
decided
to
let
you
learn
caning
chairs
.
That
'll
be
the
best
for
you
.
It
's
easy
,
and
it
'll
occupy
your
mind
.
"
The
warden
and
some
allied
politicians
made
a
good
thing
out
of
this
prison
industry
.
It
was
really
not
hard
labor
--
the
tasks
set
were
simple
and
not
oppressive
,
but
all
of
the
products
were
promptly
sold
,
and
the
profits
pocketed
.
It
was
good
,
therefore
,
to
see
all
the
prisoners
working
,
and
it
did
them
good
.
Cowperwood
was
glad
of
the
chance
to
do
something
,
for
he
really
did
not
care
so
much
for
books
,
and
his
connection
with
Wingate
and
his
old
affairs
were
not
sufficient
to
employ
his
mind
in
a
satisfactory
way
.
At
the
same
time
,
he
could
not
help
thinking
,
if
he
seemed
strange
to
himself
,
now
,
how
much
stranger
he
would
seem
then
,
behind
these
narrow
bars
working
at
so
commonplace
a
task
as
caning
chairs
.
Nevertheless
,
he
now
thanked
Desmas
for
this
,
as
well
as
for
the
sheets
and
the
toilet
articles
which
had
just
been
brought
in
.
"
That
's
all
right
,
"
replied
the
latter
,
pleasantly
and
softly
,
by
now
much
intrigued
by
Cowperwood
.
"
I
know
that
there
are
men
and
men
here
,
the
same
as
anywhere
.
If
a
man
knows
how
to
use
these
things
and
wants
to
be
clean
,
I
would
n't
be
one
to
put
anything
in
his
way
.
"
The
new
overseer
with
whom
Cowperwood
had
to
deal
was
a
very
different
person
from
Elias
Chapin
.
His
name
was
Walter
Bonhag
,
and
he
was
not
more
than
thirty-seven
years
of
age
--
a
big
,
flabby
sort
of
person
with
a
crafty
mind
,
whose
principal
object
in
life
was
to
see
that
this
prison
situation
as
he
found
it
should
furnish
him
a
better
income
than
his
normal
salary
provided
.
A
close
study
of
Bonhag
would
have
seemed
to
indicate
that
he
was
a
stool-pigeon
of
Desmas
,
but
this
was
really
not
true
except
in
a
limited
way
.
Because
Bonhag
was
shrewd
and
sycophantic
,
quick
to
see
a
point
in
his
or
anybody
else
's
favor
,
Desmas
instinctively
realized
that
he
was
the
kind
of
man
who
could
be
trusted
to
be
lenient
on
order
or
suggestion
.
