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The reat Canby fortune S had swum in the icy waters of the Maine coast until transforht wealth and renown to the shrewd old Yankee, as alleged to have s even in his coffin, but the Canby fa of the source of their incoraduated from Harvard they were fairly well deodorized

In the EastCanby the , where he was fully aided and abetted in his desire for seclusion by his neighbours, who disliked hihly that they went out of their way to avoid speaking to hiraduated without distinction, he concentrated his efforts upon an atteland coterie that politely but firmly refused to do more than admit his existence

In pursuance of his ambition he built a castle-like residence and specialized in orchids and roses, purchased a yacht, became an exhibitor at the Horse Show Society praised his roses, but their admiration did not extend to Canby; he went on solitary cruises, in his floating palace and the Horse Shohich had proved an open sesame to others, in his case was a failure

Finally he irl who had the entrée to the circle he coveted, but his wife received invitations which did not include her husband The divorce court ended the arrange's ransom in alimony into one of Boston's first fa, Canby never attributed his failure to the proper cause, which was his unpleasant personality, but regarded it as a conspiracy on the part of Society to defeat hily ca he spent his ti, where he had no visitors except Helene Spenceley and her brother, who ca himself from invasion from the smaller cattlemen and homesteaders was in the nature of a recreation to Canby, who had varioushimself of their presence

Boise Bill was one of those he kept for the purpose of inti prospective settlers and was considered by him his ablest lieutenant Theretofore when that person returned and stated that the job of running off the newcomer was one he did not care to tackle further, Canby could not fail to be impressed by the declaration