He was not a moneyed man.

He only craved the best, as his mind conceived it, and such doings seemed to him a part of the best.

Rector's, with its polished marble walls and floor, its profusion of lights, its show of china and silverware, and, above all, its reputation as a resort for actors and professional men, seemed to him the proper place for a successful man to go.

He loved fine clothes, good eating, and particularly the company and acquaintanceship of successful men.

When dining, it was source of keen satisfaction to him to know that Joseph Jefferson was wont to come to this same place, r that Henry E.Dixie, a well known performer of the day, was then only a few tables off.