teachings of the Jesuit College at Namur, and of the Church that
had made him "noble."

All of these two years had not been spent only in New York.
Harden-Hickey made excursions to California, to Mexico, and to
Texas, and in each of these places bought cattle ranches and
mines. The money to pay for these investments came from his
father-in-law. But not directly. Whenever he wanted money he
asked his wife, or De la Boissiere, who was a friend also of
Flagler, to obtain it for him.

His attitude toward his father-in-law is difficult to explain. It is not
apparent that Flagler ever did anything which could justly offend
him; indeed, he always seems to have spoken of his son-in-law
with tolerance, and often with awe, as one would speak of a clever,
wayward child. But Harden-Hickey chose to regard Flagler as his
enemy, as a sordid man of business who could not understand the
feelings and aspirations of a genius and a gentleman.

Before Harden-Hickey married, the misunderstanding between his
wife's father and himself began. Because he thought
Harden-Hickey was marrying his daughter for her money, Flagler
opposed the union. Consequently, Harden-Hickey married Miss
Flagler without "settlements," and for the first few years supported
her without aid from her father. But his wife had been accustomed
to a manner of living beyond the means of the soldier of fortune,
and soon his income, and then even his capital, was exhausted.
From her mother the baroness inherited a fortune. This was in the
hands of her father as executor. When his own money was gone,
Harden-Hickey endeavored to have the money belonging to his