Excerpt from The First American King

With that easy geniality which was one of his characteristics, within twenty-four hours after his arrival Mr. Kearns was on terms of friendly acquaintance with the various other guests. Most of these were men about town, of various ages, but all suffering from much the same physical troubles, and all possessed of much the same manners, habits and train of thoughts. Of men of this stamp, Mr. Kearns saw enough in the city and they did not particularly interest him. Among these guests, the one who most attracted his interest and attention was Professor Walter Stuart Dean, of Chicago. Professor Dean until recently had filled the chair of Science at Chicago University, but had been forced out because of a book on political economy he had published. Some of the theories set forth in this work were of so advanced and radi cal a character as to give offense to certain patrons of the Institution. Professor Dean's views were held to be nothing short of an assault upon the sacred Rights of Property. As one obese and in¿uential patron of the seat of learning put it, Capital stood aghast at Professor Dean's views. As some one must suffer whenever poor, timid Capital is thrown into a fright, Professor Dean, in spite of his con ceded great abilities, was made to pay the penalty.

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