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There was no duplicate of it in America. 



In the bilhard room was a cue rack which cost 

 $7,500. It was of oak, and its value was in its carv- 

 ing and that it was made from one piece of wood. 

 In one corner was an ancient German sideboard, 

 made 400 years before in Nuremburgh. The rug in 

 this room was appraised at $3,000. There was also 

 a $2,700 pair of vases here. 



The office, Mr. Grouse's favorite room, had walls 

 and ceilings, chairs and desk of solid rosewood. Over 

 the desk waa a mosaic panel containing 150,000 

 pieces of stone. It was four feet high and three feet 

 wide. It represented an Italian soldier starting for 

 war. 



So it was all through the building the most beau- 

 tiful works of art, of furniture, of everything money 

 could buy and a person could wish for were housed 

 in the stable D. Edgar Grouse built for his horses. 



Four years after the stable was built and before 

 it had been used by anyone but the owner, his help, 

 and horses, the millionaire died. In his will D. Edgar 

 Grouse left the old time reinsman Jack Feek a com- 

 fortable fortune. Upon receipt of it Jack retired from 

 the turf and began dabbling in Wall Street. It was 

 a new game for him and in a few years all the money 

 was gone. Jack sought relief from his troubles by 

 the suicide route. 



In 1893 the year after Mr. Grouse's death the 

 stable, horses, carriages, and luxurious furnish- 

 ings were sold at auction. The building went to 

 Gharles M. Warner. Later it was the club house of 



