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Show H CHANGED CtnCUMS". ANCES. B A Slmi !!.. il MlllliiiiMlra Son t.lr la H Robert A. Johnston, sole survivor of H a firm of famous Ilio.ulway dry goodi merchants, has lived for years a hor- A mlt In what remains of bis beautiful home at Itlvetdale. on the Hudson. B This solitary man, who twelve years ago was worth J.'.OOO.OOu, has made his H home In a ham shire last winter, and even that he owes to the kindness of ;hc new owner, a Wall street concern. H John Johnston came to New York F from County Armagh, Ireland, many H years ago. He opened a small dry B goods business, which soon grew to a BWMVj great success He brought his broth- BWM ers Charles and Robert from Ireland H and mudn them his partners under tha BWMl name of J. & C. Johnston. Their groat H store at Ilroadway, Tweut) -second H street and Fifth avenue, was ona of H the llnest In New York Charles died BvS In 18S0 and John in 1KS7. Robert, the BWMV youngest brother. Inherited all the BWM property. His wealth was estimated BTH at more than J2. 000,000. The siwpen- BWMV htou of the old house was announced BWMV In 1SS8 The millions accumulated in H half a century began to vanish as If BWMa V magic No one knows how Robert BWMVf A Johnston lost bU mone 'thin H twelve years his great fortune has H melted away. Soon after John's death Robert paid $00 000 Tor a dozen acres H of laud along Cuthbert lane and there BWMV built a magulllcent stone mtvnston. There ho lived lu xtately seclusion. Tim houso was tilled with beautiful BWflB 'jnUtiiro. exquisite paintings statuary nnd hrlc-a-bruc Hut the furmer mil- BWB llonalre was growing poorer day by BwMB day. He could not keep his servants. B I-'orreht house which once belonged to BWH ),nl w:1s destroyed by lite lu 1899. It BWMVJ passed out of his possession months H before. Johnston filed a petition In BvAf bankruptcy on 1'eli G, 1900, showing Bwfl no nsnts and liabilities of V'r.,000, of BwMB which f 40 000 were deficiency Judg- BV . ments ami the rest chleflv far gro- VAV erles, clothing, servants' wages, etc. |