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CHAPTER XXII.

When I forget any thing about an ola merchant,
I insert it as it comes to my mind. All that the
reader of this work has to do is to refer to the Index,
at the end of this volume. I have alreaely written
something about the Biningers. Here is more. A. son
of Jacob Bininger certainly did marry the daughter of
a high ex-official at Paris. Abraham B. married Miss
Draper, a daughter of Lorenzo Draper, by his first
wife. He was formerly dry goods importer, and ap¬
pointed consul at Paris by John Tyler, when Presi¬
dent. Lorenzo is brother to William and Simeon Dra¬
per. Both of the latter brothers married daughters of
John Haggerty.

Mr. Abraham Bininger had a brother William, whose
history, unfortunate and romantic, would form the
ground work of a tale to rend the hearts and bring
tears to the eves of the most hardened and unsympathis-
ing of merchants.

William Bininger was a noble fellow. He was edu
cated at Nazareth, Penn., and was intended to be a
Moravian minister. He was a glorious soul. His pros¬
pects were bright, when in a sad hour he fell in love
with a charming, beautiful girl, who lived in Liberty
street, just around the corner from the Bininger store in