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He had come from California with his wife , and stopping at the company 's office , had learned of the terrible trouble of his family . Lifting up his broken-hearted sister , who for a moment thought that she had met her brother on the threshold of the other world , he kissed Gertrude and said , `` Be brave , go back to your husband , and trust your brother to look after the steel company 's matters . '' Alfonso learned that one million dollars were needed at once to tide over the company 's affairs ; he drew two checks , for five hundred thousand dollars each , upon his banks in San Francisco and requested the creditors to wire to the coast . Before two o'clock replies came that Alfonso Harris 's cheeks were good , and the only son of Reuben Harris had saved the `` Harris-Ingram Experiment . '' Mariposa 's band of beaten gold had worked its magic . * * * * * A public funeral was given George Ingram . He was a man the city could ill afford to lose , and every citizen felt he had lost a personal friend .