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In this article the author talks about Charles Gates Dawes, a citizen of Illinois who went to France as a member of an engineer contingent. Charles laid out for himself a career as a civil engineer, hut soon found the law so necessary an adjunct to any ambitious undertaking that he branched off into that profession, and, looking for a fresh field of practice, hit upon Lincoln, Nebraska, as the place. In spite of his devotion to the law, the old fondness for development projects kept asserting itself, and a combination of circumstances presently attracted Dawes eastward, as one of the moving spirits in a large gas and coke company.