The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
I,ZzL1RSDA = AT THREE
BY DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS.

Copyright BY =. s. Mcclure Coz
Soon after Fenimore Dayton. became
interview James Mountain. That
famous fnancier was then approaching
the zenith Of his power over Wall street
announced that he had g absorbed'' the
Great Eastern 8 Western Railway
system-of course, by the methods
which have have mage aaitna s1me men and some
the apsn sRs e city It h adtes
had two reasons for sending Dayton
first, because he did not like him; sec !,
ond, because any other man on the staff |
would walk about for an hour and come |
back with the report that Mountain
ton would make an honest effort.
/ Dayton turned in at the Equitable |
building and went up to the floor occu-
! pied by Mountain, Ranger & Blakehill.
He nodded to the attendant at the door
Of Mountain IS own suite Of offices,
strolled TRANQUILITY down the aisle be-
tween several rows of desks at which
sat Mountains personal clerks, and
knocked at the glass door on which was
printed "Mr. Mountain" in small gilt
| letters.
"Comel'' 1t was an angry voice
Mountain at it's worst.
Dayton ogened. :, the door Mountain
|
fore him. His red forehead became
network of wrinkles and his scant white
I eyebrows bristled. t'And who are
yous" he snarled.
>s11My name is Dayton-Fenimore Day
ton,'. replied the reporter with
f { Ssfis2ey;g polite bow "Mr' Mountain
It was impossible for Mr.. Mountain
altogether to resist the impulse to bow
in return. Dayton Is manner was COM
polling.
e.. END AM ~, What the dev-what can do
t% Esp fssssi fr %eo tas ,.an4ns
to his feet in a purple, swollen-veined
fury. WHow dare you enter here9O
!But-why notify Dayton looked sur
- NtImpudence!" III. ~ = !.
ton P sme9 asressSH DaX
unsuccessful audacity. For example,
if you had failed to get the Great East
ern. & Western, they'd have said you
call it audaeity: N;S}w, if I'd failed to
|! get here-.perhaps-"
He saw in young Dayton the signs Of a
J quality he especially admired-he
, couldn't help softening toward him: ct
stand corrected he said gruffly. Then
he laid his hand on the young man s
shoulder and pointed +t toward the arge
, oe TT de,h said Dayton. 70
"There are thirty:seyen Of them
and that big a ngmbsku4l at d the door door
tb thirty meh to save me fromM AsS
, dacity such as. yours. -, Yet, here you
1eer eEpl an l RfqIE;a'o 0H''e' now 90
l Dayton laughed-his laugh was very
contagious sagi don hnq }T1 I'm o sar4
sort uS ee Of men who could outwit me, they d
: theirs'''
] Mountain IS eyes smiled. The longer
t he looked at Dayton g refined yet reso
aoSp face the s Rftts a hs 4ene it
> mock resignation. :'But be quick, anG
I be careful not to initiate me with ques
j. tions that are-audacious. My diges
d ton is poor, and, therefore, my temper
is no nGt+ t. IT. It mig might 1 b. s+ -
g4e5 'aS ass ssSEoS0 se?y fe
!; the last one-the one since which hi.
9 "cheek" has been thought of and spok
b en- Of, admired and envied, as "Napol
RE po1d fSs' 1e
r at musical in the studio of his friend
+ whom he straightway fell in love. :. Sht
J. was Elsie Grant, the; only daughter o:
d Mrs. James Wexford Grant, She hae
IS mother was even then negotiating To-
an Italian prince who. thought well o:
s. Elsie and also Of her large dot. An(
it then Dayton had > come--and he wa
d never the man to shy at obstacles.
ing what was going on. He made Low
to her daughter in a straightforwar.
way. To Elsie, who then could thinl
only in terms Of the Almanach de Gotha
it seemed the way of a Rudolph o
tain farm in SWITZERLAND to conque
o. mon with his sword and women wit
his smile, and to found on empire. Whe
o. the Grants went. abroad in March h
re succeeded In getting q rowing Europea
vent n Re fT1% stesmeR Hs put
- fore they landed-he did not speak o
- love until. she had given him the right
[e not only by encouraging him, but ais
ID ately- wished to hear the words tina
lay behind his looks and tones. HDon
re- answer me now he said. TT dom
,r want you on impulse You re goin
ID down into the country for week. Whe
YOU come up to London you wi
IL REOW.
He went on to London and began t
cast about for. something out of the OF
binary to send his paper. In a Time
If report of a meeting of the Royal 81
ciety he found the hint he was seeking
g. The world renowned philosopher an
~ scientist, Lord Frampton (Hubert Foss,
in had addressed the society on eth
10 Destiny Of Democracy IS
70 "I'l interview Foss, . said he
h. Iveagh, the London correspondent of hi
On paper. Everybody in America know
ut his name. And what he'll say alon
id those lines will make a lot Of talk owe
10. there lust now. ~ 81 +
sh "But' '-Iveagh was an Englishnla1
It. unused to and abhorrent Of America
he ways" you can't DO it, Mr., Dayto;1
~ Lord Frampton, with emphasis on tt
n title, "is a very old man--almost 9
to He lives as quietly as. possible; sees r
hit one. He wouldn't think Of interview
to ing. He's very old fashioned, dislike
ur even our newspapers. And he g been
he sort Of recluse all his life.''
to emo harm in trying said Dayto
- "IM just drop him line.
. In the mail two mornings later can
at the answer. Dayton opened it in Il
to presence Of Iveagh. It was printe
IT'S slip, which read:
ry lord Frampton appreciates 20,
al courtesy. He regrets that age and 4
a state Of his health make It impossib
al. for him personally to thank you.
cir thought 3d.. said Iveagh, not co,
'rs cealing his delight at Dayton IS discor