The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-09-24

y and 81 tragedy IN that last Sc
49, q Pierpont Morgan to Ed
hartman a. Arden.
Naa an hour bic with the fate of
street and the stocks AMI
- ahares Of transportation.
80 the third man present, eithe:
fuiroleum King or that massive
- oi ne ereat northwest this
- uI,un ne terraces Of Tower Hill
- have been framed as THE
- Cuuncil of the Triumvirs," who
80 pariitioned the business of this
assisu World.
IIarriman had fought his final fight,
- ~ kneW O. So long as the cur
- of hood within his veins Was
49, enough 20 feed the heart the
&nniiess spirit OF the railway king
- besn content 10 stand alone. He
- ne neoded help OF counsel or
I1nsolafion anywhere. Only a fort
49, behind him. and with the gray
IIaaou oi dissolution on his face, he
- rouaed his vast energies for an
HHIlrluE caort. and flung from his
49, mane iike sheep dogs the hun
30 risck sanders who had thought
~ rohhle his accumulations in pre-
naiurr division.
~ ne MASTER OF Arden. who saw
~ thiuEs clcarly and faced things al
aaIs o. they were. saw in his tottcr-
lna hints and nickering pulse the en1
go ampirs and the final lapse of pow
Hartman faced his fate. as he faced
~ problemA clear-headed, serene
80 caiholic 90 the closing hour.
many great men bad been mention
- a. sucoeed him Many names OF
noser elose 20 his rule had been writ
80 hi the speculative prints to grasp
a. scepter a. q fell from his nerve
49, hand. the Master Builder knew
H1sier than us all the one man in all
- uorid Who was equipped to hold
- rein- No maudlin friendship for
- comrades. no selfish narrowness
49, q perpetuated dynasty. tempted
49, a. forget the stability of his vast
EFuprrtiea or the safety of the bust
nnaE uorld just soaring out of panic
g. proaperity-that business world
81 uhich and on which he had build
90 en- his power.
Ana "a. having provided carefully
nmung bis physicians and his friends
naainsi any premature injury TO the
marteta ~ the untimely announce
manf az his death-dying. but devot-
nd budy rone. but mind triumphant |
~ 81 snd-<he Msst'a Builder sent
80 ~ master Banker Of the age!
E1uard Hartman summoned Pier
nuni Morgan.
80 nan. save Pierpont Morgan,
nnoWa. or ever viii know, perhaps,
uhai took place In that fateful inter
49,. uhich passed from one man 20
e. ofher a greater empire than Cae-
go 81 Alexander ever ruled.
Whaf we're the real terms, what
wHrs me pledges and what the SOL
go words Of greeting and farewell,
80 can Only speculate.
Morgan. DARK and grim, huge of
nulk and ruddy with abiding health.
80 Hartman. slender. pale and frag-
lln-anfiiheses IN body. yet matched
A. ~ important things of mind and
nElrlf-there alone on the sunlit ter
rarrs ~ Arden-these mighty figures
e. en- republic-hargaining a finan-
rlal kinEdOm amid the pale shadows
&C. hoFering'deathi
a. would BE- dificult 10 paint or 20
nunrcirs q scene 80 full of power and
nafhus and suggestion as this real
80 az NE and death and money in
~ Ramapo hills.
Dab ! cannot fail TO wonder. as
rlrrpuni Morgan walked down the
auiemn terraces back to this world
80 90 assume the throne which IA I
80 iefi him. whether there did MT
cons along with the pallid face of
hartman the haunting memory of
Ihai olhcr and mightier king never to
- acihroned-that gray. resistless
monarch of the Shadows. before
wham PierpOnt Morgan himself must
49, in time. and at whose relentless
huckuninE he. too. must relinquish his
ncepier &C sold TO yet another, who in
~ turn must also abdicate to death!
Rlnr once more. oh, solemn baCd.
a. nncs thai linn the epic OF our
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