The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29

:. mo INTEREST," she repeated. WHY
did my fathers attorney come here?"
"Wby do you come here?" returned
Mason,
She began TO speak then, her voice vi
bratine like the tense string OF viol
She repeated, but in finer sequence. all
ki's drama. and all that she had later
said over our luncheon. But she said
II now like one determined 10 be heard
determines in the end TO be obeyed. She
said II like advocate, speaking for
ones fortune. ones honor. ones life. She
said IL like one who had slept and eaten
with every word uttered. Her sentences
rushed, strcamed out. The spirit OF the
woman came forth on the flood; she was
deeply, vitaiy, passlonately In earnest.
speaking against a sacrilege. speaking
pleading with Randolph Mason TO remain
,immovably neutral. Let the struggle be
tween her father and this man be fair
Let its ,hrilling dramst'c balance nee re re-
| whose interest for her father should be
deepest, and she, above all things In this
world, wished to see the game played out
by the two now seated at the table. IT
was weak, cowardly I'm her father to come
here for aid. If he could not win alone.
fairly like a man, then she, his daughter,
Margaret Garnctt, wished him to lose.
The woman thus fired With transcen-
dent courage was superb My blood sang
under her words, The nerves in my
fingers tingled. but Randolph Mason sat
When she had finished he lifted his face.
hard as metal.
May 1 inquire he said. why you
arc thus cndeavoriug to deceive mep"
The girl caught her breath as though
she had been dashed with water. II am
not cndeavoring TO deceive you, she
said.
"Why. then" said Mason, have you
made these lurd speeches."
"I have made them" replied the girl,
TO acouaint you with my motive Tor
wishing YOU 10 remain neutral
Pardon me- said Mason. you have
made them to conceal that motive"
The girl recolled before this brutal
thrust. like one before blow.
II do not understand you" she said.
But I understand you perfectly" re-
piled Randolph Mason.
Then he arose and walked past her
! returned over the fsg-stone walk
with Miss Garnett to her carriage |
could find no words. OF adequate apol-
oGy The warning I had spoken was
strikingly justified. sententious regrets
would be conspCuousy vain. She wa 5
silent. like some volube witness struck
swiftly dumb by an amazing query. AT
the street gate she got herself once more
, coura geously in hand, 'Courtlandt. she
said. tell your cold. Unconditional mas
ter that since he has so ruthlessly taken
from my fingers the weapons of a man.
L shall meet him with the weapons OF a
woman.
| closed the carriage door. and she
: ulONe away IKE All elhplcsS.
The only occasion on which l have
, ever known Randolph Mason to go out
OF New York in any mans behalf was
, when he went to the residence of John
Philadelphia. The railroad magnate and
> the aspiring marshal had arrived at
terms. as l understood 1t, or, rather the
, terms of the other, The conference was
5 to conclude this treaty, I accompanied
, Randolph Mason, as l usually did
: The Garnett residence at Bryn Mawt
? is one of the most distinctive in Amer
lea. II is a reproduction in white mar
2 bic OF the Petit Trianop at Versailles:
set eXquisitely In forest. with white
! elistening roads winding among the trees
e and brook and bit OF manufactured
+ meadow.
After so many hideous monErels this
example of pure architecture is striking
: ly Impressive. especially when one comes
upon a view Of it al some turn in the
. road, The face OF the country for a
endless expense to resemble that lying
about the Petit Trianon. I think tile Sc
lection OF This model was the work Of
Margaret Garnctt. The place had been
4 the idea OF an American architect. stu
4 when one came TO NJ this masterful
young woman to the Petit Trianon there
arose a lack of harmony II the firm
white fingers OF Margaret Garnett had
been touching. like those of Marie An
toinette, the throne Of France, the bored
4 paltcd butter in the forests OF Mar,
i settles.
This conference between the richest
4 man in America and the most ambitious
\ was held in the library of this trans
n planted Partisan lodge Louis would have
gone there for a conference with Mira
)" room on the second floor admirably
- planned the light falling softly from
above. the walls paneled in Circassian
4 walnut. A great table and chairs OF that
A beautiful wood covered with morocco
4 were the only furniture, An Indian ruS
glistenins like frost, soft. priceless. COW
cred the floor IKE skin.
HI | could not easily bear in mind In The
N atmosphere OF such A place the hard
n practical nature OF this meeting. 1t was
N the hall of some stately council OF Flor
cncc, sitting above The Arno, or rather
III and the fancy became almost rcal-it
WAS the council chamber Of some doGe
u where on this night he was 10 meet tho
\ captain OF barbarian armies lying witt
u barred teeth along the Adrialic. and treat
with him for ihe city. The men In this
conference might appropriately have
taken the characters Of such a scene
Garnett, tail white, impressively pa
trician: attended, Ike that doge. hy. TIVE
n an empire in the evening of dccadence
his attorney and Randolph Mason; anc
llIc other this giant. this captain of ba =
III harlan armies. coiragcously alone.
This romantic medieval fancy persisted
II became for an instant even more rea
when throus9 an opening OF ne dor
III her face stra uingly alert. She str
n ingly, supcrbly beautiful In an eventn.
II drcas of white chiffon embroidered VIII
n silver lilies \ single cleaning strand o
n pearls falling 10 her waist. her hair VI
II taiized. FURNISHED by the jewels set In II
Tho lights Of the hall threw ner figure
Il into allulinG. exquisite relief. She va
4 tlc daughter of doTc. awaiting th
L result oE 81 fateful conference. out .
i which Venice would emerge, elastlN
II Sire alled with blood burning. viii
4 peace at some staggering, hid"uUs cost
She was NOT listening. She carried
H rather the air Of ono depending upci
n some desperate hazard. the arrival q
\ some event. tho sharp stroke Of son
H Impending fortune, | recalled tn
\ instant her words, which ! Ind not re
II pcated TO Randolph Mason. What STRAIT
\ ~ey had this woman laid? To wha
D subtle, mysterious lengths had she gon
4 in support of an Idea purely lyric
\ Whence arose the potent dominating
\ strength Of such fancy Hs tnst novlnl
Il her To jeopsrdizc the fortunes of he
1 father? Were these intangible, shadow
\ inspirations Of romance. then, strongc
\ In our lives than the love OF gain III
H t,,,-, r( no lr\p NJ Virt Sb