The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

10 her every day. sending the letter 10
| ne iotel Nesuve In Naples for the first
| week, th"n 10 the Dardanelle In Venice.
| ,ne Continental In Paris and the Vie
| iorla in London. She was unutterably
| lappy, az those arc who look out at the
| gray world through the window Of an
| pther heart Then tho bit OF crush
| ns news. sent as a happy promise. In
| a month or so they would return to live
Wi,h hlm at Ciffcout. They had thought
| ~ all over. He would be TOO lonely by
| himself his little girl would come back
WIN tho son she had found him. lne
9,d house should be full of laughter again.
| the fairy stories say The new sons
inheritance was in the hands OF trustees:
ne could not get a penny Of 1t until he
Three years Ito live In daddy's pocket
as she put II. They had enough TO make
the trip and a little income over-enough
then. She must he economical Then the
letter laughed for half a page-the good
9aaoy had observed her try that in other
GAYS; II was always tremendously ex
pensive: but he would not care for that,
would he? He had always said that the
only adequate return which he had ever
got Tor his money was when she spent It
on her pretty self Just walt then. until
She kissed him and ruined Paris frock
from hueging him SO tightly.
lie folded the letter and laid II on the
ness Of one going firmly to his ruin.
Italy was now out OF the question. he
most remain and get employment some
where But. first. this business with
the bank must be concluded He would
go UP TO the city with me In the morn
ING. execute the mortgage and take up
the note He did not ask me about my
conference with Randolph Mason. and so
! was spared the recital of that failure
When the candles burned down ! slept
again In the guest chamber above the
gate OF dreams. Hope had abandoned
this derelct to the seas.
We Went Into the woD's bank at 10
o'clock the next morning. General CRU
ger executed the mortgage and q no
,ary of the bank filed In the prepared
acknowledGment below his signature. The
OF Myron Gates, the money paid by him
70 General Cruger, who delivered the
cash TO the bank and got the noto
stamped paid: Then. when the trans
at club and ! returned to lower Broad
way after having promised General CRU
ger TO meet him for dinner at the Hol-
When l entered the house. Randolph
Mason was coming down the stairway
He inquired what business had taken UP
the morning, and ] tou him, as bitterly
as could. the sequel to my other story,
General Cruger was now pennlless, Ny
ron Gates had boarded his galleon and
sailed SAL, aWay wa n,t With dts its cargo without
cutlass on his gunwales He was over
the horizon with his loot. the thing was
ended.
Nothing is ended said Mason. until
1t arrives at its adjustment"
Then" 1 said, this is q case for the
court OF final equity. II it ever sits"
1T is case for me- he said.
] looked at him in wonder
"a case for you?" echoed You said
Execute the mortgage and let the man
pay the bank. -
lowed that direction, I t' believe" i"S nave '0i
did not understand:
do. You recognized that yourself"
1T was the right thing to do" he
said; but not the only thlng"
you What them and you said there
would be another day tomorrow'
to It's own events. The fool confuscs
his assistant with a multitude OF dlrec-
tions. This is to be done now: You
ger Coal company under II call signed
by all the members OF the company. and
as provided by law. Prepare the record
Of the company In form author
the company 10 the London Trust com
pany OF this city as t. asteb 10 secure a
loan OF S22O.ooO. These mines, I dis
ing the earnings for ons year. Some for
eIgn clients Of the banking house OF Hurst
& Solmeyer Will pay in cash 100000 for
mortgage. Let General Cruger take that
sum and hide 1t somewhere in Europe
under his daughters apron. Bring me
the mortgage when IL is ready TO be
In the face OF all my experience Of
Mason. hazarded an objection.
But ! said. "the first mortgage is
executed. Do you mean that this prop
erty is worth enough 10 secure another
mortgage?" - .r ~
tl, ,,oIn n, H,,,, ,l,.oI
and twenty thousand dollars"
to fall on Hurst e. solmeyer?"
will make twenty thousand dollars"
Surely" / said, ''you do not mean
10 date this mortgage before the other
one, do you2 No notary could be got
He looked at me moment.
Parks" he said, 81 fear taht YOU are
beginning 10 be fool, Then he came
office,
This light breaking suddenly on sup
posedy hopeless darkness, confused me.
or else had not put useless questions
20 Randolph Mason. should have known
better, Mason's words were never idle.
nor were his plans visionary and barren.
whether he bid one do little or 4
The prophet was convincing precedent.
/ did not understand these new instruo
tIons and could no, point out their In
a pit was being digged for Myron Gates |
and that was light enough.
explained all this frankly 10 the
old man that evening after dinner at
the Holland / urged him with the logic
10 the Syrlan's servants. II Randolph
Mason had hid us build a great. loom
Ing trap for the. wolf, we should have
done IT, How much rather then this
easy thing which he suggested did
not comprehend. any more than he, how
II could result as Mason said IL would. |
n would take. In my opinion words and
masses charmed amulcts and the laying
ON OF hands to Induce any bankers TO
advance money on a second mortgage
when the property involved was worth
scarcely the value of the nrst Sull. |
Randolph Mason said the bankers would
nav over the money. and he knew.
would pledge my lfc on that, ] was
aware too that Solmcyer believed in !
Mason as the Maid OF Israel did In |
JIlisha, and that the firm had made
fortune of six figures through that faith, /
lei us dip ourselves. then, seven times
In Jordan, and leave tho cure 10 the
prophet! ,
Th, meeting OF the Cruger Coal company |
was held tho record correctly made. the |
bonds authorized. and the mortgage pre-
nnrod I'm every detail as tho law required |
II look IL TO Randolph Mason when |
,be scrivcncr had finished. He exam
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