The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
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DuJ he is cOHmtrcidi ldclol. ~ iot
ten ship is a rotten ship, The captain
of il cannot matter a two-pencc. Let
him step down and off, and the hui
go 10 Davy Jones. Pension the cap
tain perhaps, hut cut loose from the
derelict That g Marcus Gerry That Is
the sane view.
We were down town now. The car
riage was turning into Fifth avenue
The Young man touched the driver 3
button.
"'This is your club, Mr.. Parks.
bclieve.r he said 81 am obliged by
your kindness. Won't you let me give
you the gewgaws3"
"By no mcans,' ! answered. getting
ont of the cab "Please do me the
courtesy to forget our game of bridge. -
He laughed pleasantly. "Oh / shall
forget it. thank you, Seafaring. folk
at Bremen say the cable ought always
TO read, Der Kapitan ging NIT seinem
SchifTe unter. - Then he spoke to
the driver and closed the carriage
door
| went into the club and got pony
of brandy, a cigar and chair by the
FIRE. [ was greatly sorry for young
Gerry. He was an exceedanly pleas
ant fellow. Still, ] could do nothing
Hdd lhouSnl tHe HiatteI o'ei Ill.
! could, Of course, bring him to Ran
dolph Mason, but of what use was
thatl There was no balance of injus-
tice TO be squared up here. A reck-
less young spendthrift, come to the
end of his tether, was all. Mason
would have that fact out in a twinkle,
and close the door in his face. 1t was
out Of the question to fool him. He
would pick a man like vulture at Il
bone until he got TO the marrow. |
threw the cigar into the fire. Any
way, Marcus Gerry would doubtless
pension the captain of the rotten ship.
At the worst, he would probably be
better off than the most of US. Then
| recalled the German sentence.
Heinrich said TO the club stew
ard. "what is Der Kapitan ging NIT
seinem Schiffe unter7'
Der Captin went down nit his
ship replied the man.
A great light came to me. I went
over 10 the table and wrote on my
card, "Cume TO Randolph Mason to-
morrow at eleven The old Field man
sion of Broadway below Wall street, -
Then ! sent il to his address by mes
senger. Tint would at least gain time !;
and perhaps the boy would give up the
idea of suicide Then / took another
pony Of brandy and walked TO my
lodgings.
Randolph Mason occupied the old
Field mansion, on the west side of
Broadway below Wall street, 1t is an
ancient brick house with dilapidated
garden, surrounded by an iron fence.
No effort seems to have been made for
years TO keep this property in repair;
il remains almost as it was century
ago, when II was considered a type
of colonial architecture in America.
The plaster has fallen from the columns
in irregular patches. Tile large red
tiles Of the portico, which were brought
over from England. are mostly cracked
The hagstone walk TO the street re-
mains, perhaps, the only one in New
York. Still, the house is q good one.
1t was built as our fathers built-24-
inch walls, heavy oak timbers, solid
mahogany doors, and all the exposed
metal brass and copper, The floors are
hardwood, worn smooth as bone. |
think the door is considered model
of colonial excellence. | have seen II
frequently reproduced in architectural
journals. The fau"shaped panes above
are thought TO be of exceptional beauty.
| believe the brass knocker used to
grace a house in Bond street, in the
time of George the Fourth.
This property is hand out Of the
past clutching Broadway. Around it
are gigantic office buildinos, running
to twenty stories. The roar of the
greatest commerce in the world beats
along it's rustcd iron fence. | am not
entirely clear about the history of this
house. 1t seems to have descended by
an entail, as far as the law would per-
NIT, to Simon Field, who for some
conspicuous service, gave Randolph
Mason life lease of the property in
his Will. An Italian servant. Pietro,
and his wife, Francesca. kept the place
for Randolph Mason. They lived in the
basement The woman was an Italian
peasant Of a type TO be found only in
the country near Genoa, industrious
and economical almost past belief. She
prepared the meals for Randolph Ma
son, did the marketing and so forth,
but never came into the upper part of
the house. which he occupied.
This was the province OF Pietro, who
was the valet and man-of all work.
Mason would allow no other servant
near him. He seemed attached TO Pie
tro. The man was silent, efficient and
able, it seemed, TO anticipate mis- mas
ter's wishes. I picked up the pair OF
them IN little village of the Italian
Riviera when / had Mason in the south
of Europe. Pietro was a deserter from
the army and in hiding We got them
safely to New York and thev remained
with Randolph Mason.
After year in America. the two ser.
wants had become so efficient that put
them IN charge of the house and took
lodgings at an apartment club. / had
several reasons for this; one of them
was that had come now to have en-
larged social duties in New York. and
required proper bachelor quarters. 1t
also rid me OF an cXacting personal care
OF Randolph Mason. / went down each
morning at ten o'clock and returned at
three. Sometimes, however. I remained
the night. But the house was without
comforts. Il wns one huge library OF
law books, and Randolph Mason had nc
regular habits; the silent Pietro might
slip into your room at any hour for q
volume of reports. ! came more and
more 10 bless Providence for Francesca
and this jewel, Pietro.
| was a little late in arriving on
Broadway the morning after the game
Of bridge. As / stopped to open the
old IRON gate to Randolph Mason s
house, Winfield Gerry came across from
Wall street and Joined me. He looked
well-groomed ard wholesome He was
certainly n elean-limbed. clean faced
vonng fellow, and there was nothing ir