The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03

atCopyrIght. by Edward J. Clodel
RELIEVE it was theory OF Robert
Louis Stevenson that one could have
no sense OF completer physical COM
fort i'm this life than 10 escape from
I The ''bastile Of civilization and dine
timed bologna and n cake OF choco-
Ii under the mines OF Gevaudan, where
nj keeps an open house. The average
,eIIer in New York. who could hardly
M be found skeptically dissenting He
ID cite. rather, the comfortable state
lone who takes his stcaming dinner at
GOOD hostelly. Let the table be set
dely by window, let the night be
IA and rainy. let one warm and hungry
kbblcd passers. tho huddled cabmen
{njng their glistcning backs 10 the
VA. II is like Sitting comfortably II,
Esham's bosom with good view OF
In such a night of April had tho
{ier able ~ a window in the Dresden
King ont In the dripping avenue. a
hd dinner set over a white cloth. a
ttlc cooling In a tub OF ice. a clger
Aiting me on the servants tray, a
hger like wood choppers and a eeG[
ufy OF exemption from The rigor OF
lhad arrived happily al my coffee win
f thnIble of brandy, when n servant
me 10 say that carriage was Wait :
for me NJ the door. ] reDiied that
md ordered no carriage, and began 10
\ the end Of my cigar The man went
Nv but almost instantly returned say :
that some one in a carriage wished 10
me ~ once. | wen, TO the door ano
a porter took me under his umpreila
tho carriage, I had no idea VINO oe-
tndcd thus peremptorily TO see me:
my surprise was not greatly lesseh.o
In Randolph Mason's voice spoke 10
out of the darkness OF the carriage,
Iding me accompany him.
returned to tho hotel, got my coat
II hat and sat down in the carriage
Lac him wondering what could be his
lion on this uncomfortable night IL
"a be an unusual highly important
iUfcr 10 take him uptown In this chili-
: rain, for II was rare that Randolph
Ion would leave his house TO see any
III no matter Of what importance. his
III OF mon was that attributed academ-
INV 10 tho law-an equality ideally eN-
EIf ones affairs presented suit
problem, the individual In II was Il
tor 10 be estimated and dealt with.
q Otherwise not 10 be considered. rms
PnEIna in the night then meant lirst
VI the person involved could not go 10
hon. II might be some man behind
tck some innocent person involves IN
.ther's wrong doing who had hcen
Mcnly seized and must bc helped back
HIS lfcRUo1n. or NlS't II was a. N'll'p'''
n the meantime the carriage continued
eown Randolph Mason was silently
Gnkiug a cigar. lying back in his corner
He seat. and followed his example.
@hus happened 7 took no notice of our
te. However, after perhaps an hour,
lcarriage stopped and ] observed that
lwere under the porte -cochere OF one
4 The new palaces on Riverside Drive.
II he door WAS thrown open and we
,pcd down into tho presence OF A Nv
n footman, who led us into the house
- removed our COATS. and then took
suup q flight OF great stairs On tho
~ landing we passed two nurses IN
er white caps and aprons A moment
r. we were ushcred into sitting
etn Oft bcdchamher. Beside a table
u nan sat propped up IN an invalid
H. He was n huge bulk of man.
Ter over six feet. I should thinls, with
nmendous. muscular chest, thin gray
u and heavy. puffy face. Nature
On bull, him FOR gigantic labors. En-
VIZ Strength, decisive action sat In his
muscles: but they were dying now
tho man. A mere loose, dcvitaliZcd
~ hulk remained of what was once
Dlendd animal The eye alone
nea living. A brilliant, determined