The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
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broker Before the end Of the week you
Will receive a telegram from Marcus Ger
ry authorizing you TO follow my direc-
tions. On receipt of IL go at once to the
banking house OF Egan Bedford G. Co.,
and say to Mr.. Bedford that you wish to
establish a temporary line OF credit with
his house; that you are about to draw
q. series OF checks on the Fifty eighth
National bank of New York, which you
wish him to cash and for which you will
pay him the usual commercial discount
Also tell him that you have no de-
posit in the Fifty eighth National banl!
subject TO check, but that this bank VIII
| arrange with him about meeting
the checks, and to take the matter ur
more. and leave the bank.
"on the next day begin to present
your checks, payable TO yourself and
drawn on the Fifty eighth National bank
out for amounts, respectively. in your
statement of debts. With the money as
you receive II from each check, you will
at once pay that creditor in full This
you will continue until all the creditors
arc paid. II ought not to require longer
than a fortnight"
Mason arose az though TO dismiss the
audience. with young Gerry; then he
added, You VIII remember TO do exactly
as | say; do you understand that"
Il understand" replied the young man
possible. The Fifty-eIghth National bank
VIII l'NSE SDpuli'I SUCH a loss. lntSe
debts aggregate $500 900"
THE Fifty-eighth National bank OF
New York" said Mason. will not lose a
dollar"
Then cried Gerry, now utterly in
credulous, Il do not know how under
heaven Egan Bedford can be got to cash
the cheCksi'
'Tt is sufficient that know" said
Mason. Then he got up abruptly and
walked out OF the room.
I had a lot OF trouble with Winfield
Gerry after Randolph Mason left the
room. He was politely Incredulous; The
absurdly impossible. he thought. Ran
dolph Mason was nodding Egan Bed :
ford was the last man in the world to be
taken for a fool He would not cash
Not his brother. not Marcus Gerry, Ma
son was under violent Illusion about
any financial aid to be had from him.
No such authority as Mason intended
would ever arrive from him. II was out
OF the question TO tell Fgan Bedford that
the Fifty eighth National bank would
there 10 lie when in a few moments by
telephone Bedford cauld ascertain the
statement was not true. He did not
wish me 10 misunderstood him. he said.
lie had no incoming sentiment about pay
Ing Esan Bedford in his own coin. The
devil ought 10 be fought with fire II
hide of such q beast as Bedford Neither
did he wish to give me a false Impression
OF his brother. Marcus Gerry would 30
everything on earth to carry such mat
ter through except pay the money. and
that was the very thing which he must
do under this plan. Egan Bedford would
not cash the checks until the Fifty-eiEhth
National banlS-tbat is. Marcus Gerry
guaranteed them; therefore Marcus Gerry
must pay them, \ loss could not be left
suspended in the air, L, could not be
made to vanish Ike a magic Garnet :
neither could Randolph Mason. great as
he was: create 100000 out OF the naked
atmosphere OF Broadway He had not
the philosophers stone: had he? nor AL
addln's lamp? nor a genius in a copper
pot?
took the boy mp rather sharply I
reminded him that he was pretty far over
the side OF the ship 10 be striking al the
hand reached down TO help him. What
other plan had he? 4 pistol a bottle ,,f
acid. a manufactured accident? Suppose
the plan failed was he any the worse !?
The pistol, the acid. the accident re
mained 70 him. But the plan would not
fail. | did not know any more than he
how the thing was 10 he accomplished
But Mason knew. He must 90 TO Boston
and follow his directions To the letter.