The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
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me, instantly on the tick OF the, clock.
L s,ie5 ins5e any way 10 co correct this in
Piled Randolph Mason. You are pres!-
dent. of this insurance company. are you
"Whv yes I am STILL It's president,
And You doubtless heye funds of the
| tlnued Mason
"I am trustee" answered the invalid
for the entire surplus fund OF the com,
Bank OF Ameslca.'
Then. said Mason there is the
remedy in your very. hands"
An expression OF despair returned TO
the mans face so briefly lighted with
hope
that direction: II gave my wife check
for any portion OF this trust fund. she
would doubtless be criminally involved
moneys II lifted this mortgage from
her property with the money, the direc-
tors of the insurance company would,
when such facts were discovered after my
sell 1t 10 make good the funds so used.
Do not misunderstood me. I would no
| longer hesitate on any moral grounds.
| I believe that my services TO the company
| are worth living 10 my family, AT any
| rate. now. In the face of death. ! would
so use The money and take my chance
on the right Of 1t before the judge over
the frontier would not TO save my
| own life, take these trust moneys OF the
company. but to save my family from
poverty | would take them II there were
any way TO do Il.
| There is way TO do It," said Ran
dolph Mason How much money will it
take 10 satisfy this mortgage
The invalid opened tin dispatch box
on the table before him. took out some
| papers and looked over them a moment.
| Two hundred and four thousand and
seventy-flve dollars, " he replied. "includ :
| ing interest until tomorrow
| VERY we'll" said Mason, write out n
check to the holder OF this mortgage for
| that sum-"
The sick man spread out checkbook
before him on tho table, carefully and
| laboriously made out check and handed
II to Randolph Mason, who looked at II
sharply for moment. then laid 1t down
| on the other papers.
THAT Will do he said Take up your
note tomorrow with this check. have the
mortgage Cancelled and released, direct
your wife TO sell this house instantly for
what she can get on the market In cash.
| take the money so received and so imme =
diatcly TO her relatives In England, and
there conceal the money under their
| He paused a moment. then he looked
| thoughtfully at the invalid
"A suitable reason for this immediate
| exodus will be the taking OF your body
SEX" sc, '' 'f'' "'''''s '''' ''''eS'''' GUS
| "Al shall be done exactly as YOU di-
rect" replied Curtis, leaning heavily on
| could return the money to the insur-
ancc company: IL only ] could even mat
ters with that cold, cruel. cunning polit-
ical intriguer, Igshould die happy
the saints. The Assurance Company of
North America will not Iose dollar.
and matters VIII be squared once for
| all with this politician"
| q
| together,
Human pity" he said. has ALWAYS
promised the impossible to the dying.
Sir" said Mason, II promise nothing;
I merely. point out, the, inevitable"
perform the thing you speak Of"
Pardon me- said Mason. your own
hand has already done tt
The invalid looked down at his hand,
swollen tight in the skin trembling. pur-
pie.
II am too tired" he said. Ito guess
what pleasantly you mean. am like
Nicodemus. accustomed 10 look upon
| things as they occur In nature. I wish
10 life mortgage from this property;
In order to do that paw the holder Of
How can II be that the mortgage Is thus
lifted. the holder OF 1t paid and vet the
! funds OF that other not taken, and the
holder Of the mortgage not paid? Such
! things may be possible in a land OF fall
r!es. but not here. not IN New York,
not turn into chips under the pillow OK
the wicked. neither does an rccount In
bank renew itself like the widows curse
] beg YOU 10, tell me what YOU mean"
| If YOU Will give me sheet of pa
per replied Mason. II will show YOU"
The sick man pointed to writing pad
on the table with pen and inkstand
the table. and wrote. rapidly for mo-
mcnt Then he laid the written page
before Mr., Curtis.
taIy, Mr. Parks, to lay before your di-
reGtors when YOU are dead
cbaT SSt his esGws painfully hs in his
propped up his heavy, putty -colored face
In his swollen hands and read the paper
looked r1 up finally his face face siowed. ne" ne
ns to osf himself nj He fa's ass fs t though speak
Then he sat for q considerable time.
| holding the paper In his fingers his
mind intent on this new aspect of the
cnse. At length he turned back to the
table laboTiousy copied the paper. en-
closed II In an envelope. addressed 1t
and handed 1t to mo, Then he spoke
nc II { GHnsasr S,11s;ssno this , thing" he said. to
Is a mere l, principle OF iieN"Ss' iaW.S "AS0"' IL
| linen we went out OF the room and
down through the silent house to our
carriage, waiting In the rain
| followed the sequence OF events with
the keenest scrutiny. The newspapers
contained no. notice of the sale OF the
house on Riverside Drive by Richard
r. Curtis but found n deed of sale
on record showing. cash consideration
OF two hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars Five days later Mr.. Curtis died
OF Brights disease. His life and bust
ness career were claborately reviewed in
the public prints observed the signifi !.
cant Item 10 his birth I'm Sussex and
that his body would bo taken there for
burial. Evidently the directions of Ran
doIph Mason were being followed with
scrupulous eNactness. All this whetted
still kecncr my curiosity aS to the sealed
letter In my possession.
Finally. on the first Wednesday Of the
succeeding month the board OF directors
OF the Life Assurance Company of North
America met at the company's building
on Broadway I appeared before II and
presented the letter. In attendance upon
tho meeting were some OF the great Il
nanciers of New York and, among them,
the company attorney, Mr.. Eustace Rul-
ing, whose reputation ns counselor Is
established beyond any mans comment