The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-21

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his price = thing no man can do.
a thing any man can d" replied
Randolph Mason.
@How7e said the attorney. his finger
still lifted, his voice stin inpressiv6lyl
deliberate.
Leave that to me" said Mason.
! Very we'll" he said. What am 4
| to do2'
What have you intended to dor
! replied Mason.
Il see nothing to dc" continued the
attorney, "other than to accept the
conditions Of Thomas B. Wood to sur
render. to give him what he de;
4 mandsl' 4
DO It then" said Mason.
The voice Of the attorney arose
again lingeringly on his words.
you give It up then. you bid me
ruin Garnett?" i
81 bid you save him" said Mason.
'But." continued the attorney.
when this agreement is once efiected,
what will be there to save him?"
Il shall be there" replied Randolph
Mason.
When the attorney left after his COM
ference with Randolph Mason, I wrote
q note to Margaret Garnet. Have a
care" I said, Randolph Mason is mo-
longer neutral"
! The next morning brought an am
4 swer n>the large, firm writing Of an
Englishwoman: Miss Garnet would
be at the Dresden at one O'clock
Would ] come there2 I was there at
the hour, and We lpnched together.
In spite Of the fact that directness
was the first quality In the nature OF
Margaret Garrett, I thought she ap-
preached the subject In question with
trepidation. She did not ask me for
the story. OF the conference. She drew
out, rather, here and there q feature
OF It by some subtle query, put incon-
sequently in the course Of our talk.
Presently, when she knew In general
what had happened, her face took on
yirile flrmness.
"Courtlandt," she said, you are evil
IDENTIFY not a poet, or else you would
see how deplorable a thing It would
be to spoil this struggle between my
father and Mr.. Wood.
st would be crude, barbaric, ugly
to throw to one or the other O balance
OF power. It would ruin the high dra-
matte tone OF the game; It would be
vandalism, like spelling a canvas OF
Raphael, or a manuscript OF Horace -
Miss Garrett" said, this is all
very beautiful to quote your own APP
propriate words; but, pardon me, are
you not giving tongue on the wrong
trail? These lines should be spoken
to Randolph Mason, and not to his
fiattered,' but powerless, secretary"
She colored perceptibly; then her
face took on resolution. every we'll .
she returned, II will say them to Ran
dolph Mason!Fs issq
! wished then that had said moth
ing. It was worse than idle to go on
! such an errand to Randolph Mason.
There was no escape, SO / went with
Margaret Garnett in her carriage to
Randolph Mason. 81 p
began then, somewhat late in the
hour, to prepare her for this meeting
I advised her OF Mason's curious hab.
its, Of his unusual abstraction. warn
ed her against his abrupt, Indifferent
manner, his rigid, searching, brutal in.
quirtes. II she had any sensibilihes
to be hurts gor any fragile ideas OF
courtesy to be outraged, We would dc
better to 60 black on the instant.
was glad OF, this elaborate warning
when the girl. stood finally before Ran.
dolph Mason.
Mason deliberately laid down the
pen in his fingers and lifted his head,
with the expression of one who sub.
mits out Of necessity to an interrup.
ton.
"Mr. Mason" the girl began. II am
Margaret. Garnett. I wish to inquire
why you care so greatly for my fathei
to prevail over Mr.. Wood"
II do not care" he said.
The young woman was evidently
surprised. "What interest have you
in my father, then? she inquired.
II have no interest in him." replied
Randolph Mason.
mo INTEREST,"" she repeated. "why
did my fathers attorney come here?,
why do you come here?" returned
Mason.
She began to speak then, her voice
vibrating like the tense string Of q
viol. She repeated, but in finer Sc
Quence, all she had said to me on that
night of Gafki's drama, and all that
she had later said over our luncheon
The spirit of the woman came forth on
the flood; she was deeply, virtually, pas
sionately IN earnest, speaking against
a sacrilege, speaking against a wrong
demanding. urging, pleading with Ran
dolph Mason to remain tmmoYably
neutral. Let the struggle between hel
father and this man be fair. Let its
thrilling, dramatic balance remain un
disturbed. She was the one whose in
terest for her father should be deep
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