The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-30
The COrrectOr of DestinieS
Being Tales Of Randolph Mason as R.,.,.a nv
His Private Secretary, CORTLAND Parks
The Burg0yne- Hayes Dinner
BY Melville DAVIDSON Po,f
Copyright by Edward ]. Clode

=" 81 out tneTe n live
iu'e.iy on a captains pay, and love
her Dig Englishman and be.happy. But
she wants his debts cleared on. .bIa
honor u~ntarnished,' she calls n II
seems to mean a lot to her. and she "a
30 absurdly In love with the tall sol.
die that II is enough TO break a body,s
heart' Now. Courtlandt. where are we
10 get this money for her?'
unfortunately" replied "r do
not at this moment think OF a conyen.
lent orphan to rob. How would Il
DO TO rife the poor box at ST.
Thomas"
Sarah Lemarr ignored my second os.
iense after the manner of a woman
ana likewise. true To the same man.
her, gave the remainder OF the story
AFTER having asked a decision in the
midst of it.
You remember Beatrix owned sev-
era thousand acres of forest land back
somewhere In the A~lleghanies, in some
county of the Virginias. Let-me-see
she said the name had been a fortu.
nate n for the first Captain Smith in
America. and ought not TO fail the sec
ond one"
"Pocahontas." | suggested.
How stupid" she said. "Of course,
Pocahontas. Well. some lumber com.
pany has managed to steal half of
Beatrix's land, and IL. and some other
rival companies, now want to buy the
remainder Of her. They will give
$4,000. They have been logging her
footsteps ever since she landed In
New York. But this Is only $50. 900.
and Bea'rix needs $4,000. II she
could get back the land which has
been stolen. it would bring the other
$4,000. ! don't know how they man
aged 10 get II. Beatrix has the
whole story In detail, with maps
and so forth. | think she failed
TO pay the taxes at some time,
and they stole 1t that way. Now,
Courtlandt. you must induce Mr.. Ma
son 10 get Beatrix's land for her.
She is stopping with me, you know.
Bring him TO my house tomorrow for
dinner. Lieut.. Gordon Smith Is going
10 Washington tomorrow TO call on the
British legation and will not return I'M
Ill very late; but he knows nothing
about il. Beatrix Is the business agent
for the pair Of them"
| smiled at the artlessness of Nine.
Won Hubert. Certainly" | said; but
why not bring the man in tho moon,
too, and the Witch OF Endor. Ran.
dolph Mason is hardly the sort of per-
son that goes out TO dinner"
We'll. then" said Sarah Lemarr,
bring him after dinner. | will write
him n little note"
I could have laughed in the girls
face. What will you say in your lit
tie note?" | inquired.
"Oh. we'll, what any one would say"
she answered, that | wish To see him
on an important business matter"
And do you know" | said, what
would happen TO your little note?"
What would happen to it," she
said. Her chin went UP. She was a
social overload, this Nine, o Hubert.
Her invitations were commands. The
social aspirant dreamed of their COM
ing. as of that of Abou ben Adhem's
Angel.
This would happen" | answered.
Randolph Mason would rip open the
envelope with his long finger, fold back
the paper where you creased it across
the middle. and drop IL into the waste
basket"
4 red flush sprang up along her dog
collar OF diamonds. | hurried to eX.
plain. Il beg your pardon" | said;
but you must think of Randolph Ma
son as you would of an eccentric scien-
tist-Darwin or Agassiz-an intel
lectual recluse without emotions. n
sort of Hindoo ascetic Of n high order.
You could not write any OF these such
n note: neither could you write such a
not 10 him. Now. there is a sort OF
note which you might write TO any Of
these. and you might try such a not
on him. although | have little hope
OF It,"
Nine. yon Hubert's head was still In
the mir. You mean" she said, such q
note ought to run: viii the ogre n
" meet a kissable fairy on the north
side OF the hawthorn thicket al moor
rise?' believe your scientist no mat
ter how old. usually comes out OF his
shell for this sort OF thing" But she
could not keep her exquisite good ma
tire under n bushel for long. She
began 10 laugh. Really. Courtiandt'
70 be serious, what ought to write
him? We must have his help ior
Beatrix."
..Tbo sort of note" / said, that you
would write to n famous ~archaeoiogis''
~ YOU wished him to call and examine
n rare Egyptian pot. or to a numis'
matist II you possessed n coin u 'ne
time OF Cyrus, or to a bacteriologist II
vo, had n culture OF the buponlc
n,aeue for him. Invite him to the eN'
animation OF a case of rare and inter
esijng injustice. at your residence on
E~,ghtv.sixth street at nine o'clock To-
morrow night" ,,,.
I was going on to explain about TINS
note a little in detail, but ,ne ,mp %.
sib,e German suddenly realized ina.
ba ought to talk. and at once set aoout
q with the persistence and regularly
=, : man filing a saw. We resisted as