The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-10-01

mage was turning INTO fllth avenue.
The young man touched the drivers
button.
This is your club, Mr. Parks. 1 be-
lieve," he said. Il am Obliged by your
kindness. Won't you let me give you
the gewgaws?"
''By no means" answered. getting
out of the cab. please do me the
courtesy to forget our game OF
bridge"
He laughed pleasantly. "Oh. l shall
forget it. thank you. Seafaring folk at
Bremen say the cable ought always
to read, Der Kapitan ging nit SEMEN
Schiffe unter.'" Then he spoke to
the driver and closed the carriage
door.
went into the club and got a pony
of brandy, a cigar and a chair by the
fire. l was greatly sorry for young
Gerry He was an exceedingly pleas
ant fellow. Still. could do nothing.
/ had thought the matter over fully.
l could, of course. bring him to Ran
dolph Mason, but Of what use was
that? There was no balance of in
justice to be squared up here. 4 reck-
less young spendthrift, come TO the
end OF his tether, was all. Mason
would have that fact out in twinkle,
and close the door in his face. II was
out of the question to fool him. He
would pick a man like vulture at 4
bone till he got to the marrow. I
threw the cigar into the fire. Any
way, Marcus Gerry would doubtless
pension the captain of the rotten ship.
At the worst, he would probably be
better off than the most OF us. Then
j recalled the German sentence.
"H enrich" I said TO the club stew
ard, what is Der Kapitan ging nit
seine m Schiffe unter%"
Der Captain vent down nit his
Ship replied the man.
A great light came to me. went
over to the table and write on my
card. Come 10 Randolph Mason to-
morrow at eleven. The old Field
mansion off Broadway, below Wall
street" Then ] sent it to his address
by messenger. That would at least
gain time; and perhaps the boy would
give up the idea of suicide. Then 1
took another pony OF brandy and
waited to my lodgings.
was a little late in arriving on
Bro adway the morning after the game
of bridge. AS l stopped to open the
old iron gate to Randolph Masor's
house, Winfield Gerry came across
from Wall street and joined me. He
looked weu-groomed and wholesome.
We entered the house and crossed
the wide hall to the old-time drawing
IN nffpn AG
threw back the mahogany door, ] OBJ
served Randolph Mason leaning over
the table in the middle of the room.
! He Strengthened mp, cast q steady,
searching glance at young Gerry that
ran swiftly over him TO his feet, then
turned abruptly and walked into the
adjoining room, closing the folding
doors behind him.
We entered and young Gerry took a
chair by the window. WAS that Ran
dolph Mason?" he said.
l answered that it was.
Until saw his face" he continued,
II could have sworn that it was Lie
bach. the greatest surgeon in Europe.
He has Liebach's hands, too. But the
j resemblance vanished when he looked
up. This mans lean, sinewy, pro-
truding jaw is almost a menace. He
is not as gray as Hebach, either; and,
besides that, Liebach has, once in n
while. something gentle in his face,
If they do call him the wolf in Mu-
mich. This mans face looks metallic,
as though IL might ring if you struck
! It,"
laughed, tossed him the morning
paper, and begged him to excuse me
while I ran over the morning mail.
was scarcely seated before Pietro ap-
peared. saying that MIR. Mason wished
to see me. / arose and went into the
adjoining room.
Randolph Mason sat at his table,
his elbow on the writing-pad and his
chin propped in the hollow of his
hand. Before him was square sheet
from his memoranda files. He began
to vollcy questions in a voice that
snapped like the click of a gun-barrel
into It's block.
'Is Wilder acquitted?"
yes" l answered; "a per curiam
opinion yesterday. The mandate viii
come down from the United States
circuit court OF appeals. Monday"
"The Atlantic Canadian Securities?'
Returned out OF court, coupons
paid up. costs assumed by the syndi-
cate"
Andre De5sausure?"
Dead" ] replied.
AT the word. Mason turned over the
memorandum sheet OF the table. rold-
ed his arms and stared vacantly at the
rows of bookcases lining the wall.
This was the enemy beyond him The
state department waited n day too
Ions The little Frcnchman had taken
TO his brazier of charcoal like an inn
pulsive son Of the QUARTER Latin. and
Mason had failed i seized this oppor-
tune mood to- get an audience for
young Gerry
"Mr Mason" + said, ON Tho next
room is another man booked to the
same shippingpoint"
Tie turned sharply in his chair.
Bring him in." bee said
opened the door and requested the
young man to- come into this private
Office. although J had little hope that
Randolph Mason would even hear his
history 90 the end. had no hope of
his assistance for young Gerry: his
case had none of the elements of UNI
corrected injustice. bringing St within