The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-10
The Corrector of Destinies
Being Tales of Randolph Mason as Related by
His Private Secretary. CourtIand. Parks
The LIFE TENANT
By Melville Dapisson Posi-
Copyright by Edward ]. Clods

membered by New York The proud
old 9owager cut society like a butch
/ or. The list WAS a streak OF blood.
No massacre OF King Philips war
| ewes left more savagery skuiklng in
| the bushes The terrible old woman
openly declared that she intended 10
/! give New York the haycnet, as her
great relative did in III
/ | shall always remember this din
| ner for another reason. 1t was the
/ first appearance in America of Beatrix
Waldo after her marriage With Capt.
| Gordon Smith OF his maiestys lines in
/ South Africa. There were iot OF
! floating, disconnected rumors about
| this marriage. Beatrix certainly posed
as an heiress before the Engiishman
| went under the yoke. and We got
| the impression, doubtless directly, that
he had large estate somewhere on
Loeb Codan. G 5000. at any rate, over
| his pay, Then we heard later on,
/ through Jimmie Dale, | think--he al
| ways knew the foreign gossip-that the
| Engiishman did not have brass far
1 thing over his pay, and was rath-
CT worse off than that by a fat budget
! Of debts. We knew that Beatrix had
no income TO speak Other aunt kept
| the COMMANDERS going fer herr There
We're wild lands, back inland some
where, that Beatrix nsed To tsrn into
/ oil coal ard spruce lGgabcr " hen she
got 10 dreaming. but the over-drained
old aunt used to pay taxes on them,
and think that was about the only
reminder Of the fortune that ever
came along to New York.
| had SlFah Lamar on my right at
| this dinner. and. fortunately, ar. inn
| possible German person on her right,
who kept his nose we'll In hts wines
and pates- WANTED 70 ask Sarah Lee
MARI about Beatrix, and was glad OF
| the Teuton's exclusive interest In his
1 stomach. | shared a rather general
| curiosity. The. EngEishuian was here
/ with Beatrix, putting in his leave el
absence. II they moened for van
| ished Ekorados, one saw no tear-stains
in H. | thought the pair OF them at
the far end ri the table looked happy
| enough, pretty comfortable for dIsilTi-
4 stoned fortune hunters Presently [
got Sarah l6harr to myself, and was
about to inquire into the mystery when
she took The very subject from the tip
OF my tongue ---s-'.-
4 have been hoping for word with
you, Cpurilapdt," she said its about
Beattix Saith She needs your as.
sistauce."
y am no; a divorce lawyer" I
said
Nonsense, CourtIandt.~ she answer
ed; they iove each other They arc
lovers. Gu you gather She signid-
eance of st;eb an undreaucd of ending
to the effCa each OF them made to
marry fo.tune?"
Then" said, "Reatrix cannot need
assistance Poets tell us that lovers
do not dwell in this land Of trolley
cars and spindles, but somewhere on
blessed islands they are happy"
But my dear boy said Sarah L.
MARI, Hone might take a stone bruise
or thorn In the thumb even ON a
blessed island"
Not So | answered. "the Well at
the Worlds E,rd liz there, ana whose
ever tasteth thereof shall be perfect
us his dreams are perfect. and around
and all about this lard Eethe. the River
of Oblivion. rolIsits watery labyrinth.
J Nay. do not interrupt me: the human
heart longs with a longing that cannot
he uttered for this enchanted country
| where, you tell me, BeatrIxswalks with
her Englishman"
wen said Sarah Lemarr who
in the girl Courtlandt?e *
There you co. said. "demonstrat.
ing the greatest unNritten truth about
/ d woman, namely, that every refec
{ ton arises FROM a personal experience
If one deplores sin, he has robbed his
employer in his youth; If one apostro
phizes love, he is about 10 marry Miss
Jones Of Fortg-eighth street. The girl
in my case, dear Madame Won Hubert
I. IN that mysterious iairywclHan, daugh.
Ter ~ kbu Jaffar, suthanted the Vie
Il iFt fpIS, SStVNu Sldltll W DdEhdu Nlhu'l
The dynasty or the Abbasitles, atleer
on her silk carpet inFAraba''
Here the impossible German rcrson
Interrupted to inquire ii bought he
truffles were canned | did not think
, they were canned, and he was content;
/ but the moment gave Sarah Lcmarr q
lead and she seized it with the pracu
cal directncss Or Il New Bedford skip
per. tr @a&
Now, Ceurtlandt,s she said. 'be
, sensible Beatrix needs $4,000"
"How original OF Beat:ix." | replied
: Most of us need only couple of hun.
dred."
/ IF you are going to be nasty about
it. Cour;landfy she said. 81 win move,
Z speak 10 Son again. You must hclt
Rcatrtxto fin,i thiB $4,000 Tho poor
EfI ~ dreadfully worried about it
You see. Courtlandt. when the two OF
s. them awoke after tho honeymoon &c
s find their estate All Castilian haze, In
sJcadhof a conventional separation
tHby fell in love wifi each other like
a couple Of Breton peasants. BeatriS
told me all about it; she is lovely She
does not want the money for herself;
! she wants 1t TO pay Lieut. Gordon
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