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

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8lf 10 acqua.nt Yen with ms motive
for wishing gou t. remain neutral
:fardon rne. la son. you have
made them 70 conceal thar motive.
The giri recefled before this brus
tai thrust Ike one before 4 blow.
u do not understand you, she said.
Slut understand you perfectly
replied Randolph Mason.
Then he arose and walked past her
I out into the hall.
( I returned over the fag-stohe walk
1 with MISS Garrett to her carriage. /
/, could md no words Of adequate apol-
egy, @Courtiandt,s she said, gteII
your cold, Unconditional master that
since he has so ruthlessly taken from
my fingers the weapons Of a man. I
shall meet him with the weapons Of a
!, woman"
4 ! closed the, carriage door. and she
drove away proudly like an empress.
The only occasion on which / have
ever known Randolph Mason to so out
i Of New York in any mans behalf vas
when he went to the residence Of John
A. Garrett at Bryn Mawr,. suburb OF
Philadelphia. The railroad magnate
and the aspiring marshal had arrived
4 at terms, as understood It, or, raths
er, the one had accepted in capitula-
4 ton the terms Of the other. The con-
ference was to conclude this treaty.
l accompanied Randolph Mason, as I
usually did.
/ The Garrett residence at Bryn
Mawr is one Of the most distinctive
d in America. It is a reproduction in
white marble Of the Petit TFianon at
u Versailles, set exquisitely in q forest,
with white glistening roads winding
among the trees and brook and a
bit Of manufactured meadow.
4 This conference between the richest
man in America and the most amhiti.
Gus was held In the library Of this
4 transplanted pafisian lodge,
( I could not easily bear IN mind In
the atmosphere OF such place the
hard, practical nature, Of this meeting.
It was the hall of some stately coun.
Gil Of Florence, sitting above the Afno,
Z or, rather and the fancy became al.
most real-it was the council chamber
of some doge, where on this night he
was to meet the captain of Barbarian
armies lying with barred teeth along
the Adriatic, and treat with him for
the city. The men in this conference
might appropriately have taken the
characters Of such scene. Garnett,
tall, white, impressiyely patrician, at
tended, like that doge, by two conn
selors, characteristic, fancied, OF an
empire in the evening Of decadence-
/ his attorney and Randolph Mason;
and the other, this giant, this captain
Of Barbarian armies courageously
alone.
This romantic medieval fancy per.
sisted. It became for an instant even
more real when through an opening
of the door saw Margaret Garnett,
She was not listening. She carried
rather the air Of one depending upon
some desperate hazard, the arrival of
some event, the sharp stroke OF some
impending fortune. She went slowly
down the steps, her hands slipping
along the marble rail of the balusters.
The attorney seated at the table be-
gan to read the protocol Of treaty
which he had drawn, and came swift
ly back to the commonplace business
character of the meeting. The paper
was merely an assignment under the
legal form Of a majority Of the com.
! mon stock 9of the Consoli dated Fuel
Up 5fipaS5. A., oar.ktsit1 Y,s.ssSS,, ,.a,,,5 ~,
!. Thomas B, Wood. The attorney ex.
planned that, in his opinion, no further
writing was necessary. This assign.
! ment should be placed in escrow. "a
fully executed writing, but put into
the custody Of some third person to
hold until the fulf1llment Of some con.
dition), and delivered to Mr.. Wood up
on the resignation of his office. II
would put voting control of the rail
road into the hands OF his agents, who
would carry out his plan.
The strong, raasterful face Of the
. United States marshal set in cynical
smile. This assignment is, / think
4 sufficient" he said; "but I will hardly
take the chance of a legal battle oven
an escrow, after my resignation shall
have been accepted" i2t'oto
/ The negotiation seemed on the IN
slant to be conclusively blocked. Gar
, nett insisted upon the protection Of
; an escrow, and Wood upon the pos
session of the paper before he irrevo
tcably resigned his office.
j Randolph Mason came forward then
Shutdown at the table, dipped pen in
to the ink pot and turned toward the
/. UnfSed States marshal,
J ''In confederation Of the assignment
Of this stock to your trustees" he
said; "ypu agree; believe, to resign
your Office"
i ''you have 1t correctly" replied the
man.
Randolph Mason drew writing pad
over to his hand and wrote rapidly q
memorandum OF the same date as the