Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-01


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cut mao the haH
I re-srnsd over the Eassione SaiG
wish MISS sa-nesf 10 asr carriage I
could Rad ne words Of adequate aVoa
egy. ''Ceurtiand. she SAID. ''ssn
your eosd. uasmosianaI master thai
since he has 50 rushiessly taken from
my aEeers the weapons Of man- l
shall meet sisn Wisl the weapons Of .
woman"
! closed the carriage door. and she
drove away proudly liss an empress.
The only occasion on which ] have
ever knoxn kaadosDh Mason TO go Out
of Ne~ York in any mass behalf Was
when he wen; to the residence of John
A. Garnett al Bryu Maxr. a suburb oi
Philadelphia. Tta railroad magnaie
and the aspiring marshal had arrived
at terms. as ! understood IT. or. Fath-
er, the one had accepted In eapits.a-
ton the terms Of the osher. The con
ference Sas to conclude this treaty.
accompanied Randolph Mason, ss I
usually did
Tie Garnet Residence at Bryn
Mawr is one Of the most distinctive
In America. II is a reproduction in
white marble of the Petit Trianoa at
Versailles. set exauisitely In . forest.
With white eiissening roads winding
among the trees and a brock and :.
bit Of manufactured meadow.
This conference between the richest
man In America and the most ambiti-
Gus was held in the library of this
Partisan lodge.
l could not easily bear in mind in
the atmosphere Of such q place tho
hard. practical nature Of this meeting.
1t was the hall Of some stately coun-
ell of Florence. sitting above the Arno,
or, rather-and the fancy became al
most real-it was the council chamber
Of some doee, 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. impressively patrician, At
tended, like that doge, by two coun-
selors. characteristic, I fancied. of an
empire iu 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. 1t became for an instant even
more real when through an opening
of the door l saw Margaret Garnett.
She was not listening. She carried
rather the cir of one depending upon
some desperate hazard, the arrival of
some event, the sharp stroke of some
impending fortune. She went slowly
Iowa the steps, her hands slipping
llong the marble rail Of the balusters.
The attorney seated at the table be-
Ian to read the protocol Of treaty
which he had drawn, and I came swift
" back to the commonplace business
character Of the meeting. The paper
Sas merely an assignment under the
'egal form Of q majority Of the CON-
mon stock of the Consolidated Fuel
Railroads to certain persons named b.
Thomas B. Wood. The attorney en-.
plained that. IN his opinioa, no further
writing was necessary. This assign
meat should - placed in escrow. (AI
lully executed writing. but put into
The custody Of sone third person 70
hold until the fulfllment Of some co.,
and delivered TO Mr.. Wood ~.
On the resignation Of his once. Il
would put . voting control Of The rail-
road inte the hands Of his agents. whe
would carry out his plan.
The strong. masterful face of the
United States marshal set in q cynical
smile. This assignment 10, I think.
sufhcient," he said: but I will hardly
.aks the chance Of legal battls over
In escrow. after my resignation sAall
have been accepted"
The negotiation seemed a H. -.
'taA to be conclusively blocked. Gar.
nett insisted upoa the protectjou Of
IN escrow. and Wood uppa tie pos
'essioa Of the paper bessre - isrevo-
ably resigned his once.
Randolph Mason came forward than
'at down at the table. dipped a pen in
o the ink pot and turned toward the
United States marshal.
In consideration Of the assignment
n this stock to your trustees" he
'aid, you agree, I believe, to resign
Four ofiice."
You have 1T correctly" replied the |
nan.
Randolph Mason drew a writing pad
'ver to his hand and wrote rapidIy a
memorandum of the same date as the |
assignment, requesting the considera-
ion for the transfer of the stock. He
poke then to the attorney. Give me
he Assignment he said rb