The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-23

TONED his brother. Marcus Gerry.
He said the name over SLOWLY altar
me. Marcus Gerry" Then hlx M
set evenly along his fine, sensitive
mouth. But only for a moment. He
gave me a swift glance and began to
laugh.
MY brother Is all right, you know:
out he Is a commercial factor. His
financial ense is sound. A rotten
ship is a rotten ship. The captain of
II cannot matter a two-pence. Let
him step down and OF, and the hull
20 TO Davy Jones. Pension the CAP
tain perhaps. but cut loose from the
derelict. That's Marcus Gerry. That's
the sane view"
We were down town now. The a r
rage was turning into Fifth avenue
The young man touched the drivers
button.
"This Is your club. MI. Parks, I be-
heve." he said. Il am obliged by your
Kindness. Won't you let me give you
the ~gewgaws?"
by no MEANS" I answered, getting
out OF the cab. please do me the
courtesy to forget our game Of
bridge"
He laughed pleasantly. "Oh, I shall
forget II. 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.
I went into the club and got a pony
OF brandy. a cigar and a chair by the
fire. / a greatly sorry for young
Gerry. He was an exceedingly pleas
ant fellow. Still. / could do nothing.
| had thought the matter I'VE fully.
| could. OF course. bring him to Ran
dolph Mason. but OF what s was
that? There was no balance Of in
justice to be squared UP here. A reck-
less young spendthrift, come to the
end OF his tether. vas all. Mason
would have that fact out In a twinkle,
and close the door In his face. II was
out OF the question to fool him. He
would pick a man like a vulture at a
bone till he got to the marrow. /
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 of than the most Of US. Then
! recalled the German sentence.
Heinrich" I said to the club stew
ard. what is Der Kapitan ging NIT
SEMEN Schiffe unterT"
der Captain vent down nit his
ship" replied the man.
A great light came to me. I went
over to the table and write on my
card, Come to Randolph Mason to-
morrow at eleven. The old Field
mansion of Broadway. below Wall
street" Then l sent II to his address
by messenger. That would at least
gain time: and perhaps the boy would
give up the idea OF suicide. Then !
took another pony Of brandy and
walked 10 my lodgings.
I was a little late in arriving on
Broadway the morning after the game
OF bridge. As l stopped to open the
old iron gate to Randolph Mason's
house. Winfield Gerry came across
from Wall street and Joined me. He
looked well-groomed and wholesome.
We entered the house and crossed
the wide hall to the old-time drawing
room, now used for an office. AS l
threw back the mahogany door. oo-
served Randolph Mason leaning over
the table In the middle OF the room.
He Strengthened up. cast a 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 f'ah'
dolph Mason?" he said.
I answered that II was.
"Jyntil I saw his face" he continued
'I could have sworn that II was Lie
bach. the greatest surgeon In Europe.
He has Liebach's hands, too. But the
resemblance vanished hen ne iookeu
mn. This mans lean. sinewy. pro
truding Jaw Is almost q menace nv
IS not as gray as Liebach. either' ana
hss,des that. Liebach has. once In q
while. something gentle In MS race
~ hey do call him the 'Wolf,' IN Mu'
r,ch This mans face looks metallic
as though It might ring II you struck
IT," ,.r
laughed. tossed him the morning
naner. and begged him to excuse me
while I ran over the morning mai.
wa. scarcely seated before Pietro ap.
rsared. saying that Mr.. Mason wished
~ ace me. I arose and went into inc
adjoining pom.
Randolph Mason sat at his table,
h,s elbow on the writing-pad ano n,s
hin propped in the hollow OF me-
hand. Before him was . square snee'
s.am his memoranda fles. He began
en- volley questions in a voice tina,
snapped like the click OF Q sun-of'''
into IL block.
"Is wilder acquitted!
.Y.s." I answered: a per curiam
.,,r,or vesterday. The mandate wiz
ocr,s down from the United S.a'e'
c,rcu,t court Of appeals. Monday. ..
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