The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-11-19
The COrrectOr of DeStinieS
Being Tales of Randolph Mason as Related by
His Private Secretary, CORTLAND Parks
The LAND PIRATE
By Melville DAVIDSON Post
Copyright by Edward j. Clodc


tee devil 20 change his clothes. Tho
advance CT civilization IS a progress
n DISCUSSES; the agents by which tho
Emperor OF tho Hool carries en- his
gentle 2r,s arc always Costuncd APP
rroI".ctcly to The times, but nc
aGCc's themselves remain the same.
Tor example, would you find again tho
IL, electors, hanged so long ago at
the ycIc-urn. you have but 20 look
ciCseiy a. the financial literature that
floods ihe mails.
Usually, the man Of average sense
can instantly put his finger on tho
fraud hidden under the giitscviIC
promise; but now and then one comes
ton so fair, so set about with unqucs-
i;cnable safeguards. that the keereS.
scrutiny cannot discover IN Il pos
s'snity Of loss. These are the schemes
n! TIE great masters-dlsGuised sloops
OF N,Il, Morgan aad Bonnet.
] found such = scheme orc day n
2 letter among my mail, and laid f.
on ny table under the ink-pot. II ran
in this fashion:
The Bank holds tho MONEY. The satos.
proposition ever offered to invcS tors. We
are placing on the market blocks 80 stool,
OF the Union Consolidated OF! ComTaH,'
unCer these unparalleled conditions: YOU
deposit tho amount of your subscription
20 your own credit in the Drillcr'g Bank
or Pittsburg. q certificate of deposit -
issued 20 you I'm your name and held by
you You also get the stock certificate.
You keep both exclusively I'm your own
possession. Nc as', only that YOU turn
over to this Company the certificate OF
deposit issued you ny the Ean,t when
the OF Company has paid to YOU, In
dividends on your stock. a sum equal to
the amount OF your investment. This is
the only stock cvcv offered In anv market
which Is not subject 10 loss You keep
your money safely on deposit with one
OF thc greatest banks In America and. at
tho same time. make the sort OF invest
mcnt ont OF which John D. Rockefeller
became the richest man I'm the world
Write today for our detailed Plan.
The Union Consolidated oil Company.
75-Sl-1oS Iron Bldg, Pittsbu-g. IA.
was held ard puzzled by this s.rik-
Ing proposition. 1t seemed to be
drafted with az eye only to the rro-
lection Of tho investor II it had fail
cd TO name the bank in which the
funds were to re deposited, or had
named one OF lower standard,
should instantly have doubted It's
| good faith; but the Drillcr's bank CT
! E.ttsburg was we'll rated: T. had a
capital OF FIVE millions; its stockhold-
o-s were, for the most part. men who
had made fortunes IN the Oh fields q
western Pennsylvania. 1t was natural
| ~ tae bank which such 4 company
would select. Where then vas tho
! h0"? What advantage did such a
/ plan offer 70 tlis company? The
! money was not paid to il, but 70 a
| responsible bank CT deposit TO the IN
! vo-coc's credit; &c company could
! net get o. The money would be re-
tanned by the bank, unless IN equal
cum We're paid h. the company 20 the
Stockholders. = wu-,j, indeed, re Gi.-
! f!cult 70 devis5 q safer scheme. -!
! most any one would speculate UGdc,
/ sUch cccGiticn-; t. was removing tno
/ element CT chance frCI tho game, and
/ yet here evidently were large sam1
! expended in exploitation. Surely q
! deception was hidden somewhere
there, 50 the circular fascinated nc
! like q page Of pg2zlcr. II ley undo!
my eye for week; then GycpCcd il
, into piGeonho.e Of the desk.
TWO years later Cap<ain Roger Shel
ton called to see Randolph Mason.
have rarely met q man 50 aptiy cast
for his part as this Captain Shelton
He was tall, somewhat unevenly fat
tened, clothed in iiFht worsted, with
style of coat prOyincially called cut
! away" always kept buttoned, tor
hat and very shiny patent feathers
His eyes were alert and his speech
rapid and persuasive. His mouth
however, was loose in TIE under lip
thc real Captain Shelton flying there
his signal His manner tended quick
ly to establish relations Of aniablt
fellowship; he stroYe for that With
certain breezy frankness
Some one on lower Broadway hat
sent him TO Randolph Mason. lie re
CURED little assistance. be explain
ed, OF a business rather than OF
legal nature. He had struck hare
place in a trade. If he could get oyei
IL, his fortune was established.
The captain seemed an ideal pro
meter. lie stroye' with no slight Gun
ming. 70 inform himself through me
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