Show 7 I 1 vie arvill th s coffe corrector actor of a I 1 es lies I 1 1 being toles tales of randolph madun as hoisted by 1 11 K I 1 III file private secretary courtland parks park 1 1 C 0 alo N 1 I 1 1 my friend at brid bridge ge 1 6 0 t demelville by Dy melville davisson post I 1 I 1 I 1 by aw earl rd J lloa on the evening of the tha twenty third of i december I 1 was one of a party at bridge dt the tha residence real dence of daron adolph von ton allu hubert ert on alith street the rh baron was waa tho the american agent of the be berlin banking house of We welts losell co the tb charming mad atad sale ain yon vun wits was sarah leniart Leni arr tie the wealthiest debutante at newport when the lb baron met iier hr A brilliant woman wh who a wits vainly endeavoring to establish in now york a salon after those thoe of p parl paris under the empire perhaps I 1 should har bato omitted tho the word because oua one root met almost everybody living any claim cladin to distine tion in the drawing room or of madame yon ton hubert the abe little ittia pirty party on this evening con il of madame von klubert the baron winfield gerry unil and myself young dounn gerry aeiry who went everywhere ati lorig people or of leisure was taken to ta be b enormously outly rich atch ills illi brother marcus marcu gerry was wa certainly on one of the wealth lent ron men in now new york lie he was wag the tha lai ant stockholder and financial dictator of 0 tile the ritty fitly eighth national bank winfield was wa antler thirty a courtly young fellow almost aa it handsome babil some as ai a girl lie ilo was extravagant daring it wits was sold said and nd reckless lie he had bad binn been brought up from froni boyhood on the continent I 1 hanh and was wa col COI ored with the latin temperament I 1 do not cot remember ever to have been so BO at cards an aa on this thin 1 when we via arose from tho the talle 1 had bad won von ot at which sum tho the baron lost two hundred the remainder was the lose ions of gerry carry I 1 was VIM glad of 0 this distribution of 0 the less lo 10 young gerry wits was reputed an ad idle adlo young fellow with millions at hl his finger UPS the baron keeping his money like ilka ft a touton in gold handed me ten double engles mr gerry salt aid lint alint lie be would gitt via me a check at the club anti and asked rae me to ride down town with him in his carriage curr lime we were scarce ly seated rented before te lie turned 10 lo me fila and said bald in a quiet even voice as a though hough he were a score 1 I 1 cont pay you yon sir mr parks parka 1 I 1 turned lu in astonishment to see ace if he be was jesting the tha electric light in the carriage showed too me it a fate to uglY drawn and tired there wits no pleasantry plen santry behind that countenance the ali solution canle came to mo me instantly this man posing polling as a gentleman wn wai in fact a cad lie he was about to in question the regularity of the game came the regularity ot of a weirdly friendly sitting at bridge ii iwa bou house a at 0 stich auch people as a the he vp byh I 1 brist bristled lea with wit it dig lintl wal I 1 answered frigidly why la Is it that you cannot pay me ine lur gerry tile the man did not at reply lie he took a elkei ri garite alte front rom his pocket lighted it and leaned lack on cm the tb e cushions 0 of the carriage fori laga I 1 fot for thes tha bet best reason reabon in tile the world orli mr parks be h answered 1 I have at it this moment rooi neut 0 to o be entirely accurate jut just two hundred indred hi and thirty eight dollar and severity five cents centa I 1 wa greatly gre atly relieved relle yeo my dear air I 1 laughed 1 I 1 do not expect eit peet you 0 to o carry a cli cash drawer I 1 knew an once whose shoso income was waa something like a hundred thousand nikl and who didiot did not have a shilling in ills his pocket from one on e years end to the other I 1 should be glad 0 of your check I 1 should lie be glad of any you are arc alone there he be said it bilm in ply my illy annoyance returned I 1 detest detent passage tit nt banter t trust I 1 said ald that you will permit me to understand you gerry took look his cigarette from his hl mouth grousl tho the lighted end against the panel of the carriage and throw threw it on OB the toor floor it would be better I 1 have no doubt be sold cald looking TOB me evenly in the face 1 I 1 have not intended tended la to be ba either cither obscure or facetious ac etlou the sum bum which I 1 havo have just mentioned depre dents ant all the money that I 1 have in n the world my illy reint atlon for wealth 1 Is a more shell I 1 own owe ninety five thou sand and dollars dollan exclusive of ct this little debt to you stable and tallor tailor bills various dull club ducts run fifteen hundred more I 1 owe owa twelve hundred in anover over drafts it Is near a wind sand you too eee agathal this I 1 havi perhaps five thousand dollars ot of personal bonal effects ette ct hersca worth thirty five hundred and a bundle ot of worthless stocks I 1 urn am beastly poor atrociously poor you see mr parks parka I 1 listened in ili astonishment you will doubtless put me ine down a ad ho bo went on to join a game 0 of bridge when I 1 had not the tha money to pay my losses in fact I 1 did not in tand ad to play I 1 called intending Intend log to fo make my excuses botho baranovs bara baro noss and depart I 1 round this politely drapos sible bible and I 1 sat oat down to the table hoping that two hundred dollars would cover my ay proportion of probable to tons lie paused anti and ronde made a deprecating gesture ETS turo it was vas no idle toner fancy of the ancients to picture fortune a woman I 1 night have known then he h stopped stripped off TVs ika gloves took out his bis purse pune removed 0 wo o rings unhooked EL a jewel from his it of and before I 1 realized allied re what he was a doing handed banded them all to me I 1 put him hl hand band tie lie thrust the or ar ucles into its waistcoat pocket and dropped hit his hand on da his bis knee 1 I 1 thank you tor for the courtesy he d 1 but you would much better takei take em they will presently be listed by the he referee to lo bankruptcy one onel i Hrail llan diamond two and a half ats araas ts valued at three hundred del tars lar one cue imitation ruby valued at airty dollars dollar one ona laroqu pearl val wd urd at twenty dire dollars the very lewelly li in mostly sham han I 1 am a rather om pretense ense mr parks parka there was aia tittle little to say ay and I 1 said it with th the lest best grace erace I 1 could gather father the ae baua 1 platitudes something would turn up tip in the wealthy friends fr ten deroin weco in bun diate I 1 roea men hla his brother marcus berry lie ile said eald the name over slowly after mi marcus gerry then his hi lips alp net evenly along his hi title sensitive mouth month but only for a moment ile he gave gava me it swift glance and began to laugh my brother Is I 1 all right you know but he be Is 1 it ft commercial factor ills financial bonse ns la in sound bound A rotten ship Is in it rotten alp ship the captain ot of it cannot matter a let him film stop down and off and the bull go to davy jones jonen pension the captain perhaps but bit cut loose looe from tho the derelict thata marcus gerry the sane eane view we were down town now the CUT ariage was wa turning into fifth avenue the young man touched the dri button this to 1 your club mr parks I 1 believe he said mid 1 I am obliged by your kindness wont let mi me give you the gewgaws gew sawn gaws by no means I 1 answered getting Belt lie out of tho the cab leleae lle Ile ae asti do roe me the courtesy cour teay to forget our game of bridge lie le laughed pleasantly oil oh I 1 ball forget it thank you seafaring folk at bremen may gay the he cable ought alwang to read der Kapi kapitan tart ging bins anit aul elnan unter then lip lie to the driver and closed cloned the tha arr laKe door I 1 armi into the ali club and got it pony of at brandy a cigar and a chair by the fire I 1 was wag greatly sorry for young gerry lie ile was an exceedingly pleasant fellow still I 1 could do nothing I 1 had thought the matter over fully I 1 could of course bring him to I 1 ilan dolph mason but of what use wn was that there was nai no balance of in Just leti to bo be squared up here A rock reek loos leaa young spendthrift como to the lie end add of liln ills tether was wa all mason would havo have that fact out in a twinkle and close the door in hla his fare faco it was out jut of at the question to tool him il lie would pick a man like a vulture at a bone till III bo be got to the marrow I 1 throw threw tho the cigar into the tire any way marcus gerry would doubtless lon the captain of the rotten ship at the worst lie he would probably be better ott ok than the moat of us then I 1 recalled the german nen sentence tence I 1 said eald to the club steward what la Is der kapitan aing mit ml anem el neri unter dor der captain vent down alit his hl alp ship replied the man A great grant light came to me inc I 1 went over to the table and write on my ay la ca card rd come to randolph Itan doll mason n to 1109 morrow arow at clotem clef en aba old field Manx shi milon loii oft off broadway roadway tl below wall theet then I 1 sent it to tilt hid address by mess messenger euger that would tit at I 1 lant et lit gain time and perhaps the boy vo oilia oi ild lil sivo give up tip the idea of suicide sul elde then I 1 took another pony a of I 1 brandy and walk walked it to my aly lodging I 1 was waa a little late in arriving on oil broadway the morning atter after the game of bridge As an I 1 stopped to open the 11 old id iron gate to randolph Uan dolph masons house winfield gerry lame came abrose from wal wall street and joined ie lia H looked locked well groomed and wholesome we entered tho house and crossed the tha wide hall ball to the old time drawing room now used lor for an office As AB I 1 chril v back the mahogany door I 1 observed mason leaning avor the anble lu ili the middle of the roon room lie straightened up tip rast abt a steady scendy at young gerry that thai ran I 1 swiftly over him to tits lil feet then turned abruptly and walked into the room closing the folding doors behind him we entered anti and young gerry took a chair by th tho window was that randolph mason masona lie he said I 1 answered that it was waa until I 1 saw lila bin tace face to lie continued 1 I could have hare sworn that it wax was lie bach the greatest surgeon burgeon in europe lie he hb has klebacha Lle bacha hands bands too dut but the resemblance vanished vanish oil when he looked up this mans lean sinewy billowy pro law jaw it IB almost a menace ie la in not its BB gray as aa either nail and besides that allebach has once in a while oom something ething gentle in his ahli face it they do call him the wolf ingolf in mu mil ritch this mans face ace looks looka metallic a as though it might ring it if you struck it I 1 laughed tossed tobel him the morning paper and begged win him to excuse we ao while I 1 ran over tie the morning mall mail I 1 was nai ic arcely scarcely berteil seated before fletro appeared saying baying that mr mason an wished idled to see gee mo me I 1 arose aud cd went into the adjoining room randolph mason sat oat at lite his table hla his elbow on the writing pad and ills hla chin propped in the hollow of hla his hand before him aris a square sheet from his bis memoranda flies files lie began begal to volley quest question ioni in a voice that snapped mapped illch illco the click j if a guti barrel into its block 1 Is I wilder acquitted yes ye I 1 answered a per curtain opinion yesterday the mandate will come down from the united states circuit court of appeals monday tho the atlantic canadian securities Ille turned out of court coupons paid up costs assur ined ned by the syndicate andre dessausure dead I 1 replied at the word maaen tuond iid over the tha memorandum het on the th table told folded hla his arms arma and stared taca scantly atly at the rows of bookcases lining the wall tall this was waa the enemy beyond him thim ta late department waited a day too long the little frenchman had taken to its brazier of charcoal cliar like an impulsive son eon of 0 the he latin anil and mason magon had bad diled I 1 seized this opportune wood mood to get an aa audience for young gerry mr mason I 1 said laid in the th next room to Is another roan man booked to he bo sima ama happle shipping polut lie he turned sharply la in his bis chair bring him biro in ho he said ald I 1 opened the buor and reuta restated ted the young mail man to come into als private office although I 1 had bid little hope that randolph andolph It was a would ond I 1 even tn hr bear his hi history to the to end I 1 bad to no hope hop of bla hi ses resistance istance tor for young gerry hla his cannad cane had note non of 0 the th elements clementa at 0 uncorrected injustice bringing it willila MiL Mf soni ions zone ion of Inte reeL I 1 expected 10 lo t mason maon search lim him mercilessly tot tor a moment and then drop him as ai a would a spurious pi irlo nugget young lorry clerry tittered entered and remained standing by br ons one at 0 the bookcases near tb the e table I 1 mason looked at him carefully ai Y 1 tor 01 1 a moment then he ha said aid 41 how much u 1 do you owe gerry glanced quizzically at me I 1 reassured rea Burcl him with a nod anil and he h answered rd in round numbers number one ona hundred tho thou und dollars dollan for what sald bald mason maon borrowed money replied corry for abat makon alason repeated the younik g man hesitated then be b said ald 1 1 I I am thought to be tather rather reckless abere eliere money matters are con corned cerneil hone that are am not fast anat enough women that are too fool usually an explanation is I 1 required to so go no urther further 1 1 readily see e that he wm was hoping to evade thin query what in 1 lie iq truth about it said ald laboa M I 1 I 1 young filiip oili ip gerry shifted han hl feet un tin easily well he began beean weakly wont that do for id ox I 1 low how ell ann cnn ri it matter anyway the money ta Is gone mabon continued monotonously to repeat hla his question ques llon the young man r em ed to go BO through that period of uncertainty and hesitation heill atlon common to the court witness who finds himself forced by the examiner either cither to make ft clean breast of his bl story tory or stube v y I 1 and looked curiously about him at the tha rows row of bookcases along the wll wall the oriental orion rui on the floor door the tottered scattered volumes on the tha table tabla quite as ai it run ran dolab eliou had bad walked out of the room then he be turned as 68 it if to go into the tb outer office aides lie its was halt half acang facing the door when Afa habant chin went up instantly Ini tanily be fc ml fell into an attitude attl attI tudo of 0 attention aro are you related to marcus gerret said old mason tho the young man crossed the tha floor boor and silt t down in a chair ile ha li Is my brother he replied then nin paid d mason this thing thine to childs child play the old listless cloud settled fettled again over winfield jerrys face mr malion man no n he h said bald there is 1 no hope in that quarter my mr brother marcu it arcus corry Is not a sentimentalist as I 1 am lie ile is I 1 a practical lluu one gets get a dollar front froni marcus marcua gerry he leaves leave twi ln securities until he be comes back with the loan ilia instincts tire ara those thoe ot of a banker human until it comes to the money sacks back io do not misunderstand me my illy brother would promptly knock down the man mail who my name in his hi presence pre tence lie would go up to the door of states prison to crush my enn my ile he would grind every moral precept into pulp me out of a hole but he would rbt not 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