Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-11

! $4,2l8 70
| n. B.-Please send round check for S4,
2lS.75 and the powers for LOCO Red Dog and
l.C00 alright before two o'clock s1
| Ninkum's hair fairly stood on end.
Check and powers'-why, what in
the name of all that's extravagant does
| this mean?n
| Just then Charley Filters came ir. /
say Ninkum, lend us five hundred for Il
couple o. days, will yer? saw you down
street yesterday giving Bob Sharpit an
order-hope you made hit. A4
Bother Bob Sharpit, | gave him no
order at ALL
Come, old fellow, that won't do, said
Fliers; why stood right beside you
and heard you say you was going in on
the Bulge. and that you would sell ALL
right ti
mean to sell all right. and to buy when
anything is on the bulge
'Ha, ha, ha!> laughed his friend; 'are
you really so jolly green as not to know
that Alright and Bulge are two of the
biggest mines in the market
WHAT AllrightP then these
internal bills are
That, said Charlie, taking the paper
out of his hand thati why, that S
one of Sharpit's statements; ! ought to
know it; I've seen enough of them
'Whew'ew,' said he, as he glanced
at it; he's let you in on Spang1e, Slap
Up and Bulge all at once; why, bless you,
those have all gone down a dollar since
the first board yesterday. Why, Mink,
you are QUIT seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars Already q ss sa .s.s
IT y - 4 l u
hundred and fifty lost in one dayP'
Certainly, my boy, you went in at
the very top of the market-clamming at
high water. you know-market broke at
second board, shares dropping at, every
minute this morning. " :
Great heavensr what shall / do, 'said
Ninkum. whose available capital in the
ready was not over five hundred; and
here's his other bill, and he handed it
to his voluble friend. salaR rsr
What! By George! you have sold
the very thing, old boy; couldn't have
done better-now you'll lend me the five
hundred
Lend you five hundred dollars! why,
| shall not have five hundred cents to
lend,' gasped Ninkum-
But the profit on this said Fliers.
Profit what do you mean?' g
Mean why, you've made clean
thousand or more-that's what / mean. ;
don't see how @asS
Don't see! Why. here, I'll fix it for
you; here, sign this blank power, make
me your broker; I'll fix this; borrow
five hundred and bring you the balance
OF the money f sse
Me the balance? What money?
Only get me out of this. scrape, that's
all, and I'll reward you.'.% Y = -41A@
Will youP Well. sign these two
powers of attorney, then, and trust to
me-
Scarce knowing what he did or why,
Ninkum signed his name, and his active
friend was off like a shot. -
AS the day wore on Ninkum felt anx-
ious-to be sure he hadn't seen anything
of Sharpit coming after the 81, ,2Is. rs,
nor had he heard from Fliers, although
it was now half-past three O'Clock, and
that worthy had left him five hours pre-
vious, so conquering his dread of meet
ing Sharpit, he sauntered down toward
| the stock exchange and the scene of
day before yesterdays encounter. The
place was almost deserted; four or five
.jaded looking men were standing round,
and one who was smoking remarked to
another who was tearing up paper and
scattering the bits about, that there
would be reaction tomorrow after such
tremendous slump and the paper
scatterer hoped those internal scafnps
who locked up funds in New York might
1 get stuck themselves
Ninkum met two men with long books
going into the side entrance to an up
stairs Office who stopped to say to each
other that things were off like a Jug
handle and it had been big drop
Crossing the street he met broker
whom he, had frequently seen with
seen that worthy.
/ Seen him yes just left me; gone up
to the Parker house to dine. Charley
made a big hit to-day sellin' short, ! be-
lieve, and he feels pretty well lover it.
| Ninkum passed on, and as he reached
Parker'e went in. There sat Flias at