Fair play., 1883-01-06
The Gould Guaris-A Tale Of Wall
FetI~ Street. 0Ut'l

Blatt issN accident ins,aaaes, aSent.
and was trying 4 fcwdays since ID in
duce sundrv brokers to take out accident
policies They laughed him to scorn,
and sfinally one in ,derision said: III
you'll get Jay Gould to take out an 'ac-
cidcnt policy we'I II see him and 90 him
I4enTmtsstAe safesns .bettets'. S.s
"rnda1.;sssis Mata. ed ~ dsr1ed
ont of the Office.
.RIRI I'm Saa Seh<Md function;
of good. address and great executive
ability. and also of audaciousness. But
it worried him. TO thir.k, how he should
get sse 5a4 thsiLl. ltHe knew how well
Gould is fortified. 1t is necessary tc
pstsSthe invss;igatiye scrutiny q, three
rfeN ee9Msyan reScirfise.nnpf8ouli
in his financial holy 0f holies. II The
first guard deems .,he business and the
man worthy the attention of The second
guard. ne turns thc Gotlld seeker over
10 the second guard. II the second
guard deems the man and his business
worthy he turns him over to the third
gu;gA III ple third guaqt dtems
the man ! one sot ha slaGhx As adj
mits him .tdp the presence OF the
great Wall Street ,.Potentae. Its L
terribly Sitting PROCESS, and this road to
tisdld is streMnwith the wrecks of those
who have gene 10 pieces OH one or the
other Of the three. andso come short
OF the ,glory-ota private interview with
Gould. y n 4gEs-ufy.,,- f,r.r --...s. -
= Batt determined in his intercoarse
with the three Sioald guards to fence in
his business with mystery aiid rapport
ance; tO-state no details but only gcner-
alities. ipjswsSS affair and Secrrts' of
great m9sf<hts whispered into no
ear save that of Gould.
= 30 he MET the inquiry of guard one
with the reply: Il am Just of tlie Stree;
and, ,amithe preseason of 4 secret which
must reach none hut the ear of Gould
himself - -i- n -s.s ysasTs ci-
And with thistand q bold front he did
actually, n his own amazement, pass
-thetiute and found. himself in the pres
ence of Gould. +
The King OF Cash SAT idly and alone
with one leg on the table. He greeted
Blaft with the1remark: ..1vell, sir, what
is Your business with me?'
~ Riaat nAss- tAAs4 naoMentss would have
.giyer,A PA Qftis beiDg to b. out of the
Mighty Presence. But he was in for it.
The Rnbicon was passed. The ships
were burned. There was no escape nor
boxing back. FYVTVgEYa gTs Aq
So ne said. with an air Of frank self
depreciation: ..AIr Could. the fact is,
I've come to ask YOU to take out All ac-
cidcnl policy"
Could stared and then laughed. That
this man with business Of no more i'm
portance than this should manage to
run the gauntlet Of his three guards
amused him. And he;also admire! the
talent which could do it.
He said: ''But why should take ont
an sccident policy?' nan.
e. well. Mr.. Could" said Blatt. '.tIIe
fact is. A. Il and c (naming his three
deriderS who We're known to Gouldl de-
clared that if | could get IN accident
policy ont of YOU they'd 70 sen times
the amount better"
10. they did. did they?,iH Hould.
whose eyes s1winklel with Q6S Of
scoriDg = point On the iyp Three.
What is the highest am0enf I41an take
ON SGHgie P0licy? ss sss3
~ Ten fhousand dollars 's
Make it out. then"
Which Blatt did. Bntao Gould ten
dcred him the money Bintt rsnarked:
'Mr. Could. I've one mofe fayoefo ask
of YOU. x1nts your signature to a
check for that amount. because if l
haven't it they won't believe I've capt
ured you and want it to shake at those
fellows"
"All right said Gould, and he passed
on his signature.
Blatt in two minutes was back before
his deriders. '.l've got him." he cried.
and then. even before the expression of
had time to harden on the
faces of the three. he did shake under
their noses the check with Could sig
nature. ..
Blatt retired with three big accident
policies. The DcriSive Three are still
how Bla,t got pas; the Gould
guards.
IoujOurs Faudace.-N T. Graphic.