Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Puts and Gals.

Puts and Gals.
81 believe you have ganbled in Wall
street MIR. Breezy" said Mrs. Breezy,
helping her lord and maser to u cup Of
coffee.
81 have speculated a little in stocks,
dear, if that's what you mean,'' MI.
Breezy, unfolding his NAPKIN.
'Same thing" said Nrs. Breezy;
'tyou can call it speculation know it's
gambling. How do they@ it, anyway?
| read about puts and Gals and strad-
dies. and buy a three's, bit l ! V can
make any head or trail outof it. ! sup
pose it's all some horrid sang you men
have invented"
:sWell, no, DEAR" said Mr.. Breezy,
helping his better two-thiHs to 81 chop.
sit isn't exactly slang. Yo,sce. for in
stance, l buy "a hundred she,t--'
"You do what:?" cried Mrs. Breezy.
81 buy q hundred short,'' repeated
MI. Breezy.
"Well, what in the name If common
sense do you mean by that?:''asked Mrs.
Breezy. ''Why don't you talk United
states-I mean English? YOU buy a
AulIlCu SIlOlt. duO NlluI ILL olO1G SOt
to do with it?"
eff you will give me time 1 will ex-
plain, my DEAR" saidMr. Breezy. EsYou
see if a man is long on stock he isl"
"Long on stock9:" said Mrs Breezy.
"Now, what are you getting to? First
YOU are short and then you ardlong.
What does q man want to get Oh sstock
for, anyway"
sMy dear, if you will allow mel"
''To be sure. Go ahead. Tell me
something about Wall street, but don't
talk nonsense" said Mrs. Breezy
''Wcll my dear, we will suppose that
l have a put on Wabash. and"
''There you 90 again." said Mrs.
Breezy. "Will you or will you not talk
in a language | can understand? What
is Wabash, anyway? suppose it is an
other slang term?"
mo, that's a stock" said Mr. Breezy;
"you see, dear, if | have a call on Wa
bash Or Northwestern"
eff you call on the Northwest?' cried
Mrs. Breezy; are you really going mad,
MI. Breezy? Well. l might expect as
much from the life you have led re-
Gently. What with clubs and politics
you are going headlong to some terrible
fate"
s'My. dear, it will be impossible for
me to explain anything unless you will
give me five minutes to do it in said
Mr.. Breezy, with unusual warmth.
Nov, at the beginning Of this week
Omaha preferred started at 1861 and
1O5-'
"Omaha preferred!' asked Mr..
Breezy. .'What is preferred? Who
preferred it? What has Omaha got to
do with New York and Wall street any
way, and what do you mean by 106a?"
q shall have to give it up" said MIR.
Breezy, in a despairing voice.
'.No, Mr.. Breezy, l have started out
to know something about Wall street,
and won't allow you to get out of it i n
that way said Mrs. Breezy, setting
herself more firmly in her chair. ..Now.
Mr.. Breezy. you will please drop slang
and come to something l can unders
stand. For instance, what is a bull.
bear?:"
':Ha, ha, ha-oh!" laughed Mr.
Breezy.
What do you meal by laughing a,
me, Mr.. Breezy? Tn sure L"
"Ho. no, ha-oh!" and Mr.. Breezy
fairly doubled up with laughter.
"Mr. Breezy, you haven't the man
ners Of a savage cried Mrs. Breezy,
pushing back her chair, ''and l don't
believe you know any more about Wall
s:reetthan a two weeks old baby,n and
Mrs. Breezy made haste to the kitchen
to take revenge upon the cook.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.