News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-09

! What! You wouldn't be marie
without my consentr'
'Oh, no, papa! | never will; but whe
| am married intend TO have my ow
consent. have to live with the man
you know, and you don't. AS for Va
Stopel-well, "a woman may not MARI
with her grandfather"
"Grandfather! What are you talkin!
about? Van is only forty. Younge
than l am; and | am in the prime o
life."
Excuse me, but he is too old fo
me.n
'You are an ungrateful, disobedien
''No, indeed, am not. papa. I shall
not wed with any one against your viii
not even Frank. So don't scold, you
dear old bear. Just consider Mrs
Livingston, she gives treat'-a granC
] arty next month, and l have to 60
And declare l haven't dress that
haven't worn half dozen times-al-
most"
THAT means you want check. How
much is it now?"
''Ohi Pll be so economical, papa. Two
hundred and fifty will do"
1.-Two hundred and fifty! That's
economical, is it? Well, you shall have
the money I'll send Moore with it.
No, | won't; he must keep away. You
shall have the. money, but not Moore.
When he can settle-a hundred thousand
: on you I'll give my consent and not be-
fore; and l mean to tell him so. Ill
! have a serious talk with that y,ung
man
You're not angry with him, papa,
because he has fallen in love with me?'
] mo, that shows good taste; but he
/ must have that hundred thousand dol
lars"
81 think papa, I would like that hun
dred thousand dollars and Moore" she
added, archly.
"Ffph!" said her father, explosively,
and wended out to the Office. When
Moore came in with a glowing account
of large sale of Konia he cut him
short
"Never mind that" he said, az have
something to s,y to you"
And he said it in a way so decided
that Frank tIembled in his boots. Then
he wound up with
you're very useful here, and don't
care to lose you. I'll put % per cent on
your salary; but l won't have you turn
ing Milly's head. She has promised not
TO have you unless l consent. and have
told her that | never will consent until
you are able to settle hunared thousand
dollars on her. And I'll keep my word
That's all there is about it. I'll drop
the subject and DO you drop her."
Poor Frank went out with different
spirits than he had when he came in. A
hundred thousand dollars
Van Stopel called that evening, and,
TO his great delight, found not only
that Millicent was at home, but was dis
posed to be gracious. n general she
avoided him on some pretext or was
freezing polite, but now she was pleasant |
and chatty. They were alone 10 ether, |
the father having gone to what he +
terme tie 'lIbrary.' but which was |
quite mastered the article ''Soap" in
the Encyclopedia, he never troubled the
dust covered books. After the Gather
and such customary topics had been
discussed Millicent suddenly broke out
with
ooh Mr.. Van Stopel, was reading
about stocks in the paper to ay. Do
explain to me what they do in Wall
street, mad how they make and lose so
much money. / do not understand it
at all
Here was a subject on which Van
Slope could not only talk, but talk
well. And he did. He explained all
about puts an cal and options and
margins, buyers ten days and sellers
five, so clearly that his fair interlocutor
did not understand it. But she did not
say so.
Il should like TO speculate myself.
have $25Osand | should like to double
it, Just for the fun of the thing"
"Miss Duke, you are very fortunate,
for just now there is the greatest that
is. | think | know of stock that will
surely Il mean probably rise to higher
"a better figure shortly; and if you in
trust your little venture TO me, l
promise that you shall much more than
double it."
''Oh, thank YOU You are SO kind.
But then you know that want to deal
with broker myself. That would be
charming. If you could tell me how 10
manage that Could you, now 2" And
she beamed on him bewItching smile
that fairly subjugated the great ''bull, "
and tipped his horns with rapture. He
smiled in return, hesitated-and the
man who hesitates, surrenders.
There are several stocks that are
down. he said. that may go. | should
recommend the B., s. and w"
''B., S. and W. ?"
'eYes-the Barfield, St. Barnaby and
Waukeeshaw railroad. II is standing
now at g."
How am 1 to go about it, please ~
He told her.
"Dear me shall never remember
for me, will you2"
Van Stopel, still under the fascina
ton, took out his pencil and wrote,
while Millicent sat by, expectant. She
was at his shoulder, her breath famed
his temples, and he could scarcely
write legibly, but he persevered.
"Oh, thank you, SO much"
"Now," said he, l have shown you
two ways. You can either buy at ten
days. or you can buy outright. / should
recommend the latter. You see your
margin will be ten per cent. on the par
value, which is 100, and not on the
selling price, which is nine. Now, if
you buy at ten days, you can only get,
say about twenty-five shares, for you
must keep some back to fill up your
margin in case it falls"
"Fill up my marginm
" Yes; have explained that on the
pape. But if you buy outright you
will get twenty seven shares, for you
will have no margin TO fill and your
profits will be more. II you were to put
ten thous nd dollars or more into the
transaction it would be different. Then
esponsible broker, able to carry the
amount either bg his own means or
through credit, would treat the stock,
which has kept uniform price so long,
as favorably as he would a dividend
paying stock, and give you a contract at
., and possibly at 3 per cent. With
your small amount, buy the stock out
right. I'll recommend you to re-
sponsible broker; but he is one l never
do business with-a good and honorable
man, though; but you must promise
that you won't tell him or any one else
that / sent you"
81 promise that won't. breathe it
not even to father
Millicent played the piano for him -
she played fairly: and sang for him
she sang well. Van Stopel was in the
seventh heaven, and was on the verge OF
proposing right then and there, hut he
lacked courage. He left, however, in
an ecstasy of delight, but it did not last
long. He was meditating one Of his