Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-31

dfateiy ON hearing this report, had do
clined to buy 800 Guatemala COnsOl-
dated Air Line, and had abruptly turned
his back on the ticker with the remark
that stocks were not the best investment
now And the rumor grew and grew.
From whispers in the back ONCE IL
swelled to loud discussions on the curb
stones, The air rang with It, and the
chimes Of Trinity seemed to take II mp
and reverberate it into every nook and
Granny Of the money spinners. There
was but one refrain-one burden-and 1t
took form In the words:
sJaggers has got . big thingT
Yet not . living soul could tell what
Jaggers had got.
10 ask Jaggers himself would Be 70
question . sphinx. His demeanor. on 70
ceiving the query, depended upon the
person who made IL. Some he trans1xed
with a stony glare, which rs one detected
individual in describing his sensations
said @made him want to creep under the
nearest stoop and try TO die" To others
he replied jocularly and made light Of
the reports, with substratum Of serious
ness, however, easy perceptible through
his airy remarks. Others a. ain, and these
were the bank presidents and people Of
that stamp who approaches ed him on other
subjects and with painful cArelessness
turned the conversation in the direction
of the rumor, he took to- one side and
whispered to in a sort Of emphatically
suppressed way, which sent them OF with
the same puzzled look which Kvork
Bassmageran wore on emerging nom
Jaggers' lofty office. To . few, . very
few. he talked IN low, quiet matter Of
fact tone, and they listened with rapt
attention. With one person he con-
versed in this way near a coffee
and cake stand, the proprietor Of
which made IS within i've minutes
afterwards, by reporting 10 an en-
thusiastic young broker some words
which he had overheard. The purchase
was disastrous one for the broker. He
obtained the following: @SyndicAte-
million-organixation committee-Roths-
child" After deep study Of @Poor's
Manual and other educational literature
the broker became impressed with an
saged q corner in St. Paul. WhereupOn
he loaded himself largely with the stock.
which on the following day slumped six
points, and the broker borrowed five
cents back from the coffee and cake pro-
prietor wherewith to get home to Hhr-
lem. a
The week slowly wore around. Many
Q capitalist went TO bed on each Of the
seven nights in hopeless bewilderment,
incident to hearing one authentic expla-
nation at the Fifth Avenue hotel, another
at the Windsor, third at the Hoffman
and stiu another 1t the Union League
club. and got mp in the morning after .
sleepless night spent in trying to recon.
cile these with each other. In the bucket
shops Jaggers' scheme became actually
the subject Of bargain and sale. A special
blackboard was erected in each estab-
lishment with the word "Jaggers" ON top
of II, and quotations were made on the
basis Of what the stock In Jaggers new
company would probably Be worth puton
the market 1t was assumed, Of course,
that there would be . corporation, and
that the stock would be at once listed
ultimately So the bucket-shop keepers
bet against the public; that il, the public
would o6sr 300 "a for Jaegsn' stock
whatever 1t might represent-and the
keeper in turn stood-prs-
sumable-obliged to deliver Jaggen'
stock 1t that price when he could get it.
And these quotations, Of course, varied,
and considerable money was made and
lost. Toward the end Of the week
Jaggers' stock had risen 10 a2S l-S, spot
cash, with the market buoyant. This IL
how affairs stuod in the outer world,
when thirty three solid and respectable
gentlemen CREATED each other with
much formality and subdued expectation
In the inner world OF Mr. Jaggers' ollce
in the Conjunctive bank building, as
one week after the visit Of Mr..
Kvork Bassmaeeran thereto, also -
already set forth.
Mr.. ]. Livingston Ja&Eers leaned back
in his heavy armchair with . satisfied
smile. One Of the thirty three solid and
gentlemen was standing be-
lore the long once table with his
resting on the edge, in the atti-
tude Of addressing the remaining thirty
two solid and respectable gentlemen.
The white hair Of this particular repre-
OF the solidity and respectability
Of the metropolis stood quite erect, his
face glowed with unusual excitement,
had wilted his collar ON one
Iide, and even his heavy-bowed gold
Dpectacles were somewhat awry, becom-
ing 80 Immediately subsequent to . re-
thump on the table with which
he speaker had reinforced . particularly
affective period.
Mr. Kvork Bassmagersn stood leaning
pn . small box, or chest, which rested ON
} side table, and which he had covered
with . thick drApery Of woolen
u felt. He still had the same puzzled
ook - when he left Jaggers' ONCE .
week ago. but there was none Of the
abstraction which followed that
Visit. He was very wide awake and
solicitous in his care Of his box.
The solid and respectable gentleman
concluded his speech thus:
.And-Ough! pun! gentlemen, what
Ne have seen to-day is-ah-of immeas-
1rsble Importance. We Wehave-ah-taken
,art in the realization of-ah-a tire
discovery. All! This wonder
ul apparatus, am informed by our
fiend Jaggers, il fully capable of pro-
let me esee-seven-no,
even hundred bushels of-what ID IT.
'hms-yes, ohms-in . square inch-be-
ides more than mile Of volts per-week
no, per hour. We shall. in fact, make
'olts a. common in every family as-as-
Is-beans. Ohms will be laid ON every |
loor Of the humblest dwelling. This,
,entlemen, is the zenith Of discoyery-ah |
-ough genius -ough-ah-
INVENTION on-appreciative world ough-
'uff - unlimited rewardsl loud up.
'lause.)
After this peroration each solid and
gentleman took anothar glAas
Extra Dry and blinked expectantly q
lggers.
@Ahem:n observed that individual. sis