Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-10

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want a job Few words and keep mum.
! Yes or nor
| "Ses," said Trainor, decidedly.
81 like your pluck said Trillion.
ait doesn't take much pluck TO follow Mr..
Trillion'S lead"
/ "None of your nonsense. How do You
| know anything about me, or what am go
! ing to dos may fail tomorrow ,-God for
! bid,-but when the wind comes, it's the tall
trees that are knocked over"
Traror thought the comparison rather
! ludicrous for man standing on such
r--snsrkably short pegs, but he said moth
nothing.
Il mean to sell few shares of stock, and
I want you to do the business. | am not to
be known i'll it"
Trainor bowed, and asked what the stocks
We're.
mo matter; any you can sell to advantage
haven't share, but l needn't tell YOU that
doesn't make any difference
Let me understand you clearly" said
| Traiuor
! sell under For instance take a stock
that sells to-day at ninety four; offer to de-
liver it five days hence at ninety To-mor-
row offer it peg lower, ard SO on, till the
market is easier. When the first contract is
up, we shall let the stock at eighty eight, or
less, perhaps, deliver to the buyers, and
pocket the difference"
But it may not fall"
Its bound to fall People that bold stock
must sell to pay their notes Every day
brings a fresh lot of shares to the hammer"
But the bulls may corner you; they will
try nightly to keep prices up"
But they can't corner, tell you, there are
too many of them in distress. Besides, we'll
spread; we won't put all our eggs into one
basket. If | stuck to "bearing" one stock,
holders might get all the shares and break
me by keeping them so that | couldn't COM
ply with my contracts. l Shan't do it, I'll
pitch into the "fancies' mainly; they are held
by SPECTATORS, who must be short, and they'll
come down with run"
How deep shall go inl"
"Fifty thousand, to begin with However,
there won't be many transfers actually made;
the bulls will merely pay the differences"
'Or else waddle out of the street lame
ducks"
Trillion rubbed his hands, while his eyes
shone with colder glitter
"Well,you are bear, truly" said Trainor,
with unfeigned admiration,-"a real Ursa
Major"
40 be sure I'm bear. What's the use Of
being bull in times like these, to be skinned
and sold for your hide and tallowF"
"The market is falling, and no mistake"
Eyes, and will fall lower. Stocks haven't
been down since '73 low as you will see
them a month from now"
Trainor bowed-and waited Trillion
pointed the eyebrow again.
you don't want to begin on an uncertain
ty. l see Sharp Proper enough. I'll
give you ten per cent of the profits-you to
I. t,.an
set down, and at the end of each week I'll
give you note for your share. That do? |
thought it would. l offer liberal figure, for
/ think you know something, youngster. Use
your Judgment now. Consult me, of course;
but NUNS the word. If any stock is pushed
in, lay hold, and don't be afraid. The hold
ers must sell, and they must sacrifice. Wen
skin emp said Trillion, with an excitement
that was rare in cool, hard head like his
Then thinking he had been too outspoken, he
resumed his former concise manner.
"All fair, you know. Bargain is a bargain
They must sell; we won't buy, without we
buy cheap; their loss, to be sure, but our
gain. All trade on the same plan. Seller
gets the most he can; buyer pays only what
he must"
THAT'S it." said Trainor. Every man for
himself in this world"
wen, good morning, young man. Sharp's
the word Call at my office this afternoon
And, with queer sweep of the pointed eye
brow, he departed.
What visions of opulence rose before
Trainor's fancyl He would now lay the
foundations of his fortune, and, perhaps, &C
complish it. He would become power in
Wall street; and, best of ALL he would escape
from his slavery TO Norcross, and perhaps
even patronize the naughty man he had so
long served. How to begina He could not
attend the sales on the Exchange in person,
as he was not member. He determined TO
employ Sponsor, an old acquaintance who
would be glad to buy and sell for the regular
commissions. The preliminaries were speed
lily concluded, and line of stocks made out
on which TO operate. The excitement was
almost too great for Trainor to bear. As he
counted the piles of bank-bills on his employ
ers' counter, or stacked up heaps of coin, in
his ordinary business, he fancied himself an
other Ali Baba, in a cave to which he had
found the Open Sesame, and he could hardly
contain himself till the time should come
when he should take possession Of his unim-
aginable wealth. He had built air-castles
before, but never one so magnificent, SO
real He could have Rugged Trillion, bear
as he was. We leave Trainor and his princi-
pal on the high road to success.