The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-02

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fwcSrY or M, riFrT pnLiln> AiHgAbY
OoNG
Ntthis the place scsu"i very close ani
| oppressive 10 Burlington. amt he got out into
tic fresh MIR "a fAs; ~ ho could, lie did no.
feel hungry and was ablg without inconven
icnco IN save 'hc ten cents which his bowl
Of broad and milk usually cost him.. H.
walked tho luhch time away thinking.
"My luck." ho fa!tcrcd. MY luck! !
had no bIsIpcss going into H. ] have
preached against II all my life, ard my con
aicncc told ms II was wrong. deserve
what ] mn getting"
He thought whether he should not 90 back.
order the stock sold, losc the e"D aud save
the other sO before II should b. tOo late.
"No," said he, II will not do u. That Ia
| Just my trouble. ! never havo nerve enough
I give up too quick. For once ] will try
| wha, nerve viii do. n the thing Hocs II
| can a,l go" And no thought bitterly that
that the chances were many TO ono that II
all would 20.
The experience no was ,oing through was
far from pleasant, and he resolved Chat
whichever way tho thing turnc1 out h.
would let speculation alone thereafter. II
was disauletirg Ia thu nerves, kept one In
constant apprehension, made II hard 10 sleep
ut night and disaxrceablc to wake up In the
morning.
Next day the market was better. North
western had recovered It's loss and hAd crcpt
mp 10 iIit lie could close out, make e. and
h. ont ~ hi> worry. 10 was tcinptcdt 10 10
10. Hut u rising market now clatrd him ~
much ~ n dcc.!niuy one hai depressed him
| the day previous Like all amateur sprcu.
i,tors no was u 'bu.l." iie could scc M
reason why stoc.Ss should not continue To
rise. Perhaps In another day or two they
would w up u voin, or two and then he
would feel like kick INK himself" II hc sold
now. Again he expressed h conviction
that II WIS u proper time FOR the exhibition
" nerve" by holding on. No he held On.
For some dnysthc market WAS 'frm hut
Inactive" Stocks would neither 80 up nor
down. ahl LMddington suffered more anxi.
city aud mcutnl strain than several times
nifty dollars would pay for. Then one day
there was u little rise. Northwestern got
up TO l.;it, thu point nj which he Ind or
dcred his stock IN I've sold. and he drsw out
twenty dollars ~ clear profit ON lcss than L
weeks investment.
Then he shared his secret with his vito.
iic could afford 10 toll her now. Aud Ailcu
was In u sense pleased. She was glad Of the
clear gain To tho small bank account And
vOt her satlstaction wns not VA liyCly ~
John had sxisctcd Shs seemed to BE- u III
Ito troubled about tho manner IN which thi.
casily.get money was earned. amt asked
soma Troublesome questions. Her husband
explained the matter In such 10 way ns to re-
tlec, u good deal OF credit on his sngnci,,
mnd nerve ~ q stock operator. hut Ali,s
somehow sccmel disposed to attribute hi
aacvoss 10 accident. Shc advised him IL II
thankful for his good luck. put the mons,
IN bank and lot stock alone thereafter, TOT
|, she had hard that II was not u safe husi
ness. liz halt promised that he would do NJ
And this promise no kept Tor awhile. Bu
! he continued % watch tho stock market
noted its fluctuations closely aud mad,
Imaginary invr ,tm"nts to sc how tho,
would como nut. They came out 10 VOL
: that he cNinc 10 bcli0vo that possibly no wa
u great fnancicr In disguise, u man VIII
might BE- rich u no had u little morc nerve
= instead ~ u hf,ccn -iollar.a. week. clerk IN
Grlgya n Go. He studied commrut!y
n table. of stocks and found that ,css than
Q year bcfors Northwestern commo had boo
down to 10. To think of that! Why.
u he had ,hou bought 40 shares, IN no coul
have done. and h,ld on u It, his &aN woul
h have swc,lsd to q. AN. u sum that he coul
y never h0,N 10 got by keeping booxs u, u
u week. Thethought made him fairly dian,
Having scored one ANAL success In Wa
o. street u was not likely that this iutoxic.ic
d young man would kscp out VI II. Tho ide
Of making a fortune In u Tow months gre,
10 upon him. He thought Of his faithful, har
IL working little wife. cooking, wuxhin,
o arudsins, denying und saving AMI h
81 thought W. AT u lifo he would give her coul
~ he but Huc, ced In the stock market. The
would comc The long dreamed OF homo. Il
70 handsome furniture, Its horse and carriag,
servants TO do the work, friends aud plca
ID ure-a life that would indeed be wort
living!
~ hut NJ all thess wild dreams he said not
word u patient, loving, hopiug Alice. II
~ had surprised her once. Might he not sou
40 give her u grand surprise. Rho should y,
RI acknowledge his abilities which Homcho'
n. he felt thar she underrat~i.
10 hut he hcsita,cd and waited. 'What II
nj should 20 tho other way - he asked himsel
he aud lacked the NERVE" that was IN 10,
no him on to fortune,
I'M Monday there was almost u panic In W,
street. Stocks all went down with u tn,
mt bile, like u row II bricks ~, on end. TIL,
'al they rallicd, stcadicL, gained u little and a
Tor other turn downwards, BY aud BY q
W. tttot ~ WIN W. " INV
IN was fully five points lower than when l.u
nut dington had made his lucky purchasr. r
&c brokers were unanimous that there "
ry nothing to make them go lower. Tho par
was u moro scare, the result ~ manipu
lut tiOna by the bears ami the circulation OF |,
N. gossip aud false rumors. Never had III.
IT. been such u chance Ia make money in stoc
no they said. They were bound to 90 un Y
ID up u good deal higher than they were
ut FORE. Our amateur specalat0r thought
I'd recognized his opportunity At last. IL
vt moment OF uncontrollable impulse he ar
out all the money In bank. This time
mt would play for u big atake. Instead Of n
he bought 40 shares Of Northwestern y,
,ly mon. ut served me well before"
he thought. u will try IL again. Surely
ow can't 20 lower thsn II IL now"
th And tho very next day was the day
his which tho great break In Manhattan |
Iht waited occurred, carrying every thing do
Int with II. Then there was . real panic on
New York Stock Exchange. Northwest
went down to III, snuthng out Joha l.
o." dlngton's ksO margin rs y whirlw
~, suufis out . candle. When he went In
m brokers ofice and Jaw what had happe
oct 10 turned pala but no was cool and
dly lscted.
lsd There 10 only one more thing 10 do
ar said. Icsn't tell Alice what ] have d