The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-05

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guess, il he's fool enough to back the wrong
side to win
You mean horses"
mo, was thinking of Wall street"
"Oh, I've heard about that | must
get down there some day and have a look at
'em. | wonder il some fellow will give me
tipln
Judging from my own experience, l
should say several persons would be very
clad to do so,n Cowran replied, rather
Srimly. what would be the result to you
is another question:
"Oh, I'm not altogether an ass in money
matters, you know said the Captain,
pleasantly. Il can't afford to throw money
away, rs have said before; but l have a
few thousands that wouldn't mind putting
out to advantage, and from what hear it
would be easy to double or treble it in a
few weeks, If a fellow got hold of the right
stock
well, you will do as you like, of course ;
it's none of my affair. Only, should be
sorry to have you plucked while you arc
the guest of the club"
ooh, come now 1t isn't as bad as that,
surely9 OF course l suppose there are
Sharpers ON the street, as there are every
where; but I'm speaking of the really solid
fellows. who control everything persons
like Golding and Nanderwick. don't fancy
there'd be any danger in following the al
vice of Golding, now, for instancep
Maxwell Golding is clever man." re-
turned Cowran, putting an egg in his egg
cup and cracking the top of it with his
spoon-the two were breal1fasting to-
gether. He is clever man. | might al
most say great man, if man whose whole
soul is in finance can properly be called
great. He is a master of his art, and per-
forms with a turn of his finger marvels
that would make Monte Cristo look like IA
fool, and give Aladdin headache" Here
he dropped a pinch of salt into his egg
HE is as powerful a man as there is in this
country to-day. Russia is a despotisn, but
she has only one Car, and he has the
Nihilists against him; but" continued Cow
ran, his voice deepening, America Is a re-
public, and has a thousand despots, and
Maxwell Golding is the chief Of them !
What is there he cannot do or buyf His
creed is that every man has his price; or II
his price can't be found, he oan be crushed
Golding is above the law; If the laws that
exist don't suit him, he breaks them; if il is
too much trouble to break them, he gets
other laws passed for his convenience. The
legislators, the Judges, the lawyers pro and
con, the juries, the newspapers, all belong
to him. The public is helpless fool; he
knows it, and wouldn't mind saying it. His
enemies he annihilates as a matter of
course; that's only what might be expected !;
but his friends suffer even more. He leads
them on until they feel secure, and believes
that he values their interests equally with
his own; and then he cuts them down and
roots them ap and sows the place in which
they flourshed with salt Talk about
sharpers! Take your money-all you have
and have it paid to you in gold coin by
the bank. Carry Il TO the worst slum in
ha ntNr Ill hn r4rall
Leave it there all day md all night, and go
back to look for it in the morning. Do you
think you would find it intactp
'Well, hardly"
"Then tell you, and / know what / am
talking about, that the chances would be
ten times as great in favor Of finding every
dollar where you left it, as if you followed
Golding's friendly advice as to investing in
his stocks He wouldn't be satisfied with
taking all you had; he would get mort
gage on everything you could hope to make
hereafter. And you would be powerless to
retaliate. II would have been done correct
ly, according to the rules of the street
sometimes think that perhaps a little Mill
ism wouldn't be a bad thing in New York.
A bomb would do more to bring such fell
lows to reason than all the law in the coun-
try"
tOh, l say, Cowran! You are not in
earnest, you know.% A fellow may hate a
man without wanting to blow him up, by
Joven
Cowran's eyes were sparkling, and his
face was flushed, but lie controlled himself
by an effort. 81 am speaking in the alb
stract, of course" he said, hastily. But it
is a truth which the history of all oppres-
sion confirms, that, whe+ legitimate means
fail to punish high-handed wrong, men will
take the law into their own hands, and Gold
ing is as likely as any other to be forced to
realize that truth in his own case"
''Well, I'd no notion it was as bad as that
over here, ;" the Captain remarked, cheerful
". Zone always has the idea that every
body has a good time in America, and
makes lots of money, As for this man
Golding-you say you speak in the abstract
you mean you don't know him personally,
| suppose"
II have had nothing to do with him for
several years; ! have nothing to say as 30
what relations we may have had i'll tho
past Nv story would be only little more
ugly than that of a hundred others.
Pshaw! it isn't worth while TO let ones
breakfast get cold for such matter. All
wanted was TO give you an idea of what you
are to expect down there among the bulls
and bears"
"Well, I've been in some pretty lively
scrimmages in my time" said the Captain,
toying with his coffee-cup. land I've shot.
tigers in India, and all that sort of thing;
but ! fancy | wouldn't make much of a
show among your bulls and BEARS after all.
And I'm much obliged to you, my dear Cow
ran, for putting me up to the game"
Cowran nodded. but made no reply; and
the Captain, turning his chair and crossing
his legs, took up a paper and began to
glance idly up and down its columns, re-
freshing himself meanwhile with occasional
swallows of coffee.
Presently he laid the paper on his knee,
and turned to his companion.
owe often thought he said, what
deuced entertaining book it would make if
some fellow was to get lot of the person
ais in the newspapers, and put EN- together
connecting oil those that seemed TO have
been written by the same people, you know.
II might be possible, in that way, TO find
out what they were writing about. Some
of them read as if there might be some very
odd stories behind 'em. Do you ever look
at emW
"Once in while, I suppose. ] never give
any thought TO the matter. Are there any
interesting ones this morning~
II don't know; nothing particular. This
one ct the top Of the column is a. good as
any. The Instrument Of Divine Ven
geance, it begins That some formula,
probably, by which the person us adj
dressed 10 is to recognize the writer. Can
NJ. G. communicate with you? Any method
you suggest will be strictly observed. Do
not commit an Justice There's sugges-
ton TO follow up, you see! The Lord
e,iveth and tha I ord toketb away This