The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-19

dious with waltzes and patriotic melodies.
Say Gould sits propped back in an easy
chair lie holds paper in his hands.
Apparently he is deeply interested in it.
Virtually he is alone, though watchiul
members OF the family at the other side
of the piazza have him in close view.
| There is an expression OF strained thought
fulness on the face OF the magnate, as
though he were trying to recall to mind
some escaped idea that the music hints at.
| lie raises the paper abruptly, almost spite
| fully, II might be thought. The music
| keeps on. The strain on the features
relaxes nothing Of its tension. The
! paper is thrown down. II is picked
up again. IL is turned and twisted
and tossed about-the reader is evident
ly in a moody state that melodies,
however witching, may not dispcl And
50 the scene there on the piazza continues.
No word for anybody; no seeming interest
in anybody or anything, save that nursed
newspaper, which now is in tatters from
the usage II has suffered. The doctor APP
proaches; n word or two without anima-
ton in them; then the carriage, the ride
the end OF day 4 experience in the life Of
Americas richest and, mayhap, most en-
vlcd) citizen
Thus goes the day, while Wall streets
turmoil keeps on in quite the old way,
and the ups and downs OF the uncertain
and risky quotations make all the Gould
acquaintance happy or sad, ~ the case
happens 10 he from day 10 day. And
Wall gIY.nt luu l.af. tnutgttpts tl,ut ia ilaua
recent ups and downs the Gould genius
and the Goald nimblcncss have had quite
as much TO do rs ever they had 10 do in
the past
II needs but DAYS observation Of the
goings aud cDmings Of Jay Gould here To
set such stories ut rest. Saratoga has
about dozen "branch Offices ol Wall
street brokerage firms open and az bust
ness now, for there il u large Wall street
delegation at the springs this season, Not
once since he arrived, however, has Mr.
Gould been at one Of these offices lie is
not hanging over the ticker" lie IL not
watching the tape lie has no special
! telegraph wire running into his cottage.
lie II not sending tclcgramsto Wall street
Tie IL not receiving kilograms from Wall
street. II ever a man were careless of
stocks and stock market fluctuations, Jay
Gould just nov IL posing rs that man. One
broker, urged 10y u generous heart, per-
laps, or possibly 10y an eye to prospective
commissions, offered u couple Of days ago
10 send over 10 Mr.. GOuld's cottage copies
Of stock market quotations ~ last rs they
arrived by special wire from the stock cN-
change
81 am obliged 10y your offer" said Mr..
Gould, but you really need not trouble
yourself. ! do not care TO see the quota
tons
Few people have the generosity Tor au.
dacity, ~ the case may be- To make calls
nj the Gould cottage. Nor are encourage
mcnts held out 10 callers or would-bc
callers. Mr.. Gould, himself, does have an
occasional sociahlc moment, and once or
twice within the last day or two hc has
appeared ON tho big public piazza and en-.
gagged briefly in conversation with friends
whom hc CHANGED to meet there. Those
who have had part in this rare diversion
have been deeply panied at the spccta-
Gle. Mr.. GOull's clothes fairly "hang"
upon him. and ~ ho crosses his
legs leaning back in his chair, the size Of
those legs appears slim 10 asuporlatiye pa.
llncss; they seem barely morc than oi
,ipc-stcm thickness Aud there IL q list.
cSsncss IN the cyc-t eye that nobody
moving Jay Gould ever saw there before.
'o animation is in ms speech. Ills only |
ommcnt ~ q mild.manncrcd assent 10
'thor peoples sentiments. Ills face is
pare, his countcnanco pinchcd, aud the
lend that has planned ~ many coups for
Wall streets nstonishmcnt leans forward,
imp, free from is old rcsolutc air A sigh;
rmly pathetic.
Where oraclcs Of the turf are met YOU
rear sometimes Of famed king Of the racc
rack whose homc.stretch glOrics finally
ave way To natures laws, aud the king
was sent Ia the pastures knocked out
But there came a day after when the tuh
was crowded again to see the tests ui met
tie in new heroes Of the track. All WIS
ready Tor the start. Then mp amhlcd the
aiorctmc leader. l.ookcs.on laughed out
their gibca aud lccrs, but the race went
On, and the old king WAS Ut the front
again, winner, pmncing as proudly ~
ever.
Aud Jay Could 10 We not vet too
sure, ola, Wall street. that the last has
been heard Of the wizards" prowc,s.
That old time racing quality may be- ling.
cring In him still. n.