Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-17
smoke 70 deaden the cravings OF their vacant

stomachs.
FoRAGNa PARrIHs.
The situation was becoming desperate The
passengers wandered up and down through the
cars in mournfui procession, apparently crying
over and over again to themselves. allow long
Lora now long?" At the various small stations
neaI Mnicn The train stopped nothing could be
have been abandoned. even We b By the agents. The
looked Is Il they had been deserted TOR years once
a few OF the more venturesome and hungry travel.
US OIganzed foraging expeditions to outlying
nouSes. soon one came back bearing In triumph
ZIG, FAT LOAF or BREAD
ciumsily wrapped in a newspaper. With this he
ooogeo 70 his Lair. asif fearful that he would 6e
moooed and his treasure taken from him. Another
procured diminuttve pie, which he bore smilingly
"a nus mana. A scheme to organize band to rob
men r0osts did not meet with any volunteers and
vas gwen up suddenly q small boy bearing a
large, ,asge DoT OF ginger snaps appeared from some
where. Instantly there was q wild scramble 10
it he had disposed OF his holdings at q cent a
P ltt9 -, AZ Chester q boy came ON BOARD
VIII tne Chester evening paper. For him there
snap p1y and he dealt out his papers right and
iett; lie only asked a cent piece for his papers,
f %nsh WAS aesuIy cheap
Inc Inc exception OF few feeble paragraphs about
ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT.
Wnen the train reached Wilmington every one
mace break for the restaurant, but what was
their disgust at finding no restaurant there 1t had
oeen moved away, and, as the trainmen could not
zen now long the train would stop It was dangerous
:, 80 far away in search Of food. Some Of the
Saring ones took the chances, however, and came
PACK ia good time bearing armfuls Of chicken
sandwiches and fined oysters in boxes The others
mac 10 De content with scraggy apples ana bananas
81, BY this time 1t was late in the afternoon. and
sne passengers were almost In despair OF ever
0f oil ca Gin and
tne progress Of the train. The trainmen could
give put little Information, and begged not TO be
They were doing the best they
aeaIh, having been continuously ON duty since
leaving New York.
LIKE PAGE FROM s'MoHrR CRrsro."
The passengers who seemed to take things cas-
lest were three Representatives in Congress, who
played whist, smoked, and told stories alternately
al the way, little lunch breaking in occasionally
on the regular Order As night came on. after the
train had left Havre de Grace they settled back In
tns 20 Of
name and face are familiar to all freQuenters OF
Wall street. began to talk OF stocks and stock Oper-
man OF middle age. His fnii beard was streaEed
with gray, and he wore a SLOUGH hat He talked in
an off-hand, business-like manner, and soon was
TO bend close to him, SO that they might not miss
word. though he talked 80 loudly that persons In
neighboring seats could not help hearing much
ner in Reading stock into which he
had been forced against his will to pro-
tect some OF his holdings. The gentleman
told 1t In an Of-hand manner, without excitement
as ne might have told of penny-ante poker game.
Item by item he detailed how he had gathered In
block after block OF Reading stock until finally he
found himself st aggering under enormous guam
uty OF shares the largest holding OF high
priced stock, he declared, that any man in Wall
street ever had But he had taken all his steps
stood and what TO do at every turn. He left no
weak point where his enemies might attack him.
All his plans matured on a Saturday night. When
ne began TO buy the stock was worth about %.
TO jump and finally reached Al or A. On Monday
morning he was ready to close out the deal. ssThe
night BEFORE" the gentleman said, 81 went to
bed at O'Clock and slept right through
TO SIX the next morning as soundy as ever did in
my life." At this time, It Will be remembered, this
man was carrying stock representing millions OF
dollars, and any false step would not only
have involved him probably In irretrievable
ruin but have carried down many others
with him. The next day he began to liquidate and
said, an average OF 10 per cent on every share OF
stock he handled Those who heard the story
could hardly help holding their breath at the cru
cial points OF the narrative, nor could they with
bold their admiration for the splendid nerve OF the
man who could engineer such an operation and
tell about II afterward so carelessly and with so
acutenesS
And when at last, just before 10 O'Clock, after a
ride Of nearly % hours from New York, the train
reached Washington, the big operator was not
one OF those who took a cab, although the night
was bitter cold and the wind was blowing gale.
he jumped into 9th-street car, got q transfer at
street. and thus made his way TO his hotel up
from New York between Monday and Thursday
night.