Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-05

sssmed pscmmng, couId f6lnu thetr hopes
only on certain coutingsncieA
Yet xarge, cool and prudent though BE-
was, took no interest whotcver In 'Securities''
that deserved their name; he devoted all his
attention to such stocks ~ nuctuatcd wildly
-stocks about which conflicting r,imors, both
good and bad, came day by day, sometimes
hour by hour. He did not hesitate to inform
himself that he was simply gambler, at the
only eeutlemanly game which the law did
not mako dimeputable, and that the place for
his wits and money was among the stocks
which most indulged In ''quick turns" and
10 which the outside public great flock
Of lambs--would be most attracted.
Aftcr q careful survey Of the market and
several chats, apparently by chance, with el-
legged authorities OF the street, he determined
to oonilne his operations to the stock Of "The
Eastern and Western Consolidated Railway
company better known on the street and
the stock tickers' tapes a. "E. & W." This
stock had cvery feature that could make any
alleged security attractive TO operators, for
there was great deal Of II, the company was
formed BY the consolidation, under tho guise
Of leasing, Of the property Of several other
companies, It was steadily picking up small
feeders and Incorporating them with tho
main line, II hold some land grants Of posi-
bic value, and, hastily, some Of tho managers
were % brilliant, daring aud INSCRIPTIONS
that startling changes In tho quotations
might occur at any timo at very short uoticc.
Could a gambler ask for ors.promixing
camel
e. & W. soon began to justify Margs in
his choice. For the first fow days after he
vcuturcd inb, IL tho stock crept up by frac.
tions and points 70 that by selling out and
promptly repurchasing Marge was able to
double bis investment, ION margin" from
bis profits alone A temporary break fright
ened him little, but on . rumor that the
company was obtaining . lease Of an Inn
portant connecting link he borrowed enough
money 10 buy moro instead Of selling, and
as--for . wonder-ths rumor proved true, he
realized" enough 10 take . couple Of hun
dred shares mora Success began TO mani
fest itself In bis countsnauce and his manner,
and to bis great satisfaction he once heard
his name coupled with that Of one Of the
prominent operators in tho stock.
His success bad also the effect Of making
his plans more expansive and aspiring.
Should e. q W. 60 on - 10 was going, he
must within half . year become quite well
off-almost rich, In fact Such being tho
case, might 70 not be mistake for him to at
tach as much Importance as be had done to
tho iron business and its possible effect upon
the dover Of Miss Tramlayi She was a
charming girl, but money ought to marry
money, and what would be . share Of the
forty or fifty thousand year that Tramlay
might mako In Q business which, after all.
could have but the small margin Of profit
which active competition would allowi There
ware rich families toward whose daughters
he had not previously dared to raise bis eyes,
for their heads would have demanded a fuller
financial exhibit than he cared to make on the
basis Of tho few Thousands Of dollars which
be had Invested In profitable tenement house
property. A Z large holder Of Y. & W.
bis position would be different; for were not
tho heads Of these varions families operating
In Z. & w. themselvesi
Little by little he lessened his attentions to
Lucia, and his visits to tho house became
fewer. To Phil, who did not know the cause,
tho result was quickly visible. and delight
that Mrs. Tramlay's manner perceptibly
changed to an undesirable degree. That pru-
dent lady continued TO inform her husband
that there seemed TO 10 no movement in Hayn-
ton Bay villa plots, and that the persistency
of the young man from the country scanned
TO have the effect Of discouraging Mr.. Marge,
who really bad some financial standing.
Tho change In Marge's manner was per-
ceptible throughout the Tramlay family.
Even Margie experienced sense OF relief,
and abe said ono evening to Lucia:
"Isn't II lovely that your old beau Is 80
busy In Wall street nowadaysi he doesn't
come here half as much rs he used to- and ]
don't have to be bored by him while you're
taking 10 fml 10" ought 70 III up ROOM
esPec'aiiy tor me IN Sour "ew hou'e, Lu' ,o'
I've endured drenoioi iot ior your SAKE
You sluy chiiu, Lucia rephed' you
might catch Mr. Marge yourself T" 20" hheo.
mamma seems 10 want 10 nave nun III 'he
ismrly. v,
ihank you ior the ~ Mars'o reoor'ea,
pu' "onI eao ior .asD'n" a.i'IS oiu
enough 10 DO my grauuIa,nei. a'er pehe
accustonico 10 sse,us rea' h''o' "a'''so''io
YOUNG man ABOUT INC mouse
ne mas money, Siu I'uc'a, h''n 'un' ,s
what inost giris are aylhs 10 marry IaPa
says ne Is niahns 'oi .u,'o me "'Vp
III tne "arhet as so,ne ,oiks "y'
nope ne Is, saiu ma'eie' ne o"snV 10
nave something ues'oes wooueh ince' anu
paid nead, ana the same SET o, speeches aiu
manners ior al occasions' nae spiehu,u
sPnhA ne wou.a maze, OF an oiu llohullien'
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