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


ths property WEE % rich. He predicted. and
called all present TO remember his words, that
the information he would send cast would
boom" e. & W. AZ least ten points within
ten dayA Marges heart simply danced with
In him; II u was 10 10 as the president pre-
dicted his own hoped for million BY the be-
ginning Of the stagnant season would Be-
nearer two. He smiled pityingly - Lucias
faco rose before him; how strange that he
had ever thought serioualy Of making that
chit his wife. and being grati6sd for such
dowry - the iron trado might allow her
father TO givei
The stages stopped At q mining village,
twenty miles from tho station, for dinner.
The president said 10 tho keeper Of the httls
hotel.
rs there any telegraph station hercr'
There's . telephone cross tho road at the
store" said the proprietor. ''lt runs into the
bankin' house at Big Stony"
big stonyr' echoed tho president. "why,
we've done some business with that bank.
Come, gentlemen, let's go across and find out
how our baby d being taken caro- Of"
Several Of the party went, Marge being
among them. Tho president "rang up the
little bank, and bawled,
Got any New York quotations todayr
"Ycs, J" replied thin, far away voice.
'IIows tho stock marketr'
"Petty comfortable, considering"
ANY figures on q. & W.r
"El," was the only sound the president
could evolve from the noise that followed.
"Umphr said be-; "what docs that meant
Ell must be 'twolvs'-hundred and twelve.
still rising, you see; though why u should
have gone 20 high and 90 suddeuly don't
exactly see. Hello" hc resumed, a he turned
again TO the mouth piece; twill you give me
thoes figures again, and not quite % loudi
can't make them out"
Again the message came, but u did not
secm any moro satisfactory, for the president
looked astonished, and then frowned then
bs shoutsd back;
There's some nistAtA, you didn't ges the
right letten said 3. 4 w.--Eastsfu end
Western. One moment Mr.. Margs, won't
you kindly take my placsi MY hearing isn1
very keen"
Margs placed tho receiver to bis ear, and
shouted, IAN right; 60 ahead" In two cr
thres sseonda he dropped the receiver. turned
pale, and looked a II about 10 fall.
"whatisitf' asked several voices In chorua
"IIs said, e. q W. 70 dead - . smelt:
knocked TO pieces two days ago."
"what Il II quoted st nowr' asked ons,
quickly
True enough, who could want 10 know
though, and after two or three attempts 20
clear bis throat, that hs askodi
"How did 10 close to-dsyr'
Again, % tho answer came baok, Marrs
dropped the receiver and acted - II. about 10
fall.
"what IL lei" Speak, can't your
"Thirtyscvsnw whispered MArgA
Thsrs was IN ontburSt Of angry sxclsma-
tions, not uninixed with profanity. Then
nearly all present locked at the president In.
Quiringly, but without receiving any attempt
at an explanation, Tor the president was far
the heaviest owner Of T. q W. stock, and
be looked - stony Of face - II hs had sudden.
ly disd but neglected 10 closs his eyes.
Margs hastily sought the outer air; N
seemed TO him hs would lose bis reason II be
did not got away from that awful telephone.
Thtrty-ssveni he know what that meant; hii
margin might have saved his own stock had
tho drop been 10 q little below par, but II had
tumblsd moro than half hundred poIuts, %
Of course bis brokers had closed the account
when the margin ives exhausted, and Margs
who fortnight before had counted himaell
worth nearly million dollars CVall strest
miilions). was now simriy without penny
10 his credit In Wall street or anywhere elss;
what money ho chanced 10 have In bis pocket
was ali be could hope 10 cali bis own until
the first OF the next month, whom the occu
pants OF his tenement houses would pay thelI
rent.
Itwas awful II was unendurable; he longet
10 scream, to rave, TO tear his hair. HI
mentally cursed tho bears, tho brokers, ths
directors, and every ono else but himself
Iio heard some Of his companions In the stort