The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-12-12

B0lAku CA8Nu nAlu 0lll8llu IN e0o uuulnuLLlOu
Of the prustrate giant who bad no friendk
The excursion party returned from the
mines In high spirits; even the president Of
the company declared 10 had no idea that
the property was % rich. He predicted, and
called all present 10 remember his words, that
the information be would send east would
"boom" q & W. at least ten points within
ton dayA MargSS heart simply danced with
In hun; II 10 was 10 b a. the president pre-
dicted his own hoped for million BY The DO
ginning Of the Stagnant season would be
nearer two He srniled pltyingly - LnciAS
face rosO before him; how strange that be
had ever thought serIoualy Of making that
chit his wife. and being gratiGed for such
dowry a the Iron trade might allow her
father 10 givsI
The stages stopped at . mining village
twenty miles from tho station, for dinner
The president aid to the keeper Of the little
hotel;
"Is there any telegraph station herOr
"Theres q telephone eros the road at the
store" aid the proprietor ut runs into the
bankin' house at Big Stony"
"Big Stonyr echoed the president "Why.
we've done some business with that bank.
Come, gentlemen, lots 60 across and hnd out
how our baby d being taken caro- Of
Several Of the party went. AargS bslug
among them Tho president 'rang up" the
little bank, and bawled,
"Got any New York quotations todayT
aye, replied . thin, far away voicA
"HowS the stock marketF
Pretty comfortable, conSidering."
"Any figures on 3. & w.r
"El," was the only sound the president
could evolve from the noise that followed
"Umphr aid he; "what does that meant
'Er must b 'twelve'-hundrod and twelve
Still rising, you 10; though why it should
have gone % high and % suddenly don't
exactly 80 Hello, be resumed, q he turned
again TO the mouth pIece; "will you give ne
thoss figures again, and not quite % loudl
can't make them out"
Again tho message came, but u did not
sem any more satiSfactory, for the president
looked astonished. and then teoInod; thsn
he shouted back
There's some mistakp, you dIdnS ret the
right letterA aid 3. & W.-EastGn and
Western. Ono moment Mr.. Marge, won't
you kindly take my plAcoi Ny bearing Int
very keen"
Mango placed the receiver 10 his ear, and
shouted, "An right; 60 ahead" In two or
three seconds be dropped tho receiver. turned
pale, and looked a. Il about 10 fan.
"What isitT asked several voiceSin chorIn
"HS aid, Z q W. Il dead a Q snolt;
knocked 10 pieces two days ago."
"What d u quoted at nowF asked one.
quickly.
True enoughI who could want 10 know
more than Margsi u was In feeble vcIco,
though, and after two or three attemps 70
clear bis throat, that DO asked
"How did IL eloss to-dayr
Again, a. the answer came haek. Narro
dropped the receiver and acts; q 4 about 70
fall
"What d itF Speak, can't your
"Thirty-sovenI" whispered MarRa
There was an outburSt Of angry oxciama,
lions, not unmlxod with profanity. Than
nearly all prussnt looked at the prudent 70.
quiringly, but without receiving any attompl
at an explanation, for tho pro1dent was ar
tho heaviest owner Of 4 q W. stock, and
be looked o. stony Of face % u ho had hidden
ly died but neglected TO closo bis eyol
Marge hastily sought the outer air, u
seemed 10 him be would loso his reason q Be
did not got away from that awful tolophona
Thirty-s0veni DO knew what that meant; his
margin might have saved his own stock had
tho drop Doou 70 uttlo DoloW par, out IL had
tumbled more than half hundred points %
Of course his broken had cloSad The account
when the margin Was oxhauSted, and Marra.
who fortnight bstorO had counted himsslf
worth nearly million dollar (Wali street
Millions, was now simply without Q penny
10 bis credit In Wan street or anywhsro GiSc;
what money be CHANGED 10 have h his pockot
was al ho could hope 10 call his own until
the frst Of the next month, when he occu.
pants Of bis tenement housoS would pay thsir
rent
Itwns awful; 10 was unendurnhlo; be longod
TO scream, TO rave, 10 tear his hair. He
mentally cursed tho beam, tho brokers, tho
directors, and every one else but himself
Ho heard some Of bis companions In tho store
bawling messages through the tslsphons, 10
DO wired to New York; theso were veternna
who assumed from past eypsrIeuce that 4
martial recovery would follow and that thav
would partly recoup their lossaa But what
could be Dol There was not on oarth a per~
son whom he couId auk bv talegranh- for ~
few hundred dollaFE nec,U.ary u 4 0rnaIi
sueculatiou on the ruinS
ma hoard IRA outburaa AZ ,ncrnaulltv so,.
lowed Nv ra0e, A. tho nns.anger. Who IA =.
NAMED Al no iittle hotel rocsIved ~ uns1.
nected neWs. which NOV saa-,sd IA Mn ID \.
days GA Thop Ia 800 % a,-uec1 svsrV.
bodv. even the crarhed pro~idant and dirce
torS what Could ~ earier MarCa ~ q
hIrsolf thon - ~. shr.,-a e-ii.S. ~ -.