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+ 8cuYe ard ths ~Aest rs1 "a tie n-s-r
u the board - trats 7.ut4u-s a uuzz-
ins sboUtluK scEeanair- ssNfta <
1E-kers. t1s sys of tAo-e HsosG deefls
lnDeree1e1 are lo< - much % tL.7 ia
where TIE ull-El-staoI,s ln IEloe Ars -eli-s5
constantly registered ss en srEll AMI
terror iEsparIl4 ns~rs stsLallg 4ooat
nss.r lie yIsnt staircase Thls L GA
Hutch. a. he Las been chTlsteara tt
those WHO have fallen IL the RAY -
laEge q percentage q the popalA-loh
bear the scsrs II ss0ulds received Ia t-s
" hr-t plt nat ire fame Il b 7. hutel--
iI-son &c d nl2EcisT Is obscured ~ ne
Iotousty of "Od Hutchv
Probably 10 pEoJainent character IA
the Seet Is more generally nlisUndoEs tod
than he. Even his eneI.ies have l. a.
knouledge that his ul.sy = disastrous fefaYs
GA tie market have invariably been pre-
cesled by reEeated warnings q lie crowd
o. stand from under. Which. hal they
been accepted, w0Gld have meant safety
UnpTeluliced observers can sec plainiy
enough that what some ~ his rlvsis ac-
comphsh by means 4 trickery. luck and
reckless "bluhng this much trRdnced
veteran owes To hls extraordinary physl-
cal vitality, his phenomenal energy ard 4
vigilance that never relaxes FOR moment
\ very few Of Mr. Hutchlnson's busi-
ness associates know him as something
more than the terror of the wheat mar
ket, and they thoroughly enjoy his so
cisty. When change opens they stand
aloof for the "Oid man" Is carrying n
his mind the operations Of dozen brok-
ers, who are reporting constantly now
the battle wages in the pit. When the
bell taps ar the close the veteran stalks
little way up the street % his bank. the
Corn Exchange Here the loose ends Of
the days business are picked mp and
some laconic general orders Issued for
tho morrow. Toward p IL. few con-
genial spirits VIII g. found in the Century
club drinking in the wisdom that falls
from the lips OF "Old Hutch" But II
any one expects to hear a word about
how 10 got money out Of wheat, or out
Of anything else for that matter, disap-
pointInent awaits him.
II Is Thoreau. his fayorite philosopher,
Margaret Fuller, the dispersion of the
races, the theory Of evolution, the poetry
of Browning. Tennyson, Dante, Shake
speare, evolution, religion, art, music,
mehcine-the whole range Of subjects
which appeal 10 the intelligence Of en-
lightened humanity supply texts for the
discourse Of this wonderful man. His
grammar is often faulty, and his pronun-
ciation occasionally something t. smile
at. He sees the smile and affably ex-
plains how he never went 10 school q
day in his life But he has a rugged
elOquence that never fails 10 impress
those who listen. They know that this
man, who is master Of trade and finance,
has read more books than the professors,
and read them better; that he knows
pictures and poetry better than the pain
ters and the poets; that he has looked
deep into the lives of the men and
women Of history and found in them
more than their biographe-s dreamed Of
Often the old man holds forth on these
matters, over an occasional glass OF beer
and cheese sandwich. until within an
hour Of dawn. Then his little audience
crawls of 80 bel But bed is not In the
thoughts Of "Old Hutch" He gives his
big form a shake, and, going to the ofico
of his favorte newspaper, buys the first
sheet wet from the press, boards a horse
car and is at the stock yards By sunrise.
Usually a day thus begun makes history
in the wheat pit. c. ID.