The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1890-01-10

hieh when soldier securities were selling be
low par
Tho management, assisted by the entire T.
g. " clique, laughed all such bear stories
to ,corn, and when scorn seemed somewhat
insufficient they greatly increased the volume
of sale, and maintained the price 10y tho Ia
mildr, simple, but generally successful ex
pcdicut of buying from ono another through
many different brokers in the stock market
Tho bear party rallied within day or two,
and returned to the charge with an entirely
now set of lies, besides an accidental truth on
two. but the T. a W. clique was something
ol a liar itself, and arranged for simultaneous
delivery, at different points ON the street, OF
"a lot of s,oric. SO full of now mineral develop
mruts on the line of the road, and SO many
now evidences of the muuagcmcnts shrcwd
ness, that criticism was sicnCcd for while,
Gut bears must 1.-Two ns we'll as bulls, and
tho longer thoy remain hungry tho harder
they are sure To- fight for their prey; 50 the
street was soon favored with n fresh assort-
mout of rumo"s. This tme they concerned
hcmsrlyc, principally with the alleged bad
condition of the track end rolling stock In
the west. nul with doubts aS to the mineral
deposits said - have been discovered Tho
market WAS reminded that other railroad
companies, 10y scores, hal made all sorts of
brilliant discoveries aud announcements that
had failed to m1tcralizr, and that some Of
thc-c roads had been managed 10y hands that
now seemed To- be controlling H. * w.
Then the T. q W. management lost its
ordinary temper aud accused the bears Of
malignant falschool There was nothing
unusual in this, i'm locality where no ono is
over suspected of telling the truth while he
can make anything 10y lying When, how
over. f. a W. issued invitations 10 large
operators, particularly In the company's
stock, for n special excursion over tho road,
with opportunities for thorough investiga.
uuu, the bears growlcd sullcnly and began
% tool, for a living elsewhere.
The excursion start was n grand success in
the eve, of Mr. Margc, who made with 1t his
first trip I'm the capacity of an investigating
investor There woro men on tho train 10
whom Margc had in other days scarcely dared
10 hft his eyes In Wall street, yet now they
treated him ~ an equal, not only socially but
financially. lie saw his own name in news
papcrs of cities through which the party
passed, his namo had appeared in print be-
fore, but only among lists Of guests at par.
ties. or as usher or a bridcgroom's best man
at a wcddug-uot aS a iinancier. IL was
gratifying, too, TO have presented 10 him some
presidents OF western banks who joined the
party. and bo named TO these fnancicrs as
one of tho most prominent investors in +.
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lie saw moro, too, OF his own country than
ever before, his eyes aud wits were quick
enough To make him enter heartily into the
spirit of "A new enterprise or two which some
! of the L. n W. directors with the party were
! projecting II might rctard a little his accu-
mutation OF L.. * W, stock, but the difference
would loo in hl, favor In the end. To "get in
| on the ground 1oor" Of some great enterprise
! hal boon his darling idea for years; he had
/ hopol for il as unwcary mgly asfor rich wife,
| now at last hi, desire was 10 bo granted, the
| rich wife would bc easy enough To find after
! he himself became rich Unaccustomed
! though he was - sumbering with joltins
! bed under him, his dreams In the sleeping car
| wcrc ro>icr than any he had known since the
! hair be-an ~ grow thin on the top OF his head.
But as the party began to look through the
'ar windows for the bears OF the Rocky
mountains the bears Of Wall street began to
infs'gc I'm rcrnicious activity They all at.
tackled T.. q W. with entirely new lots Of
stories, which were not denied rapidly enough
for the good of the stock. for some OF the
clique were more than thousand miles
away. Dispatches began 20 hurry westward
for new and bracing information, but the
whole excursion party had taken stages a few
hours before Tor three days trip to see
some of the rich mining camps 10 which 4. &
W. had promised To build branch. No an.
swcrs being received. T. Il w. began to droop.
rs soon as IL showed decided signs OF weakness
and seemed to have NJ friends strong enough
60 support u the bears sprang upon II on
masse and proceeded To- pound and scratch
thc life cut Of Il. IL was granted a temporary
breathing spell through the rs istance of some
| operators I'm other stocks, who feared their
own properties might h. depressed 10y sym.
pathy, but as soon rs u became evident that
z. ~ W. was to be the only sufferer all the
bulls IN the market sheathed their horns in
bears claws and assisted In the annihilatiop
Of the prcstrate giant who had no friends