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

The excursion party returned from the
mines in high spirits; even the president of
the company declared he had no idea that
tho property was 50 rich. He predicted, and
called all present To remember his words, that
the information he would send east would
"boom' l.. d w. at least ten points within
ten days. Margcs heart simply danced with
In him; IL II was To be rs the president pre-
dictcd his own hoped for million by the be-
ginning Of the stagnant season would be
nearer two He smiled pltyingly as Lucia's
face rose before him; how strange that no
had ever thought seriously of making that
chit his wife and being gratificd for such
dowry as the iron trade might allow her
father 10 giye
The stages stopped at mining village,
twenty miles from the station, for dinner.
The president said 10 the keeper OF the little
hotel.
"Is there any telegraph station here"
There a telephone cross the road at the
store said the proprietor ut runs into the
bankin' house at Big stony"
Big Stony Z" echoed the president. "Why,
we've done some business with that bank.
Come, gcntlcmen, let's go across and find out
how our baby is being taken care Of"
Several of the party went, Marge being
among lhtll. lHt IIfNlhtub idlls up Auo
little bank, and bawlcd:
"Got any New York quotations todayr
Eyes" replied thin, far away voice.
"IIov's the stock marketr
"Pretty comfortable considering"
"Any figures ON f.. q W"
Ell was the only sound the president
could evolve from the noise that followed
"Umph" said he; what does that meant
'Er must Toe 'twclve'-hundrcd and twelve
Still rising, YOU ssc; though why il should
have gone - high and SO suddenly don't
exactly see Hello, - he resumed, as he turned
again To the mouth piece; will you give me
those figures again, and not quite 50 loudl
can't make them out"
Again the message camc, but IL did not
seem any moro satisfactory, for the president
looked astonshcl, and then frowned; then
he shouted back:
"Thcrc's some mistake. YOU didn't get the
right letters | said +. * W.-EaStern aud
Western. One moment. MIR. Margc, won't
you kindly take my placel My hearing isn't
very keen"
Margc placed the recsiver 10 his ear, and
shouted, "Al right; 90 ahead In two or
three seconds he dropped the receiver, turned
pale, and looked as il about 10 fall.
"Wha, isitr' asked several voices in chorus
"Hc SAID, f u w Is dead rs n smelt,
knocked TO pieces two days ago"
"What is it quoted NJ nowr asked one,
quickly
True enough: who could want TO know
more than Margcl IL was in a feeble voice,
though, and after two or three attempts 10
! clear his throat, that he asked
"How did IL close to-dayr
Again, as the answer came back, Marge
| dropped the receiver and acted as II about TO
fall
"What Is itr Speak, can't your
"Thirty-seven" whispered Marge
There was an outburst Of angry eNclama-
| tions, not unmixcd with profanity. Then
/ nearly all present looked az the president in
! Quiringly, hut without receiving any attempt
at an explanation. for the president was far
the heaviest owner Of T.. ~ W. stock, and
he looked rs stony Of face ms II he had sudden
! ly died but neglected 10 close his eyes
Marge hastily sought the outer air. it
seemed to him he would lose his reason II he
| did not get away from that awful telephone.
/ Thrty-Sovcnl he knew what that meant. his
margin might have saved his own stock had
the drop been tn little below PAR, but u had
/ tumbleA more than half hundred points, -
Of course his brokers had closed the account
when the margin was exhausted. and Marge,
who fortnight before had counted himself
worth nearly a million dollars Wall street
millions. was now simply without penny
20 his credit in Wall street or anywhere else