The Portland daily press., 1892-04-30

SO he viii get them cheap. One would
think he knew something about the tele-
gram However, that has nothing to do
with us. Don't be in too great a hurry
to buy; the price is sure to drop"
On my way to the Stock exchange
called at the Office Of the Great Cumber-
land company and asked if they knew
anything about the telegram published
bat morning. They said they had re-
ceived the same information, but thought
there was some mistake. They were
taking steps to have it confirmed.
When I arrived at the exchange I
went straight to the mining market,
and, as l expected, found it in state OF
the widest excitement. Every one was
asking questions about Great Cunber-
lands. All the dealers were sellers.
'sGreat Cumberlandsr' "Great Cumber-
landsr' 81 sell 100 at %; sell 300 at
22115. Any buyers?" and such like.
I waited and watched closely. The
price went down every minute, until
presently heard a man offer 300 at 81.
] bought them. / noticed several deal
ers eyed me suspiciously, and one asked
me if I knew anything. answered,
''No, but we have an order from a client
to buy" Presently dealer offered a
parcel of 500 at 1915. I took them at
once. The other 200 had no difficulty
in obtaining in small lots at about e19
to G19 los. | went back to the office
and reported to Mr.. Pritchard that
Great Cumberlands had dropped five or
six points, and told him I had bought
1000 shares for Mr.. Duncan at an aver
age price of about 90.
had the contract notes posted that
day to Mr.. Duncan. On going through
the account found that after deduct
ing brokerage and all expenses there
was clear profit of $3.50.
had thus gained my end. On set
Ting day it would only be necessary to
pass on the names from the firms had
sold to the firms had bought from, and
post check for the difference to Mr..
Duncan, which of course was the same
as posting it to myself.
The next morning telegram was
published by the company notifying
that the information published the day
before was exaggerated. The Yaranga
district was flooded, but their property
had not been touched. On the strength
Of this the shares in few days regained
their former quotation.
wrote to George, told him of my sue
cess and thanked him for what he had
done.
On the 1st of April ] called Mr.. Say
mour. He seemed rather surprised to
see me, but was very polite.
"Mr. Seymour" said, ''wlaen I asked
you for your daughters hand month
ago you said you would only give your
sanction on condition that by today
was worth at least $4,000. have called
to inform you that the amount of my
balance at my bankers is now e5, 7S5.
therefore presume there will now be no
objection to our engagement"
"Well, Mr.. Barley he said, ri am
surprised, but also pleased, because, as
said last month, I have no personal OBJ
lection to You as son-in-law. | will
write at once and fetch Nellie back.
But how did you manage to make e5, 1000
in month";
"Well, you know, sir, on the Stock
exchange it is very easy to make or lose
e5,000."
He laughed and said:
"You have been lucky this time, but
take my advice and don't go in for
'plunging.'''
81 don't mean to, Mr.. Seymour, but
desperate cases require desperate means. -
Il expect you thought me very mer-
cenary, Harold, but must now tell you
why I made that stipulation. People
suppose am very wealthy, but lately
have lost heavily, and am now in want
of few thousands for a week or two
and haven't any available security to
offer.
"Will you lend me your e5 1000 for a
month? You shall have it back with in
terest, and when you marry will keep
my promise and settle 10000 on Mel
lie"
"You are quite welcome to the money!
said. "All I want is Nellie
We were engaged six months, and
have now been married three months,
but haven't yet regretted my first and
only speculation. didn't tell Nellie all
the facts of the case. She thinks it was
owing to a lucky rise in one of my small
investments that I was enabled to sat-
isfy her father, and don't think it nee
essary to undeceive her.-New York
World.
Almost Hint.
They were walking under very little
umbrella, and she liked it well enough
not to want a Iarne snread of alylaca He