The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-20
BIS Finan cial Operations.
From the Chicago Tribune.

from me chicago Tribune
Speaking of plunging," observed the
mao In the macintosh, did ever tell you
of the run made on the buckstshops some
years agog'
Don't think you ever did"
ut made some talk at the time. To begin
with, hadn't & cent of money-not cent
Bad luck at the races had cleaned me out. l
wonder If any of you has ever known what
it is to be- absolutely strapped"
Lots OF times" growled the man In the
SLOUGH hat. go ahead"
well, l had q friend on change. He
was lean-faced man, with long mustache
and thin, prominent nose. He's on change
vet, for that matter. | heard him heave a
deep sigh one day and say he wished he had
$4,000 TO invest in May wheat. He said it
was bound to GO up fifteen or twenty points
in spite OF the crosksrs, but he was running
corn deal and his money was all tied up
and he hadn't a dollar to stake on wheat. A
little while afterward | strolled into a
bucket>shop. A fellow who seemed TO have
more money than brains, to judge from his
looks and the size Of the wad he carried,
was making a pretty big venture on May
wheat. A thought struck me. l said to
him;
"'My friend, il you'll divide your profits
with me on this deal, in case there are any,
I'll undertake to assume all your losses, in
case you loss.'
"'That looks like fair Offer he said.
Have you got anything to put up to back
itp
Nothing but this watch and chain, l
answered, but Pm willing to risk Them
And put them into the hands OF the bucket
shop man."
Twas it gold watchY" inquired the man
with his feet on the table.
at looked like gold" replied the man in
the macintosh Ruardedly, land had
Leo, 49, L. h.
mond. That's all you need to know about
it. T."
That's all we want to know" said the
man with the cigar. "Of course it was
gold! To be sure 1t was gold And the dia-
mond was genuinel Go on"
"Wen, the fellow studied a moment aud
then he said:
I'm go you
''rhe bucKet-shop men said they would be
witnesses to the agreement and went away
and borrowed aquarter from friend topay
for dinner at cheap eating-housen
How did you come out on the dealP'
asked the man with the green necktie
Three weeks from that day | met the
man according to agreement at the bucket
shop and we divided equally a profit of
$4,000. Wheat had gone up sixteen
points,"
"Well, what thenp
"For the next six months l hung around
that broker with the prominent nose and
long mustache and whenever heard hun
drop any hints as to how the market was
going acted on them and at the end of
that time l had $4,000 in clean cash in
| BANK
''Got IL out of the bucket-shopsYn
Every cent of it."
| Then you sailed it DOWN.
The man in the macintosh was silent a
long time. Then he said:
Zone day 1 heard my broker friend
heave deep sigh and say he wished he had
100000 to put into mess pork. That was
| enough for me. l went TO the bucket
shops and-dIdn't some one ask me IL had
sailed down that S20,O00l Yes, salted 1t
| down. I sailed it down in mess pork"
"WeIlF'
That's all there is of it," said the man In
the macintosh gloomily. II never got Ii
out OF the brine. It's there YETI
| Nobody said anything for some minutes,
but at last the man who wore goggles
| asked:
Where is the gold watchp'
| II don't know. l put that TO soak about
the same time. But l got 81 Is for tn
added the man in the macintosh, consider
ably cheered at the recollection.