Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-01
went back to his absorbing task over

Fer tho next GouI the llttiE i1lssH stVot
BIZ the ticker reading The occasional
quotations Of his stock
Its going down gradually, !" he
murmnrei- There II Be another assess
nlent soon. Why can't the wretehed
stock so up?'
Even while be was propounding this
conundru1n to himself the clerk APP
preached with anothcrof those fateful
slips.
mime hundred? Certainly. re-
sponded the little man. aud tho check
book came ont onco more
There was lock Of decided annoy
anoe on his face. as he returned to the
instrument that was slowly, relentless
" grinding ont the serial story of for
tunes wen and lost
Dr. Darcy, o friend of Wheaton's.
was in the office with the broker.
I've been studying that little fellow
out there. ? said the medical man. He
is good illustration of the crying evils
of your line of business .
Tho broker smiled carelessly, then
yawned as if either the heat of the day
or the turn Of tho conversation rendered
him sleepy.
1.-THE little fellow hasn't dropped all
Of lis pile yet, ile remarked Hes
pretty near the bottom, though--of his
pile, l moan--and he'son a losing stock
too.
.'Then, why not warn him in timer"
queried the doctor
What would be the use?" counter
queried the broker 1t wouldn't do
any good, and it's no business Of mine,
anyway.
Wheaton, surely you are not utterly
heartlessl'' cried the doctor He was an
enthusiastic man when he got started
on some pet idea Il repeat, why not
warn this young man in time? tell
you, Wheaton, that he has neither
much mental nor bodily stamina. and
if you permit him to be ruined he is
likely to go irsane-psrhaps commit
some violent crilne-for which you,
Wheaton, who permitted him to so TO
his ruin, would TO responsible in the
eye of heaven, even il not in the minds
of men. Remedy your terrible work, l
say, or you may have to answer to your
own conscience for acrimo that would
not have ON mine.
Wheaton smiled again and repeated
his query, "What would be the nse of
it?''
"Then ! will so to him myself. a" ex-
claimed the man Of medicine Il will
warn him before it is too late I"
s'And get yourself kicked perhaps,
for meddling in another mans affairs. {"
81 shall speak TO him, anyway, and
at once
Darcy, you will do nothing of the
sort. You are always welcome in my
office, but you must not feel called upon
( to interfere. "
Il DR.. Darcy arose and began TO pace up
and down the little private Office, keep
ing his sympathetic gaze riveted all the
time upon the hapless specnlator
Finally he exclaimed:
"There's the poar little chap signing
another check.
81 dare say, F" replied the imperturba-
4 bic broker Ellis stock has been falling
down stairs all day long, and am con-
/ fident that tomorrow it will go down
another flight of stairs. "
DR.. Darcy gazed contemptuously at
/ the cold hearted broker who would
4 knowingly permit such an idiotic squan-
I dering of a fortune.
At last the closing came The little
man took look at the last quotation.
Then he bounded into the private Of
flee, shouting:
"Wheaton, it almost closed me out
But it has stopped going down for to.
day. and I've got $500 left F."
tAnd sense enough into the bargain
to let it alone ard keep hold of your
balance, l hope" roared DR.. Darcy
"That stock is one of the biggest swim
dies in the market
Wheaton smiled. He had been filling
out document, which he now signed
and handed to tho, little man.
Thanks, " said the latter pocketing
the paper, with look of supreme salts
| faction cts a nico little profit
enough to keep me in Europe for a year
or more.
With these words he was gone DIR.
Darcy turned upon the broker and de-
handed:
Wheaton, what the deuce does that
/ little snip mean? Here he has been
/ squandering money on margins all day
1 long, and now he says that the profits
i will keep him in Europe for year.
sit means, replied the broker, THAT
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