The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-21

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Now, what would you advise me to do,
Joan >"
'Oh, advise you she cried "What's
the Use of coming TO me when it is too
late? advise you to get out of it as
cheaply as you can"
Her husband groaned.
al am afraid" ne said, ''that will
mean practical ruin now"
"Well, my opinion is that wheat is
| going lower still"
"rhen it is utter ruin for me-" said
MadaX dejectedly.
Mrs. MadaX stopped once more in
her pacing the room and confronted
her husband. John" she said, ''why
don't you give up your Office in the
city and go home and take care of the
children ~
a spark of resentment appeared in
the mans eyes as ne gazed at his WIFE
IL don't want to be entirely depend
ent on YOU" he said at last.
''Pooh ~ said his wife, and then she
added ''I will make you handsome
allowance for housekeeping and as
much rs yOn want besides You are
worrying yourself to death about busi-
ness. You ought to take run to
Brighton or 90 off To Monte Carlo and
give up bothering about city affairs"
The man sighed.
''That's all very well, but YOU don't
see that | want to make some money
for myself"
"But you are not making il. You're |
losing it. You say you are up to the
neck. How much does that mean ,"
twenty-five thousand pounds" he
said, with sigh.
Dear, dear" she said, "and sup
posc that is all the money you have"
''It is more than all the money | /
have" answered.
al wish you had spoken to me be-
fore. 1t is too late now. Don't You see
that ?''
"Yes, but 1 had something to pro- /
pose. You spoke OF taking Sir Cesar
Camp TO dinner. Now, / don't know /
what yol want to get him in on, bat | /
do know that / could get him on my |
side of the wheat deal, and he would /
bring in Others. Then we might be 4
able to stop the break in the market"
Mrs. MadaX's eyes sparkled "a she |
innl.nI ,In,rn ~ h.r hu-l,,pJ
"Can you really do all that?" she |
asked almost breathlessIy.
ayes, if had any assurance that We /
would get ont with a little profit. 1t 4
seems to me that all their influence I
thrown I'm on our side OF the market 4
would give us rise enough TO get out of 1
the hole at least
'0h," said his wife, "that is another /
matter Yes" she added after think |
ing moment, with knitted brows, /
'that's first rate idea. How much do
you think ii would all total up to?''
"About "a Million said Madax,
pleased to see that he was getting more I
attention than cenSure.
"a Million" said his wife, more to |
herself than to him. "Are yoI certain /
you could get all that amount on your
side of the marllet?"
"Quite certain"
Mrs. Madax, as she continued her I
pacing up and down, seemed to be
making some mental calculations. She |
finally asked
"Whom are you running against? |
Vino is at the head of the corner ,"
ooh, that" said Madax, ''none of Us
knows. The business i done through |
the Tokyo and Jamboree bank, but We
don't know who i behind it.n
"Now, doesn't it strike You that the
first thing for you To do is to find ont |
whom you are buttiag against? fits |
stone wall, the sooner YOU know il |
the better, 80 that You can stop before !
your head gets hurt. If it's hedge, you
might manage TO get through. Ii
would have been my first work to find
out who was against M
"But," said her husband, "don't |
tell you that / didn't know there was
anybody on the other side of the mar
ket?a
"Oh," said his wife impaticntly, |
'you can always count OIL somebody |
being on the other side OF the market.
81 yoa can't find out who il IS"
1--WE can't said her husband.
every well, she said. ''Now listen !
to me. YOI have got e22,51J in this,
and if you can get all the money OF Sir |
Cesar and his friends 10 help you | |
will guarantee that you will come ont I
with double-that is, sj0,0)1."
ADO you mean liz" cried her hus-
band eagerly.
"I mean it," said his wife solemnly, |
"And may tell sir Cesar that yoI !!
said ," he asked.
'No. Whatever information | wish |
Sir Cesar t. have | Will give him my- |
self. Yol will tell him that yol have
had To mention the dealers's name"
every good, said Madax, with an |
intense relief in his face.
'Do not LEI it get ont" continued his
wife. "U>e ali your force and see if |
YOU can raise the market, and Us so)n |
as the price gets up sell ont at once.
Have all your plans made for selling
ont. Promptncss is the thing in these
mItters. Now | must -. | will drop |
You down at your Office.
Mr. MadaX knew what his wife said !
about the markets generally came true,
80 he, in great jubilation, telegraphed |
Sr Cesar Camp and Others to meet him
a his o.iica, AMI thcy did -. III, t1ld
him that he had private informItioI
about the market, aud after some slight
hesitation they all went in. He ar
ranged with them that tn. sale woIld
b. made at once after the rise.
Next day it was announced that "A
million OF IN lley was pat against the
corner, AMI WHEAT sp:al5 up few
points, bat not a. mich "a they expec.-
ell il would. Mllix coIld have sold
out without loss, b1t saw that n would
not double his money, for the corner
,va. stranger than a1- of rba1n N nj