The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-28
"Whom are YOU running against


Who is at the head of the oorner?"
"Oh, that, " said Madax, none of us
knows. The business is done through the
Tokyo and Jamboree bank, but we don t
know who is behind it, "
''Now, doesn't it strike you that the
first thing for you to do is to find out
whom you are butting against? If it's a
stone wall, the sooner you know it the
better, so that you can stop before your
head gets hurt. If it's hedge, you
might manage to get through. 1t would
have been my first work to find out who
was against me. y
"But, F" said her husband, "don't l
| tell you that l didn't know there was
anybody ON the other side of the mar
| ket?''
"Oh," said his wife impatiently,
''you can always count on somebody be-
ing on the other side of the market So
you can't find out who it is?''
1--WE can't, said her husband.
Every well, " she said "Now listen
to me- You have got 60, 500 in this,
and if you can get all the money Of Sir
Caesar and his friends to help You will
guarantee that you will come out with
double-that is, $50, 600.
''Do you mean it?" cried her husband
eagerly.
81 mean it, /" said his wife solemnly.
"And may / tell Sir Caesar that you
said SOP he asked.
mo Whatever information / wish
Sir Cesar to have will give him my
self. You will tell him that you have
had to mention the dealers name"
VERY good, - said Madax, with an
intense relief in his face
do not let it get out, " continued his
wife. use all your force and see if
you can raise the market, and as soon
as the price gets up sell out at once.
Have all your plans made for selling
out Promptness is the thing in these
matters. Now | must 60 | will drop
you down at your office.
Mr. Madax knew what his wife said
about the markets generally came true,
SO he, in great jubilation, telegraphed
Sir Caesar Camp and others to meet him
at his Office, and they did So He told
him that he had private information
about the market, and after some slight
hesitation they all went in. He arrang-
ed with them that the sale would be
made at once after the rise.
Next day it was announced that a
million of money was put against the
corner, and wheat sprang up a few
points, but not as much as they expect
ed it would Madax could have sold
out without loss, but saw that he would
not double his money, for the corner
was stronger than any Of them had
thought, but after the slight rise down
went the price Of wheat again.
The very bottom seemed to have drop
ped out of the market Madax' e25, 900
were swept out Of sight, and so was the
million that his deluded friends had
put in with him. All confidence that
Madax had put in his wife had now de-
parted, so he merely telegraphed to her
that he was ruined and went home
broken man.
About o'clock that night carriage
drove up to the door, and his wife
sprang out and let herself into the house
with her latchkey. When she entered
the room, her husband never looked up
but she crossed to where he sat and pat
ted him gleefully ON the back.
Come, come, my poor infant. Cheer
upi" she said.
Madax's only answer was a groan of
anguish.
"And so your little e25, 900 has gone
with the rest?" she said.
"You told me that / would double
my money!" he said, 'and | believed
you.
"Of course you believed me, and here
it is, she said, taking a check from
her purse. "Theres my check for $50,
600, so you have doubled your money. !"
"What do you mean by that?" said
her husabnd, looking up.
"MeanP You poor child mean that
am the head of the corner. It doesn't
matter now who knows it That was
the reason l had Sir Caesar and the 9TH
ers dining with me. had no idea that
you were on the other side. and when
you told me that you could get them to
assist it seemed too good to be true, for
l did want that million. Husbands are
of some use, after all Now, my boy,
you take that check and go down to
Monte Carlo | may be able to go after
all this work is over. am very much
obliged to you for the million you threw
in my way and consider it cheap at
$50, 900. Draw ON me for all your ex-
penses while you are at Monte Carlo. l
am sure you will find the tables much
less expensive than the London wheat
market. / am sorry that | can't stay
with you, but / am on for dinner in
the city. Those who were with me in
the wheat corner are giving me din
ner tonight, and l am due there at 8
O'Clock. am sorry / can't wait to see
the children. Give them my love and
tell them will run down in few days
and pay them visit-that is, unless
you take them with you to Monte Car
10. 1t must be lovely down there just
now. Well, ta-ta Take care of your
self and your check. may see you at
Monte Carlo =
And with that she left the room and
was waving goodby from the carriage
window as the dazed man stood watch
ing her through the open door before he
had quite realized the situation. Rob
ert Barr in New York Sun.
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