The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-26

ing Of relief coming over him. Then the thought
flashed through his mind How did. John know
rein on his sffairs and no one Sut himself Knew
the combination that would open the safe.
How did you know the securities were gone1'
Because I had the safe blown open at 1
Blown openl For heavens sake. why ~
way home. The bottom dropped out Of every
thing. All the Sneed stocks went down with a
d dseRiil had had y ssnt light tug II sft could EpR have 0S' rot shs a. the the
bonds. l think 1 could have stopped, the run.
d Tns situation h,,i nm might ,Rd, haze @SSr been ,Sa a ssysd up to vi !
stopped IT,. Where are the bondsf"
"l.sold them to Druce.'
II took his check on the Trust National
Did you cash it2 Did you cash it 2" cried
the young man. And where is the money ~
. bruce asked me as q favor not to present the
The young made a gesture Of despair,
The Trust National went TO smash today at
left. out OF the wreck. That check business is SO
evidently 9, fraud that-but what's the use OF
buy all the law he wants in New York. OH, I'D
like to have q seven seconds Interview with him
sss how 3 lq %Gsh i tEc Fs% %SsId IA 90 ny iSr ham, hi@ tS %S.aa
Gen. sneed despondently shook his head.
Its, no use, john" he said. We're in the
got the hot end Of the poker. But he. played II
low down on me, pretending TO be friendly and
hl Unit ne tWO Inen ulu nOJ tDtAk HkHin
until the carriage drew up ut the brown-stone
mansion;, WHICH earlier in, the day Sneed would
haze Ir called f6r ,b his 2 n,,, ,h sixteen XII mare reporters c.1S MERE re
escaping to his room, leaving John TO battle with
the newspaper men.
Of the panic. They said that old bruce had gone
IN his yacht for a trip upthe New England coast.
They deducted from this fact that, after all.
bruce might not have had a hand Ia the disas-
ter; everything was always blamed on bruce.
Still, IL was admitted that whoever suffered, the
nruCp etOgkq Nyprp all right They wore uuItp
unanimously frank In saying that the Sneeds
were wiped, out, whatever, That might mean.
The General had refused himself to all the re-
porters, while young Sneed seemed TO DO able
to do nothing but swear.
shortly before noon Gen. Snpcd, who had not
left the house, received n letter
He fCverishly tore IL open, for he recognized
on the envelope the well-known scrawl of the
DEAR SNEED dt RAM: You will SEQ by the
papers that | am OF on n cruise, but they are as
me-. ! learn there was q hit Of a flutter in the
market while we were. away yesterday, and |
am glad to say that my brokers, who are sharp
men, did me a good turn or two. I oftcv wonder
why these furries come, but ! suppose 1t Is To
re, reas . msn r Pisk up bS SOM hSs ,Ga no siSek by Fl SIm a
Perhaps they are also sent to teach humility to
those who might else become pnrse-prond. We
gone tomorrow. How foolish n thing is pride.
And that reminds ne that. IL your two daugh-
tiers should happen 20 think ns do ON the un-
certainty of riches, | wish you would ask them
to call. | have done up those securities In u
sealed package ana given tho parcel. To my
aughter-in-law She has no idea what tho value
of II IL, but thinks II a little present from mo 10
your girls, II; then; they should happen TO call,
she will hand II to them II not, / shall nee the
contents to found a college for the purpose OF
teaching manners tn young women whose grand.
father used To feed pigs for u living, as indeed
my own grandfather did. Should the. ladies'
happen to like each other, | think | can put YOU
on to n deal next week that will make up for
Friday. ! like YOU, Snecd. but you have no head
for business. Seek my advice oftencr. Ever
yours, DRUCk.
The Sneed girls called on Mrs. Edward bruce.