Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-16
"Can you really do all that?' she IT

would give us rise enough to get out of the hole at least"
 "Oh," said his wife, ''that is another matterl Yes," she added after think ing a moment, with knitted brows, that's a first rate idea How much do you think it would all total up to?''
 About a million" said Madax, pleased to see that he was getting more attention than censure.
 "A million" said his wife. more to herself than to him "Are you certain you could get all that amount on your side of the market?"
 Quite certain.
 Mrs Madax, as she continued her pac- ing up and down, seemed to be making some mental calculations She finally asked:
 Whom are you running againsti Who is at the head of the corner?"
 ''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 putting 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. It would have been my first work to find out who was against me.
 But" said her husband, don't l tell you that 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?''
 "We can't" said her husband.
 "Very we'll" she said. Now listen to me. You have got @, 800 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,
 Do you mean it?" cried her husband eagerly.
 "I mean it." said his wife solemnly
 And may tell Sir Caesar that you said so?'' he asked.
 "No Whatever information I wish Sir Caesar to have I will give him my self. You will tell him that you have had to mention the dealers name"
 Every good" said Madax, with an intense relief ill 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 Prompmess is the thing in these matters. Now l must go. will drop you down at your office.
 Mir. Madax knew what his wife said about the markets generally came true, so he, ill great jubilation, telegraphed Sir Cpsar 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 ill. 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 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's e25, GOO 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 ill his wife had now de- parted, so he merely telegraphed to her that he was ruined and went home n | broken man
 About s 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 glcefully on the back. | Come, come, my poor infant Cheer up!" she said.
 Madax's only answer was a groan of anguish
 And so your little e25. .OOO has gone with the resi-" she said. "You told mo 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 There's my check for e50, 900, so you have doubled your money
 What do you mean by that?" sait her husabnd, looking up
 Mean? You poor childl I moan tha am the head of the corner. It doesn' matter now who knows it. That wa the reason had Sir Cgcsar and the oth CTS dining with me. had no idea tha you were on the other side. and wheI T al. .I-N .l. assist it seemed too good to be true, fo did want that million. Husbands ar, of some use, after all. Now, my boy you take that check and go down l. Monte Carlo 1 may bc able to go afte all this work Is over. am very mucl obliged to you for the million you thrcv in my way and consider it cheap a e50, 900. Draw on me for all your ex penses while you are at Monte Carlo. am sure you will find the tables mucl less expensive than the London whea market l am sorry that I can't sta, with you, but l am on for q dinner il the city. Those who were with me il the wheat corner are giving mo a din ner tonight, and l am due thero at o'clock. 1 am sorry I can't wait to Sc the children. Give them my love an tell them will run down in a few day and pay them a visit-that is, unles you take them with you to Monte Cal To It must be lovely down there jus now. Well, ta-ta Take care of youl self and your check. I may see you q Monte Carlo"
 And with that she left the room an was waving goodby from the carriag | window e fha lazaI ,,,a, sfool xvafcI ing her through the open door before | had quite realized the situation. ert Barr in New York Sun.
 What E1oored Him.
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