Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04
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Ola Layton was as short as short could
be OF June wheat Something would have
TO be done. and he decided on what struck
MIN as a brilliant coup. He would corner
fats. OF course he thought the stock
the market as the syndicate was a leg,ti-
| mate investor and not a Spectator TT
| will be child's play to corner the rest" he
thought 80 he bought and bought till his
! whois resources were invested In the stock
/ Everybody was sure that Rats" would
| go higher than ever and there was little
selling, except from Chicago. and that was
neid stiiiiy up to the ruling prices. OF
course, all this selling was done by Viola,
| but she did 1t SO c,averly that it was never
| even suspected that the English syndicate
was unloading. Clayton was in over his
| head, and began to sell a little very eau
! tiously. Rats" dropped at once. Viola
bought, ana the price went up little
Then she threw hef last block of 100 shares
| on the market, and her father had to buy
| them. To let the price weaken would mean
ruin
Early the next morning each OF the
| Rats" directors received a telephone mes
| sage summoning him TO a very iTnpor tant
meeting of the board at the head Offices
! When they were all seated around the big
| table Vlola's husband told them tina. he
turn to England. The syndicate he repre-
| scented would leave tie selection of his sue
cessor entirely TO the American sharehold-
ers. in whose discretion he expressed un-
How many shares does this syndicate
row control?' asked Kent who was the
| FIRST OF the directors to recover his voice
! after this astonishing announcement.
| AT the time you did me the honor TO
| elect me TO the presidency Z told you tie
| extent Of the holdings l represented" an
swered the retiring official. as though hurt
| by the apparent distrust AT the secre-
! tary's Office on the site of the proposed
works in New Jersey you viii doubtless
find all You wish TO know about the trans
fers of stock that have been recorded 80
Kent had been foolish enough to buy a
! few shares OF the stock in addition to what
| Buster had given for the use Of his name
and he was really the heaviest holder on
( the board of directors. SDringing to his
| feet he dashed to the telephone, rang up
| the Office of his broker ana shouted into tie
| telephone, Smith, for heavens sake sell
Then there was n crash. Ex-Secretary
| Hardprest, who had also invested IN more
| Of the stock than was wise. had smashed
J the transinitter OF the telephone with his
! goi1-leadei cane.
| Like one man the entire directorate dash
| ed toward the door. Then they noticed
! that stout man, whose face was as white
! rs his collar, had entered. shut tie door
and locked it. It was cid clayton. AS
! soon as she saw him Viola pushed her has
| bard into the ante room, followed him and
| locked The door Oh Clayton saw her, but
| was too excited to more than wonder what
! She could be doing there, and wish that he
| were on good enough terms with her 40
ask her what had beer going on.
'G DsleEen." sail clayton to the excited
! directors. let us he reasonable. We can
| not ali reach the stock exchange first, aud
we all know that l. one Of us should reach
! there ani throw large block of cur stock
! on the market the price would drop out 81
| sight Immediately. But by acting together
/ We can save ourselves 10 some extent. i
1 appeal 10 yea. geIl-r:15G-1sy hat. /"
Clay ton had emphasized his appeal with
a graceful wave q The hand. ia which ne
! held his hat toward the CDen window. Tie
! hat Slipped from his fingers and went wlirl-
1 Ing down 10 the street below. Instantly a
/ cab that had been sanding directly oppo-
/ size shed CT toward the stock exchange,
! the horse in q g2'-r. anu the driver beat
/ ing it with has whip.
VERY clever of you. M Clayton. You
| bring a broker here and leave him outside
| in a cab with Instructions 10 run to the
stock exchange and sell your ''Rats' SHARES
! when yCu throw your hat out OF tire window.
Hiiile Eoa stand here and talk 90 as ahcut
| Icing reasonable. Now hand ont the key
Of the door said Kent threateningly.
Il threw that out Of the window. too"
said Clayton.
Some OF the directors swore then, but
| Kent stepped them with remember there
| Is LADY present" They all looked around
! . where The typewriter girl had been and
found that she. as well as the Englishman,
| had disappeared
That vas my daughter that iust wont
out, IL Il is she yOC ATE locking fer" said
Clayton. Il iisinhsrited her fer marrying
/ II
her own right 50 there can be no necessity
for her working al typcwritinE"
Come 70 think OF it. l cannot remember
that have ever seen her doing anything d"
said Kent.
Bat tell US. Clayton what sort Of n look
ing fellow is this scn-iH-law of rcurs?''
He's a tall, pleasant-face3 fellow, with
curly brown hair"
'SkiyinstoE" cried the entire directorate,
! In n breath. That was his name 1 he
leye."
The deep, heavy boom of Trinity Church
bell, as il rang the hour of 2. startled them
all.
IL meant ruin to Clayton. fer his broker
would have had time to dc very little AZ tie
exchange before the closing hour. To the
Others il meant heavy losses. but Ciaytun's
losses would wreck his frsil financial bark
so that IL the sort of 4 daughter ycu
have dis!nherited. is iJ?" sneerei Har6rrcst
she and your coSchrnan mast have cleared
hundred ana fifty thousand dollars out of
this game. You had better hunt her I'd and
see II You can forgive her"
Then the directors left old CLAYTON to his
media lions. while they lit matches and held
them under the automatic fire Indicator tin
it got hot enough to ring tire electric alarm
When the freinea came and broke open nc
doors.