The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-31

THE VETERAN sPEcULAToR WAS RE-
MINDED OF IT BY A REMARK.

Emotions-Did the Woman Known
Perhaps II was devoid Of human emo.
tions," growled the young speculator, II
might be as cool as you are"
The veteran puffcd In silence for awhile.
Then no said:
"You remind me of the only vacation
have taken In ten years"
He puffed again and allowed the smoke
20 ascend his nostrils, while the others
waited expoctantly
81 had been oyerpersuadcd, no said,
"by some very dear friends to join them
In a yachting party. 4 They had an idea
that my nervous system was breaking
down
His listeners interrupted with guffaw,
and he smiled with quiet enjoyment.
1.-The collapse of adamant," murmured
the junior partner.
and" added tho veteran. "they almost
made me believe So. Anyhow was under
the weather-digestion, / guess--and, as
the market was very steady 9nd my In
vestment seemed TO be perfectly secure,
they got me away on their boat. For q
whole week we were at sea, with no great
or excitement than an occasional five dol
lar limit game. Then we put IA at a big
resort on the coast
Again he pulled away In silence for
some moments When he went on he spoke
more slowly:
II have often thought that IL we had re-
mained away another day or two my whole
life would have been changed. Mrs. John
son. the wife of my host, had invited q
very charming young lady--in fact, the
sweetest woman it has been my fortune to
meet-and l must admit thnt her influence
on yno was very great, in spite of our
young friends cynical judgment Of me-
won't attempt TO describe her, gentlemen,
but j had not been without experience In
the world, and believe you will give me
credit for not being easily snitten. GER
tainly was in bad way, and had gone
90 bed the night before we landed with tho
determination TO play my trump card In
the morning, and, II il won her. 10 sell
out and quit tho street for good rarely
make decision of such solemn nature,
for life is too short for q man like me To
be very serious but when i do i never
break IL. I am too good q gambler TO fly in
the face Of fate
"When 1 walked down the gangplank
that morning with her at my side was
resolved To settle matters before we went
back To tho yacht. We strolled along the
beach, with the rest of the party not far
behind, and I began the game with her.
j won't weary you with n description OF
the way tho hands were played, but she
was very bright woman, and 1t was not
easy TO reach sentimental climax with
her. l was doing very well, however,
when johnson called out TO me TO step up
TO one of the hotels with him.
81 guess you'll want TO see tho ticker,
he said slyly. Jones g. Co. have branch
h0r nj loHiaQ xriI1 anioy n
walk on the piazza while we are looking
at tho quotations.
II could have cursed johnson with
great pleasure for tho untimely Interrupt
tion, but TO refuse meant possible betray-
al OF my purpose and so i acquiesccd.
''Oh, can not go with your asked my
lovely friend Il have always wanted TO
know how You men do business In Wall
street, and perhaps you will be kind
enough TO explain IL TO me-
"Of course i assentcd gladly, and she
went into the Office with us Before look
ing at the tapo 1 gave her general de-
scription of how the ticker worked, while
johnson was talking with the manager OF
the Office. In the midst of my explanation
i happened 10 glance at Johnson and no
ticed that he had turned very pale. Hewa
quite agitated. While / was wondering
WIN WtS up ib EuShth p'Nh W WV tiNsN'
and caught hold of the tape. He had hard
" glanced at it before it slipped through
his fingers, and il was all that could do,
although ho usually kept IA stiff upper lip,
TO avoid making n sceno. OF course that
prepared me for something unusual, and
perhaps Ii was that that saved me when i
picked up the tape.
There had been terrible slump in the
market the day before, and as / looked ut
the quotations / saw that l was goner. l
can remember the scene as though 1t was
before my eyes. l had taken the very stock
I'm which was Interested TO illustrate my
explanation to my companion, and con-
tinued to uso IL rs / showed her the tape.
"'Thcre, said l, you see tho quotation
was 106 when we left New York. If a man
had 5000 shares of that on margin OF
10 per cent had TO put up pretty stiff
margins in those days, gentlemen-'he
would now have lost $50, 600, for you sec
it is down to 100 and every point 1t goes
down means the loss of e., 900 TO himp
"She was quite excited. oh, the poor
fellowr she exclaimed. Isn't IL terribles
johnson told me afterward that l wore
rs pleasant a smile as no ever saw on my
face Tho ticker hloved again, and there
was my stock ut 90 / looked at the clock,
which gave New York time. 1t wanted
five minutes of g. In those five minutes
the stock dropped two points more. Then
the ticker stopped. The exchange was
closed for the day, and was S45, 900 poor
or than when had left tho city. My dream
was over. yas too poor now to indulge
in sentimental fancies. / don't suppose
she ever understood the change In my be
havior toward her. but Johnson had been
hit hard too and we excused ourselves
that night and took tho first train back tt
the city, while she remained with the
yachting party. Perhaps Mrs. johnson
told her. Anyhow l have never seen hel
since, and only know that she is married
60 a devilish rich fellow, who isn't in the
street"
He pulled again, but his cigar was out
The young speculator got up and put hi
hand gently on his shoulder
"Im dcvilish sorry i spoke" he said