Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-16

those times when there was trouble
about the sort of money that 1t would
give and take, it generally had to pay
81 on $104-that is to say It's 4 per
cents were placed at 1O4 The different
sharpers and the different old ladies,
the men and women who had been
coaxed u o to subscribing IN different
ways, were in general sending In their
bids at los and 106 and 10Y.
But when at Washington the bids
were opened, the weary clerks hear
ing s'107 7-9,' "1O4 11-12," till they
went almost to sleep as they wrote
down the scarcely varying numbers,
all of a sudden bolt fell like light
ming from Jupiter. The reading clerk,
almost as sleepy as the rest, cried
out: Zone hundred and twenty five!
Mr.. George Larkin of New Bedlam of
fers 1875 for 10 bonds of the new is
sue!"
Every sleepy clerk in the room
started up in amazement. ''Who is
Mr.. George Larkin?" And his bid was
entered as by far the highest bid in
the calendar
The next evening every journal in
that gre at empire, which extended
from ocean to ocean, had biography
of Mr.. George Larkin. These biog-
| raphies were made up generally
from the information given in the di-
rectory of New Bedlam. One of them
n, r ho
leading man at the Varities. Another
said that Mr.. George Larkin was en-
gagged in profitable thread and
needle business in the lower wards of
New Bedlam. Another said that Mr..
George Larkin had won his distinction
as a reporter for the press. But all
persons agreed that Mr.. George Lar
kin was person of great Importance
in the financial community, and that
he was a patriot of the first water. 1t
was generally agreed also that his
| foresight with regard to national af-
fairs was we'll nigh perfect, and that
no person knew so we'll as he did
when stocks would rise and when
| they would fall. ''Our readers will
remember how on a previous Occa-
sion the whole turn of the stock mark
ct was changed by the sudden pur-
chase of P. F. and L. This purchase
is now attributed to the foresight of
Mr.. Larkin.'
Gertrude, on that particular even
ing, did not happen to open her news
| paper. IF she had, she would have
known that her lover was that day
the man most talked about in the
whole world. After this, she was so
overwhelmed by her correspondence
from different people who wanted her
to introduce them to Mr.. George Lar
kin that she had no time t o open the
newspapers for six months. She
never knew, therefore, why Mr.
George Larkin suddenly attained the
prominence in all social walks, in
walks of finance and indeed in the es-
TEEN of his fellow countrymen, whic h
she had gained. She did know that,
two or three days afterward, he came
in to see her looking like new man.
He stood erect where his head had
hung low, he had a cheerful smile on
his face where he had looked detected
when she snubbed him. In fact, she
did not dare to snub him. She knew
that he was a person of much more
Importance in the estimate of the
world than she was. And when George
Larkin, for the first time in his life,
gained the courage to ask Gertrude
if she would marry him and make him
happy for the rest of his life, Gertrude
had no thought of saying anything
but yes. So much is even a good girl
governed unconsciously by the tone
of the people who are around her.
1t is an unimportant thing to add,
but this great empire rose from its
depression on the strength of Mr..
George Larkin's offer to the treasury.
Everybody saw that he was right, and
nobody else was right. Four per cents
rose to higher line than had ever
been known in history. The reputa-
ton of Mr.. Larkin as fnancier was
established. Rothschilds and Bel
monts and other bankers Of the world
begged for his advice, and offered him
places in their firms. These he was
not SO foolish as to accept. But he
lived a happy life with the woman he
had loved, and he had the glad con
seriousness that, by the way, he had
saved his country. -Ercbdnge
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