The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-12

An IIlumiu.tive Incident In Extensive
Financial transactions

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An IIlumiu,.tive incident In Extensive
Financial transactions
They boarded car at Wall street
and pushed to the rear and squeezed
themselves side by side into one for
tuitously vacant seat, thoroughly
oblivious of the feelings or counte-
nances of the men and women about
them.
One was a rather young man of
striking clothes and features, both
pretty well set off by fine diamond
pin in a very red tie; the other, an
older man, whose well cut clothes
and wrinkled face impressed observ
ers with combination of dollars
and dyspepsia. Their conversation
was neither remarkably loud nor re-
markably low. The only thing re-
markable about il was the size of
the dollar marks they dealt in.
IF you will make it $5, 600, 900,
will have the parties at your Office
in the morning"
L hAo LAOAA eAO -
answer of his companion was lost in
! a lurch of the car, which landed
woman and baby in his lap They
paused politely to accept her apollo
gies and frown at the baby. The
second capitalist continued the con-
versation.
1.-THE deal is good for over $780,
900, 900 in three years, and"-
A second interruption occurred,
more ominous than the first The
conductor had forced himself
through the throng.
Fares, please"
The woman with the baby paid.
Fares, please"
This time to the five and thirty
million dollarites, whose imposing
figures had evidently not reached
the ears of the conductor. He held
out his hand. His two passengers
kept both theirs running from one
pocket to another, without result
The gentleman next to them in the
corner reached out and paid his
fare.
Fares" repeated the conductor.
The dyspeptio clutchtd cents
nervously. He had got that for a
newsboy, after spending $50 worth
of time, at 81 a second, waiting on
the corner. The other cents was
not forthcoming. The passengers
stopped growing. Those who had
attempted it stopped reading their
papers. Even the baby snickered,
3 but the mother accidentally knocked
l it against the conductor, and, as il
partly in sympathy with the plight
of its late enemies, it began to howl
: Hurry up, gentlemen
There was very little patience left
in the conductors voice
That's all right" said the young
man. I'VE haven't got any
D change"
d Possibly the millionaires were
D short of Metropolitan and didn't
i want to take any chances of increas
3 ing its dividends.
You'll have to get off," said tn,
conductor.
, wait a minute" said the dys
peptic. He had struck something il
the depths of his overcoat pocket
D His anxieties had fallen from $50,
e 600, ,000 to cents in two minutes
: and no wonder he was excited. tn
young mans countenance was a
undisturbed as the car window il
self. though he moved to get out
But his cocapitalist had at last ez
II tricated one lone coin from hisove1
:. coat. 1t was a nickel, and their tC
n tai available assets had now rise
to 9 cents. The conductor reache
\ for the money. The car had bee
= stopped
!. Never mind about the cent" b
;. said, and the cents was passed il
to his hand.
A few more snickers among th
ISLANDERS and a few from the sitteri
% and the millionaires were both bul
e led in their newspapers, and the ca
n moved on But the passengers ha
It lost forever all chance of hearin
n the rest of that $50, 600, ,OOO.-Ner
York Sun.