Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-17
FROM MILLIONS TO CENTS.
An Illuminative Incident In Extensive
Financial transactions

Filancial Transactions.
They boarded a car ut Wall street
and pushed to the rear and squeezed
Themselves side by side into ono for
tuAously vacant seat, thoroughly
Cblivious of the feelings or counte-
nances of the men and women about
them.
One was rather young man of
striking clothes and features, both
pretty we'll set off bya fine diamond
pin in very red tie; the other, an
older man, whose we'll cut clothes
and wrinklcl face impressed oDserv
ers with IL 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 s., coo, 600, 1
will have tho parties at your office
in the morning
This from the young man. The
answer of his companion was lost in
a lurch of the car, which landed a
woman and q baby in his lap. They
paused politely to accept her apollo
gies and own at the baby. The
second capitalist continued the con-
ve1sution.
"The deal is good for over $780,
600, 900 in three years, and
A second interruption occurred,
more ominous than the first. The
conductor had forced himself
through the throng.
"Fares, please
Tho woman with the baby paid.
"Fares, please
This timo to the five and thirty
million dUllarites, whose imposing
figures had evidently not reached
| the ears of the conductor He held
ont 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.
"Eares," repeated the conductor.
The dyspertio Glutched 4 cents
nervously. He had got that for q
newsboy, after spending $50 worth
of time, at 81 second, waiting on
the corner. The other 6 cents WIS
not forthcoming. The passeI gers
stopped growing. Those who had
attempted it stopped reading their
papers. Even the baby snickered,
but the mother accidentally knocked
it against the conductor, and, rs il
partly i'll 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 all sight said TIE young
man. eve haven't got amy
change.
Possibly the millionaires u-xe
short of metropolitan ;,,.! ':.'!n't
want to take amy chances Of uicre~,-
! lnS us QlNluelliS.
you'll have to get oil, said the
conductor.
"Wait a minute" said the 4 -
peptic. He had struck sumotL!i {" IN
the depths of his ovelcout T>t ct,
His anXicties had fallen ilo:.l 80,
600, 600 to G cents i'll tH Il il-Gtc&,
and no WoIdeT he was excited. The
young mans coun;li>rto was g:
undisturLel as tho car window il
self, Though lie moved to get out.
But his cccapitalist had ut last ca
treated one lone coin from discover
coat. 1t was q nickel, and their TO,
tai available assets had now risen
to 8 cents. The conductor reached
for tho money. The car had beer
stopped.
Newer mind about the cent" he
said, and tho 8 cents was passed ia
to his hand.
A few more smokers among the
ISLANDERS and Il few from tho sitters
and the millionaires were both bur
led in their newspapers, ard tho cal
moved on. But the passengers ha6
lost forever all chance of hearing
the rest of that $50, 600, O0O. New
York Sun.