The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-08-16
lean PRACTICAL ruin now. ,"

"We]l, MY opinion is, that wheat is
going lower still.
''Then it is utter ruin for me-" said
Madax dejectedly.
Mrs Madax stopped once more in her
pacing the room and confronted her
husband. "John, she said, "why don t
you give up your Office in the city and
go home and take care of the children?"
A spark Of resentment appeared in
the mans eyes as he gazed at his wife.
81 don't want to be entirely depend
ent on you,'' he said at last.
''Pooh!' said his wife, and then she
added: s'I will make you a handsome
allowance for housekeeping and as
much as you want besides.e You are
worrying yourself to death ABOUT busi-
ness You ought to take run to
Brighton, Or go off to Monte Carlo, and
give up hothering about city affairs. ,;
The man sighed.
''That's all very we'll, but you don't
see that I want to make some money for
myself.
'But you are not making it; you're
losing it. You say you are up to the
neck; how much does that mean?'
twenty-five thousand pounds,' he
said with sigh.
''Dear, dear!" she said. "And sup
pose that is all the money you have -
'It is more than all the money 1
have" he answered.
"I wish you had spoken to me be-
fore. It is too late now. Don't you see
that:''
eyes, but I had something to pro-
pose. You spoke of taking Sir Caesar
Camp to dinner. Now I don't know
what you want to get him in on, but 1
do know that I could get him on my
side of the wheat deal, and he would
bring in others. Then we might be able
to stop the break in the market. u
Mrs. Madax's eyes sparkled as she
looked down at her husband.
"tCan you really do all that?'' she
asked almost breathlessly.
eyes, if I had any assurance that we
would get out with little profit. u
seems to me that all their influence
thrown in on our side of the market
would give US rise enough to get out of
the hole at least. y
"Oh," said his wife, "that is a diff
ferent matter. I didn't know you had
any plans. Yes," she added, after
thinking moment with knitted brows,
s'thas's a first rate idea. How much
money do you think It would all total
up to?''
about million" said Madax,
pleased to see that he was getting more
attention than censure.
GA million" said his wife. more to
herself than to him. Are you certain
you could get all that amount on your
side of the market::''
"Quite certain. %
Mrs. Madax, as she continued her
pacing up and down, seemed to be
making some mental calculation. She
finally asked:
"Who are you running against? Who
is at the head of the corner?'
ooh, that, % said Madax, 'none of us
knows. The business is done through
the Tokyo and Jamboree bank, but we
don't know who is behind it.
"Now doesn't it strike you that the
first thing for you to do is to find out
who you are butting against? If it's
stone wall, the sooner you know it the
better, so that you can stop before your
head gets hurt. If it's hedge, you
might manage to get through. Itwould
have been my first work to find out who
was against me. -
"But, said her husband, "don't l
tell you that I didn't know there was
anybody on the other side of the mar
ket?''
"Oh,'' said his wife impatiently,
you can always count Oh somebody
being on the other side of the market.
So you can't find out who it is?''
"We can't" said her husband
every well,'' she said. "Now listen
to me. You have got e25, 900 in this,
and if you can get all the money Of Sir
CcCSdI duo LIS 4A1S4t&o W 31CAp Joo,
will guarantee that you will come out
with double-that is, e50,000.''
"Do you mean it," cried her husband
eagerly.
''I mean it," said his wife solemnlg.
"And may I tell Sir Caesar that you
said so:; he asked.
"No. Whatever information I wish
Sir Caesar to have I will give him my
self. You will tell him that you have
had private information and are not al
lowed to mention the dealers name. "
every good, !" said Madax with an
intense relief in his face.
"Do not let it get out, % continued
his wife. "Use all your force and seeif
you can raise the market, and as soon
as the price gets up sell out at once.
Have all your plans made for selling
out Promptness is the thing in these
matters. Now must 60. I will drop
you down at your Office.
Mr.. Madax knew what his wife said
about the markets generally came true,