New-York tribune., 1902-09-21
PART I

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rs.son turned rather impatiently to ms ste
uos-apher and sad; len ILL
II see him to-day
W - -a-,,-rad in = moment saying: He
-o-+icr,lsrlv anxious, Mr.. Watson ana
e ,-,,, will lunch with him he can explain
. ,-ss,ese which is important and cannot
-, Watson looked at his watch and
-, Il Was lacking five minutes to O'CLOCK
- -a,1;as. very well; I viii join him al L
Ask hin 10 ST down =.
zz-s-son's friend BertraTn was IN the same u
-;+b him xhile this conversation was gong
oe they were the best OF friends ana u
- % - certain financial matters between
- srd America they had & way OF eA-
-ss--r themselves rather freely; esPeclanS
-. who was nothing II not frank In hls
Ign Of his fellow men What IS lha' iei-
9 - m 10 now7' he said 10 Watson
.c-ive II Up" said Wilson "Another ScIitiiie'
s-rnnose. By the way, where did you meet
him"
.e7-r-ourh ny friend. Colonel Cay BertraIn
,e7-s-51 He Is connected, you know. with
sor.a government work here Gay knows H-uo-
sa--a Boston chap, believe he Is
.o, f4,e- suppose he's all right watson
said ca-elessly-
.rT7acause he comes from Boston," Bertran
asked
watson smiled appreciadvely. as be himself
KILLED from that city Of probity- / won1 see
Won Until morning, Bertrarn, as afteE IuIciiiils
with Rudder I am going to the West End
he went into the outer Office and was greeted
rather Familiarity by thin, wiry little man Win
Z sharp and decidedly cadaverous face anu
77-o-ninsn1 hooked nose The matter want to
talk over with you Confdentially, Nj watson
is one in which believe you can assist me VIII
your financial facilities and make few nun
dred pounds yourself
All right Rpdder; where shall We lunch
VIII the Ship and Turtle do? We can find Z
corner there and TO the Ship and Turtle they
went
RudS5er got 10 work quickly enough, and tool
f-orn his pocket letter, saying: This is from
nv brother: 7 received II in Paris the Other
dav I think you may know Ned, as he is pri-
vaTe secretary in the big brokerage firm OF K
A Fales & Co You know the firm, anyway
don't vou?" Watson nodded, and Rudder pro
reedeS 1T Is rather q delicate matter, and
naturally do not want 10 get my brother into
trouble There Is. you VIII see, an excep-
tjonaI chance for me 10 make lot OF money
which viii divide with him only We must use
e. third party. for II isn't wise for our names
70 appear. However, here is the letter; you had
better read Il 10 save time"
Watson took The letter and read as follows:
New-York. June =, 1902.
W. 0ee- R-othe-- You know that I have been
mrs 70 Montana for Mr.. Fales, in connection
with some Of his mining matters, and nave JUST
returned Before I went Fales received a Iel-
ter from one Of his mining experts saying lhat
after = thorough examination OF the Lost Choro
conner Droperty he was satisfied that the men
were right on vein Of ore and he beIleVed the
mine was going 10 be a winner. The shares OF
sock were pretty well scattered and were sup
posed to be OF little or no value The expert
f11r1her said. Wouldn't II be worth WhlIe 10 oUy
these I'd and get conIrOl?" Well, We managed
20 gat some good blocks quietly in Boston ana
when I went 10 Montana I was told TO PICK up
ali could there, even as high as ~ cents
While cut there discovered through laWyer
n Butte that there was one block OF 10upoV
shares which had been given as q lee 70 an
Frgfish engineer He had died IN Montana, and
were forwarded 70 q relative-a cousin, thlnh-
Of The same name in London This man was
Archibald CoIherue. and the cousin III LonooIl'
who IS I understand, a poor man, Is Reslni1lo-
Il fe verv necessary for Fales 10 secure Lls
block Of stock I am satisfied that he VIII go as
what I an driving at; you are IN Paris ana can
run over 10 London and trace this Fellow COL
ha-ne and believe Il you handle him rlSnt you
can buy those shares at five 10 ten cents linen
get some friend in London TO do the nhaIcIaI
ra-r and allow YOU 70 use his name and pay MN
2 good commission for negotiating the deal
Once getting the shares, or a refusal OF IheIh'
have your friend cable to "MeItonla, Boston
which. is the registered address Of H A Melton
g. Co who are FaIes's confidential brokers'
saving he controls the shares, and feel sure
that Melton VIII make Z cash offer at fuI ng-
ures and VIII jump at the chance.
OF course. YOU see my dear boy, now neceS-
sary i is that I should keep out Of this; put