The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

promising Tor Bolivian enlightenment,
Eyes, He-er-told mo he would make
the stock market contribute to tho fund.-
''Tndeed!" Cranston showed lively In
terest It'll M
''Yes. suppose since you are IN the
same business, there Is no harm In tell
ing you that he bought some stock for
mo. Five hundred shares It was. DO You
will mean much? You see, have the
fund close, very close, to my heart; that
is why. ask a. iS
1T depends" said Cranston, very care
lessly, upon what stock ho bought for
YOU"
1T was Erie Railroad stock" +,
"Ot course, DR.. Ramsdell, your profits
will depend upon the price you paid.,
This also In a tone of utter indifference.
ut was Brother Shaw who paid. The
price was 66 49,"
"Ahar said Cranston. 80 the Old Man
is bulllsh on Erie, Is hep
II do not know what you mean, but
] know he told me I should read the
paper every day and soc how much above
65 is the price went; and that would
surely hear from HIM"
II sincerely hope you will, doctor. Lot
me Sec will S10o do7 Very we'll. Ill make
out oheok for YOU Here It Is. And
now, doctor, will you excuse me We
are very busy. indeed, Good morning,
Dr. Ra1nsdell. Call again any time you
happen to be down this way" And he
almost pushed the good man out Of the
office In his eagerness to be rid Of him,
No sooner had the ground-glass door
closed on tho Rev. DR.. Ransdsll than
Cranston rushed to the telephone and put
in an order to buy 1000 shares OF Erie
at the best possible price, BY doing this
before he notified his friends he proved
that ne himself firmly believed In Erie:
also, ne bought his stock ahead OF the1rs
and thereby, In all likelihood, bought 1t
cheaper. He then rushed into the Gus
Everybody got aboard Erie sias Shaw
is bullist ut Ola Nick on It, got this
absolutely straight. I've thought all along
the old rascal was quietly picking 1t up.
It's his movement and no mistake. There
ought to be ten points in 1t II you buy
now la
The Arm Of Cranston s Melville bought
In all that day, for themselves and their
customers, $500 shares Of Erie. doing as
much as any ono else to advance the
|. price to eo1a
All that week the reverend doctor was
busy collecting subscriptions for the 20.
| livihn missionary Fund. He was n good
soul and an enthusiast on the subject of
| that particular subscription list. So he
told his parshoners how Brother Gran
ston had given him 500 and Brother
Baker, another Wall Street man, $3.50, and
Brother Shaw has promised-he told this
with an amused smile, as 1t at the in
congruity OF Ito mako the stock market
contribute to the fund! Brother Shaw
had done this by buying some stock for
| him, and had assured him, In his pic
tures1ue way. that It would come out
| o. r. In q week or two Everybody
to whom he told that fact developed
| rfN cff I'd In Ston -,
itself. They showed It In diverse ways,
according to their various tempemments.
And as he had told some he felt that
he should not discriminate against 9TH
ers; 90 he told to all impartially the name
Of tho stocx IT would not harm Brother
Shaw, he supposed-and he supposed
rightly. He experienced, In a gentle be-
nsvolent, half-unconselous sort OF way,
something akin to tho great Wall street
| del!ght-that of giving a stralght tip''
70 appreelatiye friends Tho Bolivian Mis-
slonary Fund grew even beyond the good
mans optimistic expeotatlons,
but strange. a Very strange, thing
happened, Erie stock, according to tho
doctors daily perusal OF the dry financial
pages. had been nuotuatlng between Cd
and 81, On tho following Tuesday, TO his
Intense surprise. the stock table record-
ed; "II!ghest. e5R; lowest. 02;," On Wed.
nesday tho table read "IIghest. 091a:
was ray OF hopo-the stock sold az
high as %, and closed ~ 5oDs. But on
Friday there was a bad break, and Erie
touched b41-s, Just II Ia points below
what the Bolivian Missionary Funds
stock had COST And on Saturday tho
stock declined 10 30. closing MT 81 Ia
That Sunday tho Rev, DR., Henry w.
Rnmsdell preachsd to tho gloomiest con-
Eregation in Gotham. Wherever he turned
his gaze he moi reproachful loaks--an-
ouslng eyes full OF bitterness or of an
ger or OF sadness, An exception was Mi.
silns Shaw, who had como. as he often
did. to hear his friend. DR. RamsdeIl
preach. His ayes beamod ben!gnnntly On
tho pastor throughout tho long sermon.
Ha looked as II mn felt. DR.. Rn,nsdell
! thought, inexpllcnbly ee,ntentod, Had he
tArsniten his nramxe-taa n,omiso from