Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-16

gray in hair and mustache which, while not suggesting age, gave pro- nounced dignity and character to the tout ensemble. He was attired in the height of fashion and carried him. self with the quiet ease of a gentle man and man of the world
 The evening was 8 revelation to iDorothy-from the luxurious enjoy pent of the box at the theater to the perfect supper afterward. Also ~did 1t contain new sensation to Hollister. The result was several similar evenings. In fact Hollister and found it not bore at all to as- ;sist Jerome strang to entertain his fascinating daughter.
 I One evening-fataI evening,-he suggested that Dorothy might be in- tetested in the antics of the bulls and bears, and it was arranged that her father should bring her the next day to his office from whence he would accompany them to the board and explain it all to the young woman So on the following morning the girl AOonO 4ClBCl1 HI pTlVaUC off1ce. Of a sudden Strang discovered that he had forgotten to deliver message to a firm downstairs and charged out with the assurance that he would return in few moments. A moment later Hollister was sum. moned to the long distance phone and Dorothy found herself in entire possession of the office. She seated herself at Hollister's desk. A mes senger boy came tearing in and slammed down an open message.
 Want an answer right away" he snorted.
 She glanced at the message while trying to frame sentence to con- vey the idea that Hollister would be back presently. It was open and she could not fail to read the sententious sentence: 'sWill you sell 100000 bushels of May wheat?''
 Tn an instant the oft-repeated ax- iom of her father regarding business came to her: "It's always easy to buy goods; the trick is to sell them" She would show Hollister that she knew something of business. Any way, had he not Iaughingly told her that she was in charge during his absence?
 Reaching for pad of paper she wrote: 'sSe1l all you can," and signed Hollister's name to it.
 He came back presently and began to rally her in his teasing way. {, t'Well, anyway I made a big deal for you while wlhtiille you were out" she said, +s.,-s. v4 ,s.s*9 ',
 And I owe you a commission, I suppose" he returned gallantly, "WeIl, what is it?''
 A trife peaked she showed the message received to him.
 q answered it, she said proudly.
 'tYou did?" he said. And what did you say 2'--still chaffng.
 a"Oh, said to sell all they could,'' she said proudly, tapping the desk with a letter opener.
 He glanced at her smiling, then ,thoughtfully.
 Joking aside, Miss strang, did you answer the message?"
 Certainly" she replied. "Papa al- ways told us that it was easy enough to buy, but the trick was to sell, and the boy said he had to have an an- swer right away, so I just thought I would clinch the deal. Is my hat on straight, MT. Hollister?" \ But he was already out of the door grabbing his hat on the run.
 Funny" she thought. Presently her father came in and she related the circumstance to him, complain ing at Hollister's abrupt exit Je- rome Strang turned fairly green as he grasped the significance of it all.
 Come, let's go to the board" was all he said, and he hustled her to the elevator and to the gallery of the great mart of trade. The scene was something fierce even to old mem bers. To Dorothy it, was pande- monium let loose. And there among the crazy, shouting lunatics. was Hollister, hair disheveled and hand in air, shouting louder than any body.
 Mercy, what makes them act like that?' asked Dorothy, putting her fingers in her ears.
 Principally you,'.' replied her fath- CT, gravely.
 After time Hollister came to them In answer to strang's ques- tioning look he said quietly: T guess we have saved ourselves, but five minutes later would have wiped us out. The message had been shown to everybody and the slump had be- gun. All I could do was to sell fas- ter than anybody. A lot of them suspected trick. and covered, so I figure we will come out about even but it was a close shave and the deal is off No corner can obtain now.'
 They went back to the office. Strang had some business with the book-keeperl and again Dorothy was left alone with Hollister in the pri- vate office. She felt the strained at- mosphere.
 ..'Tell me, MT. Hollister, did do anything bad?" she demanded. a|