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DR.. David Kennedy Corporation,
Rondout N. Y.
DR.. David Kennedy's Salt Rheum
Cream cures Old Sores, Skin and Srofu-
lous Diseases. 80 cents
and A." he resumed, "called me in
yesterday. He wants to get control
of the X. and A. Central, and he's 60
ing to buy up the stock as soon as he
can get it at the proper price. He's
got to have it in time to vote at the
regular meeting at the end of the we ek
I'm going to operate that thing; and
Steeler," he said earnestly, mark my
words: In the next three days that
stock will go downtown to the bot
tomless. bottom of the deep bear pit.
/ tell you so" He leaned way over
and tapped me on the hand. Sell
short all you can to-day and all day
tomorrow. And deliver Friday. And
then" he added, impressively, quit"
by the way, Steeler," he said, as
l rose. 1.-The c. T. and A. fellows are
to have a meeting on Monday-an in
formal one. You'll have to help me
out, and perhaps it's just as well for
you to be there. You'll understand
it better. It's to be at - e. Co.'S
in the Anglo-American Building, you
know. at o'clock. Be there if you
BOSSlDlN tdl he Called dIltT lie DIS
l closed the door and left him.
l return to my office. That after
noon 1 put up as margin my entire
available supply of cash, about $1,000
and sold X. and A. Central right and
left all day and all the next.
On Friday afternoon l drew my
profits. l was $15O00O ahead of the
game. Half of it belonged to me-
half to my mysterious friend.
He came in later in the day and I
told him about it. He was pleased
but mot surprised. His mind had been
occupied with other things, he ex-
planned. He was dressed in a new
full-dress suit, with a low collar and
four-in-hand tie, a pair of very light
tan shoes and a wide brimmed felt
sombrero hat. In other words, he was
at once neatly and elegantly attired
and she realized ii.
Glad you like It," he said with a
smile. II wanted to be swell for once
Cut a wide swath, too, coming down
the street. Folks all turned and looked
at me. They always do at a we'll
dressed man. Still" he added with a
sigh, there are lots of well-dressed
men nowadays"
1 told him about my plans for the
coming week. You want to come in
Better be here sharp at IL o'clock.
My engagement is at 3 O'clock"
I'm be here" he replied.
/ 1t was slightly after 8 o'clock on
the following Monday that 1 arrived
at -- & Co.'S office in the Anglo
| American Building. L was purposely
a trine late. 1 stepped up in front of
a grave young man who sat like a
sentinel, behind a small desk, near a
large closed door.
Has Mr.. Steeler arrived yet ?" 1
! inquired of him, as 1 glanced toward
| the door.
He seemed doubtful at first whether
| to answer me or not. Finally he spoke.
Yes, he's in there. They're all in
there except Mr.. Morton. They're
waiting for him.
l dropped one hand carelessly upon
| the back of his chair and bent over
him. He looked up at me again.
| oh" he exclaimed, ''it's-it's you,
| yourself, Mr.. Morton. 1 didn't" he
added in an embarrassed way, 81 didn't
recognize you with your hat on. Go
right in," he concluded as he opened
the door behind him.
In large handsomely decorated
room sat seven or eight of the best
known men in the city around a large
| square table in the center of the room.
AS stepped forward they started up
and looked at me. l reached the table,
and stood there, leaning upon it with
one hand. They all fell back into their
seats with an air of relief.
oh" they said, Its Morton. How
are you, Morton? We've been wait
ing for you"
The great operator, the man who had
given me the profitable tip on K. & A
Central, started the ball to rolling.
Let's get down to business" he
said, rapping the table. THE whole
thing is in a nutshell. 1 can tell you
all there is to it in ten minutes, il
you'll only listen"
We all listened and he told us, as
he said he would, in very short order
And this is what there was about it
The G. t. & A, whose president, Mr.
Walton, was there with us, had ac-
CURED entire control of the K. & A
Central. More than that, it had, in
conjunction with the latter read Sc
cured enormous contracts for the CON-
ing grain output in the Northwest
contracts that, heretofore, had been
gobbled up by another railroad COM
pany-the Northern. There was but
one thing for the Northern to dot
must buy out the c. T. & A, and at
once, or lose it's prestige and a very
large proportion of its business. The
lidJOIlly III COntTOl OF the Z. Il. d A!
were ready and anxious to sell, for that
road had obtained its contracts for the
present year by subterruge that might
not be successful in the next. 1t was
now only question of so forcing the
issue as to get the highest price.
In twenty minutes the great operator
had the whole plan before us, and had
! practically pledged himself to push c.
7. & A. stock up to figure at least
double it's present market price, and to
do it so that the Northern would never
suspect until ultimately forced to take
it in at the highest price. More, he
agreed to accomplish the desired result
in few days-a week at the outside.
This will be a difficult thing to do,
gentlemen, and it is absolutely essen
tial that not one word of this shall be
divulged outside this room" He shook
his head with serious portent as he
said it.
As he did so. something in my head
snapped in a peculiar way. 1t was the
same sensation that l had left on the
occasions when my mysterious friend
had charged me. as he expressed it.
But l was interested in the railroad
scheme, and attached no particular
| Importance to il at the time
The magnate paused and looked at
each one of us deliberately and search