The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31


earth can stop him He told me he would make it
cross par within sixty days. This is no hearsay no
tip It's cold facts. don't hear it's going up don't
think its going up; know IT'S going up. Onder-
In less than five minutes Smithers was so wrought
up that he bought 500 shares and promised solenny
not to take his profits" i sell out until Gilmartn
said the word. Then they had another drink and
You want to keep in touch with me-" said Gil
must keep it quiet, with sdewise nod that pledged
Smithers to honorable secrecy
Had Gfilmartin met Sharpe face to face. he would
Shortly after he left Smithers he buttonhoed n
other acquaintance, young man who thought he
knew Wall street, and. therefore had hobby-manip
ulation. No could induce him to buy stocks by
telling him how well the companies doing. how
bright the prospects, That bait suck
one. even stranger. who said that "they"-the per-
ennially mysterious they the big men, the mighty
spracy pull VOL the publics eyes-'they''
were going to Jack up these the other shares
welcomed. and his advice acted
You're just the man was looking for" said Gil
rs wn n na6a aDf HOg garf 81 the young man at all
No A slight pause, FOR Oratorical effect 81 had
long talk with Sam today
Sharpe The old boy sent for me- He was in
mighty good humor too. Tickled to death. He might
well be-hes got $4,000 shares of Pennsylvania Cen
trail And there's going to be from so to so points
"H'm!" sniffed Freeman skepticalIy, yet impressed
by the change in Csilmarns attitude from the money
borrowing humility of the previous week to the con-
hdent tone of a with a straight tip Sharpe
VIGOROUSLY kind to his old friends-rich poor.
I there when the papers We're signed" Gil
martin said, holly. 4 going to leave the ROOM
but Sam told me needn't I can't tell you what it is
about; really can't But he's simply going to put
the stock above par Let me know who Is manipu-
iatlng stock and to HI With dividends and earn
ings. Them's my sentiments" with final hammer
ing nod, as if driving in profound truth.
Same here" assented Freeman, cordially. He
attacked his vulnerable side.
Strange things happen in Wall street. Sometimes
tips true It proved this case. Sharpe
started the stock upward brillianty-the movement
dizzy and all the newspapers talked of it and the
public went mad it and it touched so and IS
and hon H91rT71rf tin hr0h
in-law sell out and Smithers and Freeman Their
profits were Griggs. $4,000 Smithers. S15.1OO; Free
man, $3.50, Gilmartn made them give him a good
law CfiImartin told MIN if was an inyioIaba x1-
custom so Maid with
experience in such matters. Freeman or less
grateful. Smthers met Gimartin and fun of his
within hour:
4 did dandy stroke the other day Pa Cent
looked to me like higher prices. and bought
Of it I've cleaned tidy sum-" And he looked
ten that it Gilmartin who had given him tip
But not Gilmartin who retorted, witheringly:
Wen I've often heard of folk that you put into
good things and they make money and afterward they
come to you and tell you how darned they
TO nit 1t right But you can't woEk that on me- I've
s'vitnesaessa echoed srnithers looking cheap. He
remembered.
Yes witnesses" mimicked Gilmartin scornfully
came to me straight from, beadouarter[ ana Won cot
the use of it. and the least do is TO give
In the end he accepted $500
It seemed though the; regeneration Of Gilmartin
had been achieved when he changed his shabby raj
ment for expensive clothes. He paid tradesmens
bills and moved into better quarters. spent his
money as though he had made millions One week
after had closed out the deal his friends would
have sworn Gimartin had always been prosperous.
He began to speculate again. the Office Freemans
brokers.
At the end of the month he lost not only
the $1,000 he had deposited firm an Addi-
ona $3.50 he had given his had been obliged
TO borrow back from her despite her assurances
he would lose it. This time the slump really
expected by all so that the loss of the second fortune
did not reflect Gilmartins ability a SPECTATOR
but on mis- luck As matter fact had been too
careful and had snned from over timidty at first
only to plunge later and lose all.
AS the result of much thought about losses
martin became professional tpster. To let others
Speculate for him seemed only sure way of win