The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-03
hen I Cupid
Stopped q Driye
a STOCK MARKET STORY
by Clement M. Keys.

n A STOCK MARKET STORY
q BY Clement m. Keys.
q
q The magnate was s. satisfied mar 4,
& 1902, to be exact, lie could not help but
q think that things were welt with MN. he 5
his assoca5gs had managed 20 s siafe
y and his associates had guarded SO long
q and so vel. At 2, clock g that gay me
thas ae
q folioWing the celebrated drive in Steel
Il preferred had just about cleared the
One thing dli; y alone troubled the magnate
81 who sat in his library. To be, sure the
u Western pool had been taught it's .iesson.,
this particular magnate hated nightly.
And he had reason. He had been OF those
who SID Canadia y. Pacific at. ~ Mos ana
81 Cox ct al. had earned his hatred YET
y was the. pool intact, and men IN the
n said that the Canadian Pacific pool was
II like to stay inta q. .$:s MI
it you're think kin, g Of f. So g,
q fire She threw her book away asssshe
d Nothing much, 7 said he; 3 was Just
Wond eriIlg how long Ransom is going 1llag to
The butte butler entered with s slyer tray,
-'"'Ten him e come up here. Nos7don't
4 talk with you here just as well. I4want
= to see him III particular. You needn't
cleveirest Of the floor traders who lived
by the orders OF the great pool. He
hand Then rs he turned to the nagnate
Oh got IT. They are secretive these the ca Ca.
it. u think that we can win. :"
II tssYes-blt how? Where is the soft
n spot g Isl. 4, s, s5 !,
s the c. P. that he can carry at present.
and it averag es him about 1876. He will
s'a may "a Get fEh one 81 them G viii
Y of course, for the POOLS so limited in
number that one Of them going vii II break .,
= get number two. we can force this one
& opt at 125. T. am sure Of 1t: I saw
q as yo Ike IL see fao
Il %"Oh, no. You have done very well. We
4 shall do the trick on Thursday and FRI
Il m Toronto as well as he can Tomorrow,
Il He has all the collateral he wants to- get
n W make It pt sa ap We " snail cana
!. oian Pacific to 100 if necessary. 1t will
( be a relief to clear them out \.
& magnate had failed to notice the he sudden
start of the girl at the word Toronto, =
and her rapt attention ag the conversation ' TIC
Daddy, what are y Cd going to do? z" She
csked, when the Two were alone: !, ..,a
pit Of strategy, dear in the matk ket;
heir stocks. thati {. .sll we are going to
W. Ana viii they lose much money!" she.
asked ssss - W. ~
ker r'G Tbev v Wnt Jet te 20 they viii hold
en-, guess looking for rally. The stock
always rallies -
| Tic hit
night and went away to her room. There
was troubled look on her face. She
took from the. drawer, Il letter, and sat
on the edge Of couch to read IT, Here
is part Of what she read:
Il am in Canadian Pacific for every dol
' We ali a thnk X iRS VIII Mpr soon M agan
If it does not-wel-I hate to think Of
the things it means to me s s",,' 1nn
time you and I must wait. Perhaps Tor
always"
The letter was dated Toronto Nov. =.
1t was signed by the man she had met
the clue to a secret that none knew , ex-
on the couch and sat there thinking.
And daddy will break tia that stock d he
says and ana RUN Ra nT1rH Xo one that mas H. ON
She sat there half an hour, thinking
desperately. At the end of that time she
sat down at her d"st "a; and wrote hac aere
Thev az going to put Xonr stock x a awny
10 120 on Thursday. They want to ruin
some enc don't know who it tn is;
She went to sleep after that. On.
| Wednesday, morning she drove down to
the Telegraph office herself and sent that
message away.
That is the reason strange things hap
ened in Toronto That also is the reason
canadian Pacific never reached l2o during
that bad week.
or course Dottie, who knew nothing Of
stocks could not be expected to know
that when a man gets tips that are start.
his; friends: Nor did she know that the
man to whom she sent that wonderful
wire was hand in glove with the man It
whom the drive Of Thursday was to be-
In the office Of Mr.. A. Of Toronto
there was a rush and hustle on that
parallel even in the most exciting of the
boom days of the summer. 1T was true
that the resources of Mr.. A were nearly
exhausted. 1t was true also, and this fact
the spy had missed, that new bank was
on the very verge of f1otation In Toronto.
The president Of it was to be Mr. 49,;
In the ordinary course Of events it would
have been opened within two weeks or go
Herein lies the cause Of the hustle. & On IN
the hint 5aa MR. hry had sent aroun
He had been met by the reply that heavy
loans that morning had pree-empted a
great deal Of the available cash and that,
While the banks were very sorry, etc,
etc. To throw his stock in the market
9 ! would only precipitate things. That bank
! must be opened 1t must be opened at
once All prelimnaries had been gone
| through. with two weeks before. The ex-
j ecutive staff alone were incomplete.
That day in Toronto bank was created.
: The staff was more less temporary,
and could not be called efficient, but there
- | was money, lots Of money.
y On Thursday night. November 10, eth, the
him with wrath and amazement.
New bank MetropOle opened here with
), Mr. A. president. Said to be to protect
. his loans. Money eased off at close rapid
= | ly. What shall do? '-Know1ton.'
The ticker told the rest Of the story,
7 | all except what was in Letter that.
reached Dottie on Friday night. There
| was no especial drive at Canadian Pa
cic.-Phiadelphia Ledger.
How He Got His Job.
n The Young man stood before the great stee5
z rnagnate A moment later the latter iooAeo
, up. , .,o.,x,1 tho ,nnddie6.