The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

Let's be somebody. II Montana City was too
small fur US, that's no reason why New
York should be too big"
Percival had walked the floor In deep at
tention to the old mans words.
You've got me right, Uncle Peter" he
said at last. '.And you're right about what
L ought to do. I've often thought I'd go into
some Of these big operations here. But for
, one thing was afraid of what you'd say.
And then. / didn't know the game very well.
But see I ought to do something. You're
dead right"
And we need more money. too" urged
the old man. II was reading a piece the
other day about the big fortunes in New
York. Why, we amt one. two. three. with
| the dinky little twelve or thirteen millions
we could swing. You don't want to be
piker. do you? II you go in the game at all,
play her open and high. Make 'em take the
| ceiling off. You can just as well get into the
| hundred million class as not, and know It,
| They needn't talk to mel know you have
| got some brains If you was TO go in now it
would keep you-straight and busy. and take
| you out of this pin-head class that only
spends their pas money"
You're all right, Uncle Peter! / certainly
did need you to come along right now and
set me straight. You founded the fortune,
pa trebled it, and now I'll get to work and
| roll it up like big SNOWFALL
That's the talk. Get into the hundred mill
lion class, and show these wise folks you
| got something In you besides hot air, like
! the sayin' is Then they won't always be
| askin' who your pa was-they'll be wantin'
| to knew who you are, by Cripesi Then you
| can have the biggest steam yacht afioat,
| two or three OF 'em, and the best house in
New York, and palaces over in England;
and Pishll be able to hold up her head in
company over there. You can finance that
proposition right up to the nines.'
by Jove! but you're right. You're a won
der, Uncle Peter. And that reminds me-
| He stopped in his walk
~ gave 1t hardly any thought at the time,
| but now it looks bigger than a mountain. L
know just the thing to start in on system
atically. Now, don't breathe word of
| this, but there's a big deal on in Consoli-
dated Copper. 1 happened on 10 the fact in
| a queer way the other night. There's a brok-
err I've known down town-fellow by the
name OF Relpin. Met him last summer. He
does most Of Sheplers business: he's sup
posed to be closer to Shepler and know
Il
msu in the street. Well, ran across Relpin
| down In the cafe the other night and he
was wearing one of those gents hobby
| tnree-button souses. Nothing would do but
should dine with him, so / did. 1t was the
| night you and the folks went to the opera
with the Oldakers. Relpin was full OF lovely
/ talk and dark hints about a rise in copper
stock, and another rise In Western Trolley.
i fIox, aff Of ham in
Union Cordage How that fellow can do
| Shepler's business and drink the stuff that
makes you talk 1 don't see Anyway he said
and you can bet what he says goes-that
the Consolidated is going TO control the
| worlds supply of copper inside of three
months, and the stock is bound to kite and
so are these other two stocks; Sheplers
| back of all three. The insiders are buying
up now, slowly and cautiously, so as not to
start any boom prematurely. Consolidated
| is ITO now, and it'll be up to 80 by April at
the latest The others may go beyond that.
| wasn't looking for the game at the time.
so didn't give it any thought, but now,
| you see there's chance. Well plunge
In those three lines before they start to rise,
and be in on the ground floor"
Now don't you be rash! That Shepler's
old enough to suck eggs and hide the shells
I heard a man say the other day copper was
none too good at no.
| Exactly. You can hear anything you're
| looking to hear, down there. But tell you
this was straight Don't you suppose Shop
| Ter knows what he is about?-there's boy
that won't be peddling shoelaces and gum
drops off one of those neat little BOSOM
! trays-not for eighty-five or ninety thousand
years yet-and Replin, even if he was
drunk, knows Shepler's deals like you know
| Skiplap. They'll bear the stocks all they
| can while they're buying up. i wouldn't be
| surprised if the next Consolidated dividend
was reduced That would send her down a
] few points, and throw more stock on the
market. Meantime, they're quietly workin
| to get control of the European mines-and
as to Western Trolley and Union Cordage-
say, Relpin actually got to crying-they're
| so good-he had one of those loving ones,
| the kind where you want to be good to
| every one in the world I'm surprised he
didn't get into a sandwich sign and patrol
Broadway, giving those tips to everybody"
! Course, we're on a proposition now that
+, you know more about 1t than l do; you
/ certainly do take right hold at once-that
was your pas way, too. Daniel j. could look
| farther ahead in a minute than most men
| could in a year. got to trust you wholly
In these matters. and know I can do 1t, too.
| got confidence in you, matter what 9TH
er people say. They don't know you like
| do. And if there's any other things you know
| about fur sure"
| 'Well, there's Burman. He's plunging in
corn now. His father has staked him, and
| he swears he can't lose. He was after me to
put aside million. OF course if he does win
out Ii would be big money"
| We'll. son, 1 can't advise you none-ex-
cept / know you have got head on you.
no matter how people talk. You know about
| this end of the game. and I'll have to be led
entirely by you. If you think Burman's got
| a good proposition, why, there amt any
! thing like gettin' action all along the lay
out. from ace down to seven-spot and back
| to the king card
That's the talk. I'll see Relpin to-day or
tomorrow. I'll bet he tries to hedge on what
he said. But got him too straight--let a
drunken man alone for telling the truth
when he's got II in him. Well start in buy
ing at once"
1T does sound good. I must say you take
hold of it considerable like Danl j. would
"a done-and use my money jest like your
own. do want to see you takin' your place
where you belong. This life of idleness you
| been leadin'-one continual potlatch the