Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11

their dropping stocks. Therefore he
| smiled
| Five minutes later she kissed him
] good night and went away to her
room. There was troubled look on
her face. She took from a drawer a
| letter, and sat on the edge of couch
| to read it. Here is a part Of what
| she read:
81 am in Canadian Pacific for every
dollar l have in the world. It's down.
| but we all think it will soon go up
| again. If it does not-well-I hate to
think of the things it means for me,
| sweetheart. If it doesn't-you don't
know how long a time you and 1 must
wait. Perhaps for always"
The letter was dated Toronto, No.
vember s. 1t was signed by the man
she had met in Wisconsin the summer
before. 1t was the clue to a secret that
none knew except herself and him. She
let it drop on the couch and sat there
thinking.
"And daddy will break that stock, he
says, and ruin every one that has it.
oh, dear, what shall l do"
She sat there half an hour, thinking
desperately. At the end of that time
she sat down at her desk and wrote
telegram, writing on plain paper be-
cause she had no blanks.
"They are going to put your stock
away down. Sell out. I know this.
1t is going to 100 on Thursday. They
want to ruin some one. / don't know
who it is. DOTTIE."
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
happened in Toronto. That also is the
reason Canadian Pacific never reached
100 during that bad week.
OF course Dottie, who knew nothing
of stocks, could not be expected to
know that when a man gets tips that
are startling and wonderful he is apt
to consult his friends. Nor did she
know that the man to whom she sent
that wonderful Wire was hand-in-glove
with the man at whom the drive Of
Thursday was to be aimed.
In the Office of Mr.. A, of Toronto,
there was rush and hustle on that
Wednesday morning that had had no
parallel even in the most exciting
boom days of the summer. 1t was
true that the resources of Mr.. A
We're nearly exhausted. 1t was true
also, and this fact the spy had missed,
that a new bank was on the very verge
of fiotation in Toronto. The President
of it was to be Mr.. A.. In the or
dinary course of events it would have
been opened within two weeks or so.
Herein lies the cause of the hustle.
On the hint that a drive at Canadian
Pacific was intended Mr. A-had sent
around to the banks asking prospects
for loans. He had been met by the
reply that heavy loans that morning
had pre-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 would
only precipitate things. That bank
must be opened. 1t must be opened
at once. All preliminaries had been
gone through with two weeks before.
The executive staff alone was incom-
plete.
That day in Toronto a bank was
created. The staff was more or less
temporary, and could not be called
efficient, but there was money, lots
of money.
On Thursday night, November 13,
the magnate received a telegram that
filed 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 rapidly. What shall I do?
"KNOWLTON."
The ticker told the rest of the story,
all except what was in a letter that
reached Dottie on Friday night. There
was no especial drive at Canadian
Pacific.-New York Times.