The progress., 1904-02-20

that the old man could pick up four O
i've thousand Just as easy as not CRr
rIere got interested right away and In
moment OF weakness consented to an In
terview In his private ONCE.
"That settled 1t: DePoincy could tall
a book agent into buying book II 1
had to be done and the old man wal
easy prey.
Somehow Carriere always had goot
opinion Of "the upstart's" honesty, and
when DePoincy left the ofice he had {
big check with him to put on stocl
which he really believed would shoot
skyward in few days. He didn't dare
back cotton either way just 4hen as 9
trance medium couldn't tell which way
the market would 60 in the next five
minutes.
"DePoincy simply had to rely on
something turning up and then use
plenty of nerve to carry him through
He knew the old man was easy and that
he didn't know enough about the stock
market to refuse to swallow any story
about it If he was disappointed in the
stock he was going to buy. II II
shouldn't 60 as high as he expected he
planned to borrow the money some way
and make the old man believe he had
cleaned up $4,000 in no time and was
dead on the inside of the charmed cir
Gle.
''In other words he was going to hyp-
notize the old man by his ability as a
profit taker until he was sufficiently
dazzled to be unable to say word of
protest against such solid and promis-
ing would-be son-in-law when he asked
to be admitted into the family
Say, do you know what that stock
commenced to Go? Instead of doing the
balloon act it commenced to take on the
prettiest and steAdiest decline that ever
made bear hug himself for Joy.
"DePoincy sold out just in time, but
before he had timo to see what was
really doing and sell short the bottom
fell out and the stock went to the low
est figure it had ever sold at.
"Old Carriere thought something was
wrong and rushed about trying to find
DePoincy, but that youngster wasn't in
sight.
"The next morning, however, he
turned up smiling at Carriere's office
and handed him a check for IS, 900 over
the amount the old man had given him.
Carriere had not finished gasping when
DePoincy in his smoothest tones was
asking him for the hand Of his daugh-
ter.
"'But,' gasped the old man, I
thought the stock was going up?'
"'Oh, that's all right said DePoin-
cy, in matter of fact way, I told you
was on the inside. At the last minute
/ received word that the stock was
going the other way, so sold. 1t was
neat turn and l won't charge you any
And the old man swal-
lowed it.
"How did he do It? Well, he went
around to the girl and told her all about
it. She had a few ideas herself and
when she found that DePoincy was only
about $4,000 shy toward making good
with the old man she dug up some Sc
curities that he had put away for her,
and which were within easy reach, and
gave them to DePoincy. He cashed just
in time
"The old man set DePoincy up in busi-
ness and gave him his daughter. The
is doing well, but the worst
q it is that old Carriere keeps insisting
that his smart son-in-law repeat that
$4,000 act every once in awhile. 1t
doesn't cause him so much trouble now
because the old man turns all the win
nings over to his daughter, who gives
them to DePoincy, and so the same
money keeps right on going around.
Meanwhile Carriere goes about telling
his acquaintances what wonder of a
son-in-law he has and how fast he can
make money.
81 think told you to start with that
Carriere has lots of money he
sn't exactly bright"