The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-06


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not they represent Col willard aud
other lnalde interests And The day
/ closed with the iron and steel Efnpp
an % nuff9 aud everyone ADKINS,
who ls selling Steel Pipe
There va renewal of the sell
luF the nest daY aud the third day
and the fourth day Excited br"f
,ra ran 10 tho office uf De lere.
Hurry 4 C and uH Nj Ha#llnRt
Hm1Ead HiHediY uu he regretted
thut bee could give them no InfaIma
ton regarding The uallera ri steel
Pipe W." ho d0HHamhled faro
hu rm Hudson a. Taylor have
boon buying faf uH aII the week
And the brokers wont ont moro
puzzled fHaH ever
Everyone interested i'm the steel
stocks aFFHHd that BE- vas Is very
myairfIHHa operation Even the
mombfm af Hastings o#H hrm
uoro ~ aea
nWhu III a. selling Pipe
asked these gentlemen ln their best
Chicago Hfle But there Waa mo-
answer
Cant tsH you now WI wire
particulars later" toloEfaphed Hast
inEa
al tho end Of the fourth day
Ilafliun had the pleasure af say
lug 10 Col willard Colonel your
order rs executed On Monday $50
started selling az A. We sold aa.
Cfsuy through swift q Sanger and
other brokers 40 900 shares down 90
2s and bought openly through liua
son a Taylor 600 ahafes ] have
your account credited with Fasa.o0o
icsH commissions
q have FIsau YOU the stock GER
Unraiea aud ! would like a check
tomorrow said Col Willard. and
without saving "Thauk you. or
even Good day he walked out
"Nuw. said Hastings 70 himself
he might have said Thank YOU !
Thought that I pui through that or
dor rather aleFerly, but these me-"
millionaire chaps are uiie
thourhfieaH
ilaauufa nodded lla head from
side 20 side rfiuned ~ his own
thoughts. aud then aat down and
wired ~ the home office IN Chicago
an explicit account of the operation.
psrhHpa De explained "a tflfle. With
IsrdouaHIe business pride. az ho
realized that few men could have
uufuafed that particular block of
stock With better net reaulfH
% vas a Saturday afternoon u"
waited for congratulations bat none
arrived not even O. request Tor
more details
ON Monday afternoon. very much
10 Hastings aHtouiHhmeut the two
older members ~ the firm taffsred
into the office.
WHY. haW do you do said
Hastings 1 did not hu0H that you
we're Ia tonu when did Won get
iu7 l. anything the natter
The senior member physically
feeble but . veteran. Keen and res
dilute speaHlafuf bent over On bic
walking stick. Eafrd at The flapf
and ignored Hastings oulatfetebed
EANN Oh @fHHA HAN MH HA aHAt# #s.#
We came rather suddenly You see
you see We are going 20 make
change We wont need Yau any
longer
whats the trouble asked
Hastings IN cold. bass voice.
don't FuH like my methodaE
Wei wa.rs not satisfied and Ne
81 -
when do yuu want me 70 CO.
Tomorrow
And then light struck Hastings
The trouble Be- that YaH do not
Ike the WaY executed that 10000
share order for willard
/, The HenIar member nodded his
I he'd IN aasent
I We'll ~ ne Tero." spoke out
fIhstinHH. col willard insisted that
you should not know 81 Il lie
made me promise not "a tell YOU.
or be- threatened 90 cancel the or
der Perhaps he believed that he
could not trust you yuu know bet
Ter than / about that. - b is an
old friend - yours and halls from
NNN CITY Nv NHttH af#Hs s''tf
and with YOU. To have told YOU
after ms promise 90 him. and tu
have given Yon a chance To eel a
F frw thousand shares short Ter your
own Hersunta would have made me
a liar. To have refused bis order
on bis conditions would have mrant
f Joss of money 90 you. and possibly
loaa 81 one ~ your best customers.
knowing K8a. / could not afford 30
make a mistake 300 either wy I
want guu ta understand and never
. forget Il. that have been n square
man all my life. and expect to re-
main one Had ! desired. I ouuld
have made so 600 on that order
myself and ON others $4,000 In tho
last elk months bat I am no a
sharper Nun#and T. too have the
satisfaction ~ knowing that as I
leave here am broke. for I
thought that my place was ALSO
lutclY secure can aae nov though.
that yau Haed another manager. and
thera Ia NOT money enough tn your
firm - make mo that Kind ~ q
man Let me tell yuu that respect
myself #aINava have and always In
tend % that o. more than xau can
Say af Yourself
Hastings said many other fhaugs
vigorously aud some hat dtsFnn