The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-28

due to his shrewdness and ability and
after awhile he commenced to take a
few fliers in stocks again.
This time he lost right along. He
couldn't get on the right side of any
move.
THE daughter found out what the old
man was doing and of course she told
| DePoincy, whom she continued to meet
/ probably just because her father told
her not to; anyway, instead of trying to
be good and learning French so that she
might talk to that count the old man
was figuring on buying, she held stolen
conferences with DePoincy. AS have
said there was nothing slow about that
youngster, and if he couldn't think up a
! scheme to get around a difficulty there
was no scheme to be found anywhere.
"One morning, just after the old man
had sunk another thousand or two by
| getting on the upside of the market
when 1t was going down, DePoincy ap-
preached him in a confidential way. At
| first he would have nothing to do with
the "upstart," as he called DePoincy.
but when the hint was let out that big
deal was ahead and that DePoincy was
on the inside but he couldn't get aboard
because he couldn't raise the money, and
that the old man could pick up four or
flve thousand just as easy as not Car
riere got interested right away and In
moment of weakness consented to an in
terview in his private office.
That settled it; DePoincy could talk
a book agent into buying a book if i,
had to be done and the old man was
easy prey.
Somehow Carriere always had a good
opinion of the upstart's" honesty, and
when DePoincy left the office he had
big check with him to put on a stock
which he really believed would shoot
skyward in few days. He didn't dare
back cotton either way just then as
trance medium couldn't tell which way
the market would go 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. If 1t
shouldn't go 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 20 hyp-
notize the old man by his abil A. as a
profit taker until he was sufficiently
dazzled to be unable to say a 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 do? Instead of doing the
balloon act it commenced to take on the
prettiest and steadiest decline that eve,
made bear hug himself for joy.
'DePoincy sold out just in time, but
before he had time 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 GOO 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, q
thought the stock was going up?'
"'Oh, that's all right said DePoin-
cy, in matter of fact way, told you
was on the inside. At the last minute
l received word that the stock was
going the other way, so sold. 1t was
neat turn and l won't charge you any
commission And the old man swal-
lowed it.
How did he do it? Well, he went
around to the girl and told her all abou;
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
save them to DePoincy. He cashed lust
in time.
"The old man set DePoincy I'D in bust
ness and gave him his daughter. The
youngster is doing well, but the worst
OF it is that old Carriere keeps insisting
that his smart son-in-laY repeat that
$4,000 act every once in awhile. II
doesn't cause him so much trouble DOW
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 acquaintance what a wonder of a
son-in-law he has and how fast he can
make money.
Il think l told you to start with that
although Carriere has lots of money he
isn't exactly bright"
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