The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-07-07

gan TO be felt once in awhile and his
firm commenced to respect his Judgment
"All this time old Carriere never for
got the big deal in which he had made
such pile. 1t was Just a stroke OF fools
luck on his part, but he thought it was
due to his shrewdness and ability and
after awhile he commenced to take a
few fiers 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
/ scheme to get around 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. DePoncy ap-
! preached him in confidential way At
! first he would have nothing to do with
! the "upStart," as ne called DePoincy.
but when the hint was let out that big
deal was ahead and that DrPoincy 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
five thousand Just as easy AS not Car
riere got Interested right away and in n
moment of weakness consented to an IN
terviow In his private office
THAT settled it; DcPoincy could talk
book agent into buying book II Il
had to be done and the old man was
| easy prey
Somehow Oarricre always had a good
opinion Of the upstarts" honesty. and
when DcPOincy left the office he had n
big check with him TO put on stock
which he really believed would shoot
skyward in a few days He didn't dare
back cotton either way just then as n
trance medium couldn't toll which way
the market would 70 in the next 1--WE
minutes
"DePoincy simply had to rely on
something turning up and then ueo
plenty of nerve to carry him through
He know the old man was easy and thar
he didn't know enough about the stock
market 10 refuse to swallow any story
about It If ne was disappointed In the
stock ne was going to buy II Il
shouldn't 90 as high as he expected ne
planned 10 borrow the money some way
and make the old man believe he had
cleaned mp $4,000 in no time and was
dead on the inside of the charmed ctr
Gle
In other words ne was going 10 hyp-
noti2c the old man by HIS ability AZ
profit takor until ne was sufficiently
dazzled to he unable to say word "
protest against such a solid and prOmis-
ing would-bc son-in-law when ne asked
10 be admitted into the family
Say, do you know what that stock
commenced to do? Instead of doing tho
balloon act II commenced to take on the
prattiest and stoadiest decline that ever
made bear hug himself for Joy
"DcPoincy sold out just in time. but
before he had time to see what wa,
really doing and sell short the bottom
tell out and the stock went to the low
est figure II had ever sold at.
"Old Carrierc thought something Wa
wrong and rushed about trying 10 llud
DcPoincy. but that youngstor wasn't in
sight.
The next morning. however. n.
turned up smiling AT Carriorc's office
and handed him "A check for s.. 0oO oe,5
the amount the old man had given him.
Carriorc had not finished Easpiug when
DePOincy In his smoothcst tones was
asking him for the hand of his dauEA.
ter
But gaspod the old man. 4
thought the stock was going up?'
on. that's all right said DcPoiu-
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. 50 sold It was a
neat turn and | won't charge you any
COMMISSION, anu lnt ora man SWal-
lowed it,
How did he do 1t? Wei, he went
around TO the girl and told her all about
It, She had a few ideas herself and
when she found that DcPotncy was only
about $4,000 shy toward making good
with the old man she dug up some sc-
cnritics that he had put away FOR hcr
and which were within easy reach. and
gave them TO Dopoincy He cashcd ju.:
IN time
The old man set Dcpoincy up In bust
ness and gave him his daughter The
youngstor is doing we'll but the worst
Of II IS that old Carricrc keeps INSISTING
that his smart sOn-in-law repeat that
$4,000 act every once In awhile M
doesn't cause him so much trouble how
because the old man turns an tn, WITH
nings over TO his daughter. who gINce
them 70 Dcloincy. and SO the same
money keeps right on going around
Meanwhile Carricrc goes about telling
his acquaintance what a wonder Of
son-ln-law he has and how fast he car
make money
Il think | told you to start with that
although Carricrc has lots OF money he
isn't exactly bright"
LAZY MANS PARADISE.