Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-05


&--.zaSSsSj ,hrewdness. They can't got
the hes. OF me" he would Say to bin.
s3lf when nc had won nu unusually
knotty cnse. Fe Enew he was both
hated and feared by his fello~ aein-
bers of the bar. Being hated he didn't
mind. and being feared hattcrod hts
vanity 10 an intense degree When
Uncle Terry put himself in his power
and, like "A good nntured old sheep.
stood to be sheared. Frye only laughed
at his clients stupidity and set out &c
contlnua the robbery as long ms posi-
bic. Mes>rs. Thygcson & Co. Of Stock.
holm, WHO had first employed him tc
hunt mp an heir 10 the estate of old
Erie Peterson. whose son Nels and hi
young wife had been lost on the coast
OF Maine. Jared no better TO them he
only stated that he had found severe
promising clews and was following
them rs rapidly rs possible but it all
cost money. and would they kindly
send 4 draft on account for necessary
expenses. etc. When Albert had taken
away his best client the old scoundre,
suffered tho worst blow to lis vanity
he ever received. Curse the fellow, -
he would say TO himself I'll pay him
and have revenge If live long enough.
No man ever got the best of me. aud IL
the long run no man ever shailm
But there is a Nemesis that follow
evil doors in this world, ready to strike
with an invisible hnnd all who are los.
to the sense of right and justice. II
Frycs case the avcnging goddess lark
td in his inordinate belief in his OWE
shrcwdness coupled with fatucu:
love of speculation. A few lucky ven.
lures at firrt in the stock market hid
famed tho famc.
Then along came war cloud in e.
rope. Stocks began to drop and PIC.
visions to advance. September whea.
was then selling In Chicago at so cents.
Frye bought 10000 bushels on u!ar.
gin. France and Germany growlcd,
and wheat rose t. 81. Frye sold. clear
ing $1,000. Then il dropped cent.
and Frye bought n hundred thousand
bushels more. Once again the wal
IS.
HS The papers We're full of wild ri
morS. and the Wall Street RuGlc said
wheat would look cheap ut II dollar and
a hall inside of Il month. Then it adj
vanced to 81, and Frye lost his head.
His holdings showed Il profit of =, 900.
and sudden riches stared him in the
face. Once more the two hellicoSo for
eign powers .,roWlcd aud showed thcil
teeth. Wheat rose another cent, and
Fry" doubled his holdings Then the
powers that had growlcd smiled faint
y, and in one day wheat fell IN % and
was stall falling. At every drop OF 4
cent he was called upon for $. moo.
Day by day ii vibrated, now going mp II
cent ami then dropping two and when
Incle Terry and Albert Wcre discussing
how to checkmate Ids further rohhinp
Of the lighthouse keeper he was, with
muttered curses. watering his iii got
len gains vanish TO The tune Of many
thousand dollars per diem. He neg
lectcd his business went without his
meals and forgot to shave. He had
mOrtSaged his real estate for $2UOOU.
and hat Was nearly gone. Wheat waS
now down to 80 and France and Ger.
many We're shaking hands.
Frye could not sleep nights. His
margins were almost exhausted and
his resources as well. lie had put up
$4,000, and if wheat fell 3 cents more
it would be all swept away. Then he
executed second mortgage at high in