The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-07-22
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A FURRY in Wheat.
BY HENRY MCNSING.

BY HENRY MUNSING.
When pretty Dorothy Strang induced
her father to take her to the metropolis
she had no idea of making great sensa-
| ton in the business world Indeed, she
had no idea of making a sensation of any
kind, her main thought being to see all the
wonderful sights of the great city, go to as
many theaters and operas as she could in
duce papa to take her to, do as much
shopping as he would pay for and return
home with some new hats and gowns that
would paralyze the feminine portion of the
| town with envy and the masculine with
| admiration
If anybody had suggested that this pc
tite and viyacious damsel of / 5 would break
the most scientifically conceived wheat cor
ner ever planned on the board send the
| Oldest and wiSest of the bulls and bears
/ scurrying for cover and make and unmake
| scores Of fortunes, the suggestion would
/ have been received with derision-and by
nobody more skeptically than the little
lady herself, But this is just what hap
pened and it happened despite the fact that
| Miss Dorothy had no more idea regarding
/ the wheat market or what transpired on
the board Of trade than her pet canary and
could no more have grasPed the idea sign
hcance Of puts aud calls, than she could
I have translated ancient Arabic
jerome Strang was a suc,,>>,iul mer.
chant and shrewd business mau With
all his hard beaded business sense he dear
" loved speculation, and il was whisper
ed among his business associates that he
Frequently took flyer 10 grains or stocks
aud il was also whispered that he generally
wOR
On the occasion Of bis visit to the me
tropoli> when Dorothy broke the wheat
conner, truth 20 tell. be made the trip
almost solely for the puTPSse of pauioipa
ting ia that same curuer although he gave
it out mo-t selemnly in bis family aud 10
hi, business associates that he was making
the inp to bay goods
TN the second day after their arrival he
announced that a business as-ociale to
whom he had mentioned the fact that his
daughter was with him, had invited them
to attend the theAier With ham
oh, how houid poaied Dorothy
disturbed BY visions Of thin Tipped old
eentleusen With gray side whi>kers who
talk perrnislly Of business conditions. the
iariH aud the money market, OF Of fat.
faced bald headed sale=,meu with huge
mus,aches and much jew,lry. who woald
tell funny stories and IstroniHe her
4 think you viii like him. replied
her father Hes young and handsome
and VERY xell informed aud entertaining
gentleman At any rate it Is exceedingly
Courteous IN him to invite us and we must
shos him that We appreciate H.
Nos. Il Herbert Holllster had not put
h,ai>elf cut. much against his aeliaatiou,
90 DO a courteous act to customer Eho
had become powerful factor in the great
wheat deal be Vas engineering. aud who
promised 10 BE- a mo>s valuable ais in the
tuiarc dcais- be never would have met
Miss Dorothy. bis whcat deal would not
have been smashed to smi,heFecns and
several other things woald not have hap
vened which did happeu
Holhsgrr was one of she coming men on
the boari Indeed be bad already come
aud although wcll inside the thities had
engineered some very clever deals Of
minor sort ln which be had trimmed up
the oldest and wisess of the traders aud
had besides been a considerable factor ia
sone Of the big deals Of the past few YEAR.
His quick eye, ready Judgment aud light
ning execution had woa the respect and
admiration Of the street and il was
freely predicted that be would become
multi millionaire Already be had ac-
quirrd very substantial fortune
With great affairs in his head ii i, small
wonder that he groaned inwar,ily at the
prospect Of an en,irv evening with pro
viacial maiden, probably Of doubtful beau
y and charms and equipped beyond doubt
to conserse only upon the most common
place afsairs An evening alone with the
father would have promised SUBSTANTIAL re-
suits, a. Hollisscr had discovered the sound
senae and tar-seeing vision Of jerome
Suaag
With these unoomplinleB,ary views Of
each other and with mutual apprehensioas
of boredom did Hollister aud Dorothy
meet. The meeting was a shock TO both
HOLSTER beheld the most graceful and
piquani vision he had ever beheld "A jaan-
" little piece Of femiuinity with al the
freshness Of girlhood, and country girlhcod
at that, aud at the same time all the bud
ding promises of glorious womanhood, a
figure beyond criticism, surmuunted BY
face as finely ehiseled as that Of Greek
goddess. But the eyes were what riveted
his attention-the eyes aud the mouth
Her eyes were a. black as night aud
their depths were unfathomed, while
the lips were eupid's own--and over all
and through all was thai saucineSs or
rather vitality which always drives men
crazy.
On her part she confronted the most
distinguished appearing gentleman she had
ever met Tall. straight and elegant of
form, his clear cut features and fresh com
plexion were admirably set of by the touch
of gray in hair and mustache which, while
not suggesting age, gave pronounced dig
nifty and character 10 the tout ensemble.
He was attired in the height of fashion
and carried himself with the quiet ease of
gentleman and man Of the world
The evening was revelation to Doro
thy-from the luxurious enjoyment of the
box at the theater to the perfect supper
atterward. Also did it contain new sen
sation to Hollister The result was sew
eral similar evenings In fact Hollister
quite attached himself to the Strangs and
found it not a bore at all to assist Jerome
Strang to entertain his fascinating daugh-
ter
One evening fatal evening, he sug
gested that Dorothy might be interested in