The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-11-08

little fingcr-but I didn't give away
that stone: / put IL by for rcactting
into an engagement ring. However.
WHEN l was 90 quietly dressed an II
was possible for a gentleman To be.
he still studied me obviously, when he
thought I wasn't seeing him. And I
recall that he said once: Its your
face. Blackjack. II you could only
manage to look less like Spanish bull
dashing into the ring. gazing joyfuily
about for somebody to gore and tossl'
'But l can't" said l. And i would
MT II I could-bccause that's met"
One Saturday he brought dancing
master down 90 my country place
Dawn Inn. which I bought OF the Du-
mont estate and completely remod-
eled. saw what the mans business
was the instant I looked at him. j
left him In the hall and took Monson
into my den.
mot fer met" protested. There's
where ! draw the line"
You don't understand" he urged.
This fellow. this Alphonse Lynch. out
In the hall there. isn't going TO teach
you dancing so that you may dance.
but SO that you shall be less awk-
ward I'm strange company"
MY walk suits me-" said l. And
don't fall over furniture or trip peo-
pie up"
"True enough" he answered. But
/
| your body thatll make you uncon-
scious OF II when you're suddenly shot
by n butler into n room full OF people
you suspect OF being infiiendly and
i critical"
No. until he used his authority as
| trainer In full charge. did ! yield. IL
/ may seem absurd TO some for scri-
| GUS man like me solemnly 20 caper
about I'm imitation of n scrapinE. grim
/ acing French Irishman: but Monson
was right. and I haven't In the least
1 minded the ridlculc he has brought on
me by tattling this and the other things
| everywhere. since he turned against
me. It's nothing new under the sun
/ for the crowds OF chuckloheads to
laugh where they ought to applaud:
their habit Is 10 laugh and To applaud
/ In the wrong places. There's no part
Of my career that I'm prouder OF than
the whole OF this thorough course OF
/ education in the trifes that are yet
not trihes. To have been ignorant IL
no Disgrace: the disgrace comes when
one persists In Ignorance and glories
| In II.
Yet those who make the most pre-
tensions in this topsy- turvy OF n world
regard II as disgrace To have bceT
4 obscure and ignorant. and pride them
selves upon their persistence In their
own kind OF obscurity and Ignorance!
1 No wonder the few strong men do
about as they please with such n race
OF miscompoopcry. IL they didn't grow
old and tired. what would they not do7
| All this time I was giving mysclf-or
| thought ] was giving mysclf--chieiiy TO
4 my business as usual. know now that
the new interests had I'm fact crowded
/ the things down town far into the
background. had impaired my judg-
ment. had suspended my common
sense: but l had no inkling OF this
1 o.
/ was occupying me down town was
| pushing Textile up toward par Lang
| don's doubts. little though they influ-
| enced me. still made enough OF an Inn
preston to cause me 10 test the mar
lSet. / sold FOR him at ninety. as he
| had directed: I sold I'm quantity every
day. But no matter how much ! un-
loaded. the price showed no tendency
| TO break.
| This" said I TO myself. 'Is n testi-
monial TO the skill with which I pre-
pared for my bull campaign" And
that seemed TO me-all unsispicious as
| I then wns---a sufficient explanation OF
the steadIness OF the stock which I
had worked TO Stablish In the public
/ confidence.
| felt that, if my matrimonial plans
/ should turn out as I confidently ex-
pected. I should need n much larger
fortune than ! had--for was deter
1
establishment second TO none. Accord
| ingly. l enlarged my original plan. 1
/ had intended To keep close To Langdon
/ I'm that plunge: believed / controlled
the market. but I hadn't been In Wall
| street twenty years without learning
/ that the worst thunderbolts fall from
cioudless skies. Without being In the
/ least suspicious OF Langdon. and sim
| ply acting on the general principle that
4 surprise and treachcry are part or the
code OF high finance, l had prepared TO
| guard. first against being taken In the
rear by a secret change OF plan on
| LangdOn's part. and, second. against
being involved and overwhelmed by a
sudden secret attack on him from some
| associate OF his who might think he
had laid himself open TO successful
ruiding.
The market Is especially dangerous
/ toward Christmas and In the spring
/ toward Christmas the big fellows Of
ten juggle the stocks to get the money
for their big Christmas gifts and aims;
l toward spring the motive IL, or course.
/ the extra summer expenses or thCir
/ families and the commencement gifts
To colleges. II was now late in tho
| spring.
| / say had intended to be cautious.
abandoned caution and rushed In
boldly. feeling that the market was,
| I'm general, safe and that Textile was
/ under my control--and that j was one
OF the kings OF high finance. with my
lucky star In the zenith. 1 decided TO
continue my bull campaign on my own
| account for two weeks after had un-
/ loaded for Langdon. To continue IL un-
/ I'll the stock was ut par. i had no DIFF
ficulty In pushing IL up TO ninety-sev-
en-. and l was not alarmed when i
/ found myself loaded up with II, quoted
at ninety eight for the preferred and
| thirty for the common. / assumed that
I was practically its only supporter
and that IL would slowly settle back
as I slowly withdrew my support.
To my surprise. tho stock did not
yield Immediately under my efforts to
depress Il. l sold more heavily: Tex
tile continued To- show n tendency to
rise. l sold still more heavily; IL
broke n point or two. then stcadicd and
| rose again. Instead OF sending out
along my secret lines for inside infor-
! nation. as I should have done, and
| would have done had not been I'm n
state OF hypnotiZed Judgment went
| To- I.angdoni l who had been studying
those scoundrcls for twenty-odd years.
and dealing directly with and for them
for ten years!
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