The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-02
$1,000.


II don't quite follow YOU he said
Z cant see that you'll be either bet
ter or worse for getting into the TRAY.
-elers."
mo more I SHALL" replied I. "Ne
more Is the winner OF the race the bet
Ter or the worse for having the medal
But he want it,.
He had a queer expression. I sup
pose he regarded 1T as a joke. my at
taching apparently so much import
.ance to a thing he cared nothing about
you've always had that sort of thing
said l. and so you don't appreciate it
You're like a respectable She
can imagine all the fuss owe
women keeping a good reputation is
about. Well, just let her lose it'll"
Perhaps" a he.
And" l went on, "you a have the
rule about the waiting list suspended
and can move me up and get me in al
once
I'VE don't do things in quite such a
hurry at the Travellers" said he, laugh
ting. "However. we'll try to comply
with your commands"
His generous, cordial offer made me
half ashamed OF the plot 1 had under
meath my submission abou the coal
mines plot to get into the coal COM
bfne in order to gather the means to
with myself in control. I made up my
mind that, IL he continued to &C
squarely, / would alter those plans.
III you don't mind" Langdon was
going on. It'll make a suggestion
merely q suggestion. 1t might o be
eliminate some of the-the popular
features from your-brokerage busi-
ness. There are several influential
members Of the Travellers who have a
- prejudice
I understand" I interprosed. to
spare him the necessity of saying
things he thought I might regard as
impairment. They look on me as a
kssper Of a high class bucketshop."
That's abou the way they'd put
But the things they object to are,
o.fortunate1y, my Strong hold" / ex-
sr In the big investors by simply an
nouncfng your projects in a dignifed
. I haven't got the ear Of that
class OF people. I have to send out my
Letters. have to advertise in all the
cities and towns. have to catch the lit
engraved invitations; i have to gather
In my people with brass bands and
,megaphones. Don't forget that my peo-
pie in the totals bigger than
yours. And what's my chief value to
-You7 Why when you want to unload,
7 Karnfsh the crowd to unload on, the
cash for your water and
Wind / don't see my way to letting
90 OF what I've got until / get hold Of
Wnat I'm reaching for" All this with
not a suspicion In my mind that he
IS At the same game that had caused
to hint" that same proposal.
n q c man" high finance got
when Mowbray Langdon became active
down town!
That's true" he admitted. with a
great air Of frankness. But the cry
that you're not a financier, but a
o~ucketshop nan might be fatal at
the Travellers. OF course, the sacrifice
would be large for such a small OBJ
sect Still. o might have to make 1t
III you really want to get in"
III think IT over" said 1. He
thought 1 meant that I'd think over
dropping my power-thought l was as
Gig a snob as he and his friends of the
70 be "in the push" But, while
Matthew Blackjack has the streak Of
IN him that's natural to all hui
man beings and to most animals, he is
quite insane. No. the thing l in
tended to think over was how to stay
myself of It's odium. Bucketshop!
What snobbery! Yet It's human ma
ture. toe. The wholesale merchant
down on the retailer, the big re-
taller on the little; the burglar despises
tll1o ptckpccket; the financier, the small
Promoter; the man who works with his
brain. the mar who works with his
A silly lot we are-silly to look
down. sQfier to feel badly when we're
looked down upon.