The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-11

somewhat Of a shock, that he was won
dering whether the girl at the office
culc that was poured. somewhat gingery
and apprehensively over his head that
morning.
I'd like to know WHY | didn't dls-
charge hes for making that damn fool
mistake" he growIed TO himself But he
knew very well, though he wouldn't ad-
NIT II even TO himself.
1t became quite an ldyl-yery one-sIded
TO DC sure for he was too clever to let
anybody else see It. and too cunning to
let the girl guess II
fIe didn't Weld tameIy Ike a shepherd
boy TO the idyl. He saw the ridiculous
ness of his position. He WINGED He
snarled at himself. He poured his own
savage contempt over himself more un-
sparingly than he ever had poured II over
his underlings
Even while he was raging at the shame
fully ludicrous object that he was In his
own eyes, he was engaging In a very
gratifying little affair
He had discovered that n great cor
poratlon was practically bankrupt and he
had gone TO II and I'm all innocence had
offered price for their stock The Of
iicers. imagining that they were swind
ling him neatly, but fearing that the old
fox might discover it. sold to him glec-
fully at his figures. Then the innocent
flnancier sold the whole business at q
beautiful fancy sum to another greater
corporation In which he held lot OF
stock.
AS soon as the sale had concluded and
duly announced as another wonderful
stroke OF American industrial genius, the
stock of the big corporation naturally
went up madly and the Great Financler
quietly sold his share In 1t at an amazing
profit,
Then he got ready to sit back and
chuckle. He had fixed tho bankrupt cor
poration that Its true state would not
dawn on anybody for year or more. and
by that time II would be easy enough to
charge tho big corporation with having
ruined Ii by bad management
But. alas, on the night after all this
pretty plan had been carried out success
fully, the cN-trea Surcr OF the old bankrupt
corporation, at a dinner where there was
a small Atlantic OF champagne. was mis-
led into making some remarks that he in
tended TO be kindly humorous about the
great fnancicr and the Western hnanccr.
The papers pounced on the speech with
Wild. uncanny JOY, and printed It on first
pages with funny headlines and black let
tcrs and italics and cartoons and even
verses the next day.
He tore the papers into bits and
ground his heels on the tatters In his ham
som that morning. All the time he kept
wondering quite unconsciouSly. what the
Eirl would think of the ribald stun.
His rage was increased by the knowl-
edge that he could not revenge himself
at least. not Immediately. HI was too
well aware that conflict now with tine
eX-treasurer was altogether likely TO cause
disclosures that might drag him from his
cherished position as the great defender
OF vested interests and the guardian OF
the National prosperity. Yet his wrath
was of the whlte-hot kind that demanded
instant action-the action of plain human
men with lists weapons
AS soon as he reached his office he
called the girl in and loosed his anger in
n letter to the cx-treasurer, II was a
beauty OF letter II was not one OF the
politely ambiguous velvet gloves of letters
that the great nnancler wrote habitually.
1t was the mailed fist, pounding with n
smash like a butchers cleayer. 1t was
libel 1t was unforgiYablc insult 1t was
fearful menace. 1t was maddening scorn,
When he had finished he drew long
breath, The effort had disspatcd some OF
at the girl 10 see how she took It Her
eyes were turned down modcstly, and he
had to rest content with the assurance OF
his own mind that she couldn't help but
be impressed
BE very careful with this letter." said
he, Il am going out and VIII sign II
when I return, Let no one see it
In reality, of course. he intended to tear
II up.
Somehow he felt almost placid when
he went out II guess it'll make her
sit up" thought he Show her who's
boss In this town" And he achieved as
ever permitted himself in his life
The typewriter girl ratified the wonder
full letter off on her machine. and knew
as much of 1t when finished as she did
while 1t was being dictated. which was
precisely and exactly nothing, The de-
lIgc of wrath and menace had flowed
through her pretty pink ears and into her
pencil and thence into pot-hooks and
thence into the machine without leaving