The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

was glad IL came just this way and
that his friends honor lay in his hands
"a godlike GIT, to be returned intact.
The door of tie cabin opened The
doctor STROBE in, followed by tic pur-
Ser.
This gentlemen. Mr. Emery, IS my
best friend" explained Mr.. Potter.
Everything must be done to save
him" The doctor advanced to the pa
tient eagerly and took his head from
Potter's arms. Beyond him, on the sill
of the door. stood the sick mans
daughter. with despair on her face, for
which her fathers sickness could net
account.
The broker looked beyond the purser,
and his heart leaped to calm The terror
of the girl.
Miss Emery" ne said quietly as he
could, will yCu take my arm and
walk while? The doctor and the pur
ser are able TO take care of your faith
er for few moments"
1t seemed hours to Potter that they
walked The dock without speaking. The
nearness, the touch of her arm, the
thought that ne was lord Of her future
these sensa: lions sent spasms TO his
heart He had dealt in futures" be-
fore, but never in such a one as this.
How should he govern it and make II
his own? And every time he felt that
dear arm shiYering In sympathy with
her convulsive grief, he softly patted
her fingers with fatherly feeling that
comforte1 her greatly.
MY dear Miss Soule. | want to tell
you a secrft, ana l want you TO prom
Use not 10 breathe IL to a soul.
Before she knew it her woman's Curl
osity had been entrapped into ques-
tiOning "Yes?"
And you promise not 10 think any
the worse of me?"
Yves" in a trembling whisper.
well" The financier took long
audible breath. 81, and 1 alone. am re-
sponsible for your fathers condition"
After uttering this preposterous state
ment, he accelerated his pace, dragging
the girl along with him, as if he were
laboring under terrible excitement.
What do you mean, sirT'' She
dropped his arm.
There! There, Don't. Let us not
make a scene here" He caught her
arm dexterously, and imprisoned it
again. TRY not to judge me harsh
ly. ! will tell YOU ALL" He uttered the
last FIVE words i'm g stage whisper.
DO you mean to say, Mr. Potter,
that my father is innocent, and that
YOU took the money-and-and ran
away? Is that the reason your name
is not on the passenger hst?" Alice
Soule stopped and looked her fathers
employer in the face with blazing eyes.
Her head was now high with sudden
relief and her cheeks burned with in
dignation. Potter began to understand
what it was TO be guilty man and he
cast mis- eyes down consistently.
Won't you let me EXPLAIN" he asked
abjectly.
IF you must" rigidly.
We'll you See-cOnfOund ii all let's
walk On-there. that's better. He put
all the money he could scrape together
and bought L. S. r. / scraped all I
could together and sold L. S. T.
Then. instead of the stock going up
as Henry expected, the bottom dropped
out Of it. He borrowed a lot of the
firms money in quiet sort of way,
and lost ii ALL"
Who got it?''
We'll. | suppose l got all he lost,
and perhaps little more BESIDES
Peleg Porter cast a quick glance
down TO see how she was taking it. He
saw a face regal in its rigidity.
why didn't you return it?''
II didn't know who lost it until this
mornng-and "a"
came to sudden standstill and
clutched the rail with both hands, look
ing out over the sullen heaving sea.
But" urged Potter meekly.
Don't say another word, Mr.. Pot
ter The words came out sharp and
cracking, like icicles. You rob a poor
man of ali he has. You allow the blame
10 rest upon him. And then you would
make restitution when it is too late"
The smack of Mr.. Potters lips open
ing i'm fruitless protest did not check
the girl. who had been brought up in
utter ignorance of stock and its in
famous transactions.
There is nothing more to say" she
added cOldly. except good morning"
and with a stately sweep of her skirts
she had gone. AS the Victoria Regina
sped eastward, the air became more
and more electric with messages to the
west Like an emperor of the Middle
Ages summoning his vassalS to his BAN
ner, so Potter summoned his clients
and his friends to his standard. Under
the sign of II. S. T." in the pit of the
stock exchange, a mob of bowling trad
ers Wrestled for their lives.
United States Telegraph commanded
the attention of the world. 1t was
buy or ''sell," long" or short" live
or ole. But the lie Oh the NlCJOr meant
the death of the vanquished, and in
that remorseless alternative lay the
sulphur of the strife. For three days
the quotations staggered up and down
like groggy combatants, and men
swooned i'm the frenzy of uncertainty.
And Peleg Potter, sitting quietly In his
cabin, generated the battle from afar
and further off, a modern master. if not
monster, OF speculation-a wizard of
the pit.
On the fifth morning after the steam
er had sailed Alice SOule arose from
the breakfast table and walked straight
TO her fathers staterOOm. IN her hand
she held that mornings edition of the
Transatlantic Herald, and on her
cheeks futtered pink danger signal
AT last, papa. Mr.. Potter has right
ed you In the eyes of the world. I
didn't think he was man enough to do
it. Read what the papers say"
Henry Soule snatched the gray, damp
sheet and read eagerly
THE brokerage firm of Brooks & Pot
ter has issued statement to the press
and the street that their cashier, Henry
c. Soule with his daughter as nurse,
H. on board the Victoria Regina, bound
for Naples, in company with Mr.. Pot
ter of the firm. Mr.. Soule was strick-
EN- with a sunstrOke that left him tenn
pOrarily deranged. He did not know