The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
TIE EVENING .STOR Z
Partnerships.

My information is positive"
It's an awful risk" whispered the
girl Vernon took her in his arms.
Dear little girl" he said soothingiy.
1T is a deal that takes place almost
/ every day. 1t is the only way in when
1 can quickly make enough money 10
support you in good style, and cannot
1 take you from your fathers house 20
\ lead life of dreary economy
I'D rather do that than risk losing
/ it all, she said braVely. THAT Woula
/ be awful, dear"
Never fear" he assured. This viii
win. It is just a case of selling some
/ thing for more than you expect TO pay
4 for it, While the other man expects you
! viii have to pay more.
Suppose father should find II Out,
she whispered a dina shade of awe crepg
/ into her tones. She was a little AIrald
/ of this father who was one OF the M
! ancial kings.
He would probably hold UP the mar
| ket and clean me out" he concluded
Therefore he must not know.
Tell me al labout it again, she
pleaded. I am so slow ..4a;,-
Patiently he went into the uelails
| again. F. & v stock was STEADY AZ
| IS. He had reason to know that theTS
would be drop in a week. he Wo l..3i
| purchase calls" the right TO sell
within ten days, shares of the stock at
IS. The profit would come II the seoch
was selling lower than that II things
went well, the stock should fan 10 90,
!
on every share that he sold
/ Some large opera tors had combined
to force down the stock and he was 70
/ profit by his knowledge of that Iact pc
fore the break came. Two days DeAofe
/ Morton Harvey had refused his con
sent to the marriage of his daughter
to Chester Vernon, and had suggested
| that he should make some mark IN the
/ world before he aspired to the mana O.
! the daughter of a man who owned en-
tire railroads. This tip had come as
an inspiration and he determined 70
stake his entire fortune in an eTIoft 10
! show what he could do
For two days he worked industrious
/ ly buying puts" or permlsslons TO sen
certain blocks of stock at stipulated
Il prices. If the price did not IAN pc
4 low that price he would be reduced to
] practically nothing. II It Iel DeloM
he could demand the difference pc
tween the price and the actual selling
price in cash.
Beyond a hurried telephone call he
did not hear from Dorothy, for after
the exchange closed he was busy with
his agents settling their figures.
It was not until the third day that
he placed his block. and in Jub1lant
tones invited Dorothy to lunch with
him eve Won" he eXulted, there IS
{ nothing to do now but to sit stu ana
watch the stock fall. don't even nave
, to bother about depressing it. the other
fellow kindly does that for me-
But his triumph was short-Gved, ana
he was a haggard faced man who pre-
scented himself at the restaurant II
all up he said. in answer to Dorothy $
eager questioning. I have just had
word that the pool has been abandoned
But can't you take those things back
and get an exchange slip for them
asked Dorothy, with recollection OF
shopping tours.
Vernon shook his head. mo such
luck he groaned. They've got pretty
nearly every cent 1 own. and they won
give it M.
Dorothy smiled softly to herself Il
don't think it is as bad as that, she
said decidedly Il have an ilea-'
IF your idea will depress F. & v ten
points" he said, grimly, I should Ike
to have it"
Dorothy dimpled and shook her
head. "You can't have it," she
laughed. you just sit still and let
the other fellow do the work.
| Vernon remembered his words or
the morning and groaned. The other
, fellows had decided to do nothing with
the stock. 1t was to be left alone
your father won't help you out. =
he said, dolefully. I told you that
, the other day; remember"
Dorothy nodded her head. Il don
mean to laugh. Chester" she said, ten
derby. but it is all too funny"
1T won't seem 50 amusing later.
he warned; but in the end he caught
| something of her confidence, and the
dessert found him far more cheerful
than had the consomme so suggestive
of his own impending fate
If there was chance for fight
there would have been some comfort.
but even the opportunity of a struggle
was denied him. He could only wait
for the unexpected to happen-or
Dorothy's plan to work He could not
believe that the latter was of any avail.
; What could she know about the mar
l ket?
: But for all that F. & V. went to
/ n
, dropped to the quarter. 1t gave the
2 traders no concern. F. & V was a
] steady stock, but it could not always
stand at Is. It might even go trif1e
: lower.
[ But when it went to "A Is the next
< morning and closed a half point lower
the room traders began to grow inter-
ested, and speculated as to where the
drop was coming from When it was
r found that the blocks of stocks were
} coming from the largest holders, a
2 panic took them, and for the next
t thrse days the market steadily de-
= clined. When it went to SO Is Vernon
closed out and in his jubilation tele-
f phoned Dorothy to select the ring He
: had cleaned up an enormous profit
Morton Harvey found them in the
, library when he came home He
frowned slightly as he saw Vernon,
. then his face lighted up
You seem pretty clipper for man
who has been cleaned out" he said,
grimIy.
l Cleaned out" laughed Vernon.
: ''Why it's just the other way around
L was on the right side of F. & W
q thought you sold long" he cried
dorothy said"
He checked himself. but the murder
was out.
Il never could understand those
things sighed Dorothy. Were you
listening when I telephoned Jessie -
a Didn't you know that the library
a door was open, and that I was sitting
r there2" he demanded. She looked
pravely into his face.
YES she said. quietly, 81 did know.
- knew that you were there, and that
o you would hurt Chester's deal If you
f could