Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-05-25

Ieor intruding on your misery
looked at him. will never forget
lAia face. No heartbroken woman's
ieould have been sadder. He slowly
raised his head then staggered and
lWrasped the tickerstand for support.
"Donr. Jim, don't-don't ask me to
lROrGiye you. Oh, Jim, Jim, my old
lFriend. forgive me for my madness;
iRorget what said to you, forget the
lAFute you Just saw and think OF me as
Ins old. when / would have plucked
isut my tongue il had caught it say
bag harsh word to the best ana
IRruest friend man ever had. Jim, for
Irvet IL all. was mad, l am mad,
have been mad for long time, but 1t
lcannot last much longer. l know it
leanT. and. Jim, by all our past love,
by the memories OF the dear old days
lat st. Paul's and at Harvard, the
dear old days of hope and happiness,
when we planned for the future, try
Ito think of me only as you knew me
then, as you know that / should now
lbe. but for the Systems curse"
The clerks were pounding on the
door; through the glass showed many
lforms. They had been gathering for
minutes while Bob talked in his low,
lsad tone. a tone that no one could be-
llieve came from the same mouth that
La few moments before had poured
forth a food Of brutal heartlessness.
| Bob went to the door. The office
Twas in an uproar. Twenty or 30 OF
IBob's brokers were there, aghast at
mot getting a reply to their calls.
Many were pouring in through the
outer Office. Bob looked at them cold
Ily. well, what is the trouble? Is
Il possible we are down to point
where the stock exchange rushes
over to a mans office when his wire
happens to break down.
They saw his bluff. You cannot de-
ceive stock exchange men, at least
not the kind that Bob Brownley en-
ployed on panic days, but his cool
ness reassured them, and when they
saw me it was odds-on that they
guessed to man why Bob had ig-
nored his wires-guessed that l had
been pleading for the life of the
street"
well, where do you stand?"
Frank Swan answered for the
crowd: "The panic is in full swing.
She's a cellar-to-ridge-pole ripper
They're down 40 or over on an av
erage. Anti-People's is down to 95
and still coming like sawdust over a
lbroken dam. Barry Conant's house
add dozen other OF ReinDarJ'E s,~7S
gone under. His banks and trust
lcompanies are going every minute.
THE whole street will be overheard
before the close. The governing com
lmittee has just called a meeting to SEQ
whether 1t will not be best to adjourn
the exchange over to-day and to-mor-
row"
Bob listened as II he had been a
master at the wheel In a gale, re-
lceivinE reports from his mates.
There was ne trace now of the
scene he had Just been through. He
was cold, masterful. like the seasoned
Isea-dog who knows that in spite OF
1.-THE oceans rage and the winds howl,
1.-THE wheel will answer his hand and
1.-The craft its rudder. Jim, come over
Ito the exchanCe." The crowd fol-
Ilowed along. 1--WE have but a minute
land I want to have YOU say you for
lgive me" he ssi. TO me. 'T know,
lJim. you understsnd it all, but l must
Itell you how sorrowful l am that in
Imy madness | should have so forgot
ten my admi-atl-c. respect, and love
flor you, yes, and nv gratitude to you,
as to say what I dill. I'll do the only
thing l can 10 atone. ] will stop this
Ipanic and undo as much as possible
lof my work: and now that | have
wrecked Reinhart ! am through with
this game forever, yes, through for
ever"
He pressed my hand in his strong,
!honest one and strCde into the ex-
Ichange ahead Of the crowd. All was
chaos, although the trading had toned
down 10 a sullen desperation. So
many houses, banks, and trust COM
Ipanies had failed that no man knew
HWnelNeT lEc MeADeI ne udQ lldueu
with early in the day would on the
morrow be solvent enough to carry
Iout his trades The man who had
been long in the morning, and had
sold out before the crash, and who
Thought tc now had 70 interest," in the
Ipanic. found himself with his stock
Iagain on hand, because Of the failure
OF the one to whom he had sold, and
the price cut In two. The man who
was short" and who few minutes
before had been eagerly counting his
iprOfits now knew that they had been
turned TO loss, because the man from
IwhOm he had borrowed his short
Istocks for delivery would be in no
Icondition to repay for them, the next
Iday, when they should be returned to
him. The short" man was himself,
Therefore, "long" stocks he had
bought to cover his short" sale, In
depressing the price he had been
Working against his own pocket in.
t.toad of AGAINST the bulls he had