The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-27
Copyright i'07' Dou6ledAJ. Page q Coz
CHAPTER II.-continued.
Author of
"Frenzied Finance"

CHAPTER ll.-continucd.
No one who scanned the crowd that
morning would have believed that the
calm set face on that erect Indian
figure, occupying the very center of
thaC horde of gamblers who were only
awaiting the ringing clang of the gong
to hurl themselves like madmen at
each other, was the hysterical man
who the night before was wildly pray
ing for this moment. Nearly every
man in that crowd was calm, but Bob
Brownley was the calmest of them all
It's the exchange code tnat at any cost
of heart or nerve-tear a man must re-
tain good form until the gong strikes.
Then, that he must be as near the un-
Gagged tiger as human mind and body
can be made. Only l realized what
volcano ragged inside my chums bosom.
III any other man of the crowd had
known, Bob's chances OF success would
have been on par with a Canadian
canoeist short-cutting Niagara for Buf.
falo.
Suddenly, as / watched the scene,
there rang through the great hall the
nlbl SHdID SlIoht vi INC bOubs lHtIt
were no echoes heard that morning.
The metallic voice was yet shaping its
command to "at 'em, you fiends" when
from 600 throats burst the wild sound
of the stock exchange YELL No other
sound in any of the open or hidden
places of all nature duplicates the
yell of great stock exchange at an
exciting opening. 1t not only fills and
refills space for the volume is terrific,
but it has an individuality all its own,
coming from the incisive "take-mine-
I've-got yours" from the aggressive,
almost arrogant 'you-can't-you-won
have-your-way." the confident by
heaven-I-will" individual notes that en-
ter into the whole, as they blend with
the shrill scream of triumph and the
die-away note of disappointment, when
the floor men realize their success or
their failure. l picked Bob's magnih.
Gently resonant voice from the mass
40 for any part of 10000 Sugar" 1t
was this daring bid that struck terror
to the bears and filled the bulls with a
frenzy of encouragement. Again II
rang out-"45 for any part of 25.0O0;"
and third time-"50 for any part of
$4,000"
The great crowd was surgng all
over the room. Hats were smashed
and coats were being stripped from
their owners backs as though made of
paper, and now and then a particular
ly frantic buyer or seller would be
borne to the floor by the impetus OF
those who sought to fill his bid or grab
his offer. Through all the wild whirl
straight and erect and commanding
was the form of Bob, HIS face cold and
expressionless as an iceberg. In five
minutes the human mass had worked
back to the Sugar pole and there was
the inevitable lull while it's members
verified"
l could see by the few entries Bob
was making on his pad that he had
been compelled to buy but little This
meant that his campaign was working
smoothly, that he was driving the mar
ket up by merely bidding, and that he
had the greater part of my $4,000 yet
unbought, which in turn meant he
could continue to push up the price
vi ~ lnG GNtnl vi ODpOutnAo at
tempting to run It down, he would be
under the market with big supporting
orders.
Suddenly the lull was broken. Bob's
voice rang out again-"153 for any
part of 10000 Sugar" Again the gam
blers closed in and for another five
minutes the opening scene was dupli
xryffh nu1y q chaAn lace
ness. After ten minutes mad trading
a mighty burst of sound told that
Sugar was 100 bid. Then Bob worked
his way out of the crowd, and passing
by me fairly hissed. by heaven, Jim
I've got them cinched!"
went back to the office. In a few
minutes Bob without word STROBE
through ray office and into the little
room occupied by Beulah Sands. He
closed the door behind him, a thing
that he had never done before. II was
only a minute till he opened 1t and
called to me. In his eyes was a strange
look, q look that came from the blend
ing of two mighty passions, one Joy
the other | could not make out, unless
IL was that soft one, which suppressed
love. emerging from terrible uncer
tainty. generates in deep natures anC
which usually finds vent in tears
Beulah Sands was a study. Her hear
was evidently swaying and tugging
with the news Bob had brought her
She must have seen the nearaess o
release from the torture that had beer
nlling her soul during the past three
months. and yet such was the remark
nhln ia lnnt,Arnl Of fha unman anIcl