Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-08-08

arIzzIe OF marrow-ennlng nAze. WhleH
just missed being rain---ons Of those
New York days that give q hesitatinG
suicide renewed courage to cut the
mortal coil By ten o'clock Il had-sSt-
tied down on the stock exchange and
its surrounding infernoa. with . clam
minesa that damped the spirits Of the
most rampant bulls. No class In the
world is no susceptible To atmospheric
conditions ~ Btock-gsmelers. Many
q stout-heArted one hes bosn Known
10 postpone the Inauguration Of long
planned coup merely because thu air
allied his blood with TIE AAnk chill q
superstition. Because Of the expected
Sugar pyrOtechnics. stock exchange.
members had gathered early; the.
brokers 'oGces wero ovcroEowded be-
fore ten; the morning papers, not
only in New York but In Boston, Phil
adelphia and other centers, were An-
ed with stories Of tho Big rise that
was to take place in Sugar. The
knowing ones saw the eAr-mAEks Of
the 'system's" press-AGORt In these
stories: and they knew that this In
dugtrious institution had not sat mp
the night before because Of insomnia.
All the signs pOfntSd to q killing, and
and . terrific ors-pofnted 50 pIainiy
that the bears and Sugar shorts found
NO hope In the atmosphere or the
date.
! Bob had not been near tho once tho
: afternoon before, and 40 he haA noe
como I'm By I'VE minutes to tan. de-
i cidod to go over 70 the oHchRnge and
zee II he were going 70 mix - in
! the batting Of thS Sugar bears HAD
NO specific reaSeas for thinking he
was interested except his recent
queer actions. particularly his hanging
to the Sugar-poIe, yet doing nothing.
the day before. But IT 70 enc Of
the best established traditions Of
stoek-EAmbledom that whom Al OBJ
orator has been Bitten By . rAbid
stock he 10 Invariably attracted TO IL
every time afterWard that IL shows
signs OF frothinE. More tAaR All.
had enc Of those strong nowherO-bOrn-
nOwhere-cradIsd intuitions eomnoA to
those living In thS StOck-gamblinG
world. which made mo feol the creepy
shadow of coming events.
q Az on that day q few weeks before
the crowd was at tho Sugar pole, bat
it's alignment was difRerent. There In
the center were Barry Conant and his
trusted lTeutenantz. but NO opposing
rival. None of those hundreds Of
brokers showed that desperate resolve
to do or die that IL bern Of . nSeoa-
sity. They were there to BY or sell
but not to put UP q life or death. on
me-depSnds-the-reBuit AEht. Those
who were long OF stock could easily
be distinguished by their expressions
Of Joy from the shorts, who had seen
the handwriting on the wall and were
filled with uncertainty, fear. tarror
The demsanor OF Barry Conant and
. his lisutOnantS expressed confidence;
they were going to do what they W0ES
there 70 Do. ThOy showed ~ tAs4r tight
buttOnSd eOAta, and squared shoulders
that they expected lots Of rush push
and haul work, but AppAronhy Aey
anticipated no laSt-ditOh flghtiHg. The
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sprAAg at one another, but only fe1
blood. not ASsh. HenS. heart and Soali
Just blood. The Arst price on Sugar
was Ill for S,oee shares. Some ono
sold Il In = block. Barry Conan
bought II. II diA AS< require thrSG
OySs 10 SSS that the seller was ont
Of his liousSnAnts. This meant VIVA
l 10 known a. wash" sale. fictitious
I one arranged In advance hsewoen tws
brokers 10 establish the Aasis for IL
trades that are to fOll0w-one o
! those minor frauds Of stoek-4Ambiinl
= By which the public II deceived ant
2 the traders and piunSOrs are handicap
{ ped with loaded dice In principle, 1
4 10 . device older than stock exchange
, themselves. and II put to usS else
= whore than on the floor. Tor instances
y four genuine buyers want . partieulA
, animal worth $500 at q horse auction
o Its owners pal starts the bidding q
4 $500. and the four. not being up 4
horse values. are thereby induced :
70 reach for II At between $500 and 360'
d But human nature, whether at hors
> sales or ct stoek-EAmbling, loves to b
y ''hinkSy-diAkOd" ~ much ~ the met
Z 70 play tag with tia candle fame. !
fvo minutes Sugar vas sailing Z
n 211. and tie fraRt1e shorts were GrNl
a bling tST II ~ though tAosS never wa
> to ~ AnotAsr share Put - sale. Will
4 BAnT, oonAAt aAA his hsutOnaAt