Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07


seAfasss.. veness was beyond cure. A.
said 10 him "lsm afraid you might
easier succeed in reducing my chest
measure lut We worked away at
it. and perhaps my readrrs may dis.
cover even IA tats narrative. though
II 10 necessariIS egotistie, evidence Of
at least IA honest Effort not TO De
BADLY bcasyIpl N0nson would have
liked ,0 WNkc n NV seltdepreeauRs
sort OF person such as he himself.
with the result THAI yhe otacF fellow
always SGT the prise aud be- sos left
But would have none 81 ~
All this ume was Ettus myself
or thought | was eisiuS myself
chiefly 10 my business as usual
know nov that the ucN interest had
Ia fact crowded the things down town
far into the background had impaired
my Judgment. had suspended my com.
mon sense. but | had no mixing III
this then The most important mat
ter that was occupyins me down town
was pushing textile mp toward par
Lansdons doubts. little though thcy
influenced me Suli made enough 81 an
impression 10 cause me- 60 test the
market ! sold for him AZ ninety A.
ne had directed sold in quantity
every day Hut no matter how much
| unloaded the prier showed no tea.
| deney 90 break
This. said to myself Is tcsti
| monial TO the skill with witch pre-
pared for my bnll campaign And
\ that seemed to me all unsusplcious
as then Was a sufficient explanation
OF the steadiness OF the stock which
had worked 10 establish In the public
confidence.
felt that. II my matrimonial plans
should turn out as confidently ex,
peeted. | should need much larger
fortune than | had-for was deter.
mined that my wife should have an
establishment second TO none Ac.
cordingly. ] enlarged my original
plan had intended TO keep CLOSE 70
I.angdon in that plunge, | believed |
controlled the market. but hadn I
been in Wall street twenty years with
out learning that the worst thunder,
bolts fall from eloudlcss skica Win
out being In the least suspicious oi
Langdun. aud simply a Ing ON thc
general principle that surprise and
treachery are part ~ the code az high
finance. | had prepared 70 guard. tirst
against being taken ia tho rear By q
secret change AZ plan on Langdon'i
part. and second. against being In
volved and overwhelmed by d auddeI
secret attack on him from some assoc
clate Of his Who mieh, think he ha,
laid himself open to successful raid
ing.
The market ~ especially dangerou
toward Christmas and IN the spring
toward Christmas the bic fellows on
On juggle the stocks 10 get the none
for their big Christmas gifts an,
aims. toward spring The motive IL. o
course, the extra summer expenses q
their families and the commencement
gifts to colleges II was new late I
the spring.
say. had intended To be Caution
abandoned caution and rushed
boldly. feeling that the market wa
In general. safe and that textile wa
under my control-and that ! was on
of the kings OF high fnanee, With IA
lucky star In the zenith. decided
continue my bull campaign On my ow
account for two weeks after had vi
loaded for I.angdou. 10 continue Il ul
I'll the stock was Al par had II
difficulty In pushing II to ninety ueyei
and ! was not alarmed when fonn
myself loaded up With II. quoted I
ninety.elght for the preferred an
thirty for the common assume
that was practically lis only su
porter and that II would slowly pottl
back az slowly withdrew my au
port.
To my surprise. the stock did M
WELD Immediately under my efforts
depresa Il sold more heavily te
tile continued Tn show a tendency
rise sold still more heavily;
broke point OF two. then ateadif
and rose again Instead ~ Bendif
cut along my secret lines for lnnit
information. a. | should have don
and would have done had not bees
in state OF hypnoti1ed Judgment
went to Langdon who bad bee
I studying those scoundtela for twent
odd years. aud dealing directly wi
and for them for ten years
n Ito wasn't at his ONCE" they 10
II me there that they didn't kno
At whether he waa Al his town house
II 81 hia place III the eountrY-.prn
a ably in the country. said bis dos
=. town secretary. with aiaborat" car
X ie#sneHs H. sonhnt b. likely
Stag AVA from the Office OF net
81 send for M. II ho we're IA to1n. sou
her
II takes an uncommon good lar
lie 10 mo when I'm on the alert A
paa determined 10 aec l.hngd9n | W
IN 30 far on The alert and | felt q
n feilo@ was lfing That's rcazonable
10 said T. Call me % II yoa hear fire.
"a him. eauf 70 #ee him imp1ftaf
81 but not immediate Aad went ava