The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-07-04
,peo AND TRlMM ED.

,bat don't. Those that dom
\. a false notion of our resisting
/. and so make us easy victims
=. otbers. | thought | knew my
..,,v thoroughly, and | believed
ras nothing that could tempt
=. noglect my business. With this
H. Of my strength firmly in
.,,n Anita became a tempta
h neglect business, / said to my
eTo 20 UP town during business
! far long lunches, to spend the
l',ss selecting flowers and pres.
nr her-these things look like
!, n business, and would be SC
Ims men But l couldn't neglect
II, | do them because my at
arc so well ordered that a Few
If absence now and then make
bssreuce--probably send me back
n and clearer.
k,p ! left the office at haifpast
I IN that fateful Wednesday In
my business was never in better
textile common had dropped
4 and a quarter In two days
|.,r 1t was at last on its way
\ down toward where l could
|nvself and take profits. AS for
|0sl enterprise nothing could pos
| hsuuen to disturb it; l was all
! for the first of July announce
and boom. Never did / have a
|, heart than when ! joined Anita
ksr friends at Sherry's. 1t seemed
1 her friendliness was less per-
|my. less a matter of appearances.
|Ae sun was bright, the air deli
nv health perfect, 1t took all
|trength of all the straps Monson
Eut on my natural spirits to keep
I'm being exuberant.
.d finally intended to be back at
l6ce half an hour before the ex-
Il closed-this in addition to the
Ius precaution of leaving orders
Ehey we're to telephone me If any
should occur about which they
he least doubt. But so comfort
|dld my vanity make me that |
h to look at my watch until a
|er to three. had a momentary
n then. reassured, asked Anita
Ike a walk with me. Before we
but telephoned my right-hand
and partner, Ball. AS | had
tht, everything was quiet; the
hinge was closing with textile slug
land down a quarter. Anita and
/ a car to the park.
walked for an hour, talking with
k0nstraint and more friendliness
fever before, and when | left her
the first time, felt that i had
good impression.
Zen entered my Offices, |, from
Of habit, mechanically went d.
p the ticker-and dropped all In
Instant from the pinnacle of
b into boiling inferno. For the
was just spelling out these
\ "Mowbray Langdon, president
+ Textile association, sailed UNI
ltedly on the Kaiser Wilhelm at
A per cent raise of the divi-
rate of textile common, from
resent 4 per cent to 6 has been
pinned upon"
had staked up to. perhaps be
my limit OF safety that textile
fall!
was watching narrowly for
sign that the news was as bad
feared. But it cost me no effort
P my face eXpressionless; | was
man who has been killed by
|ng and lies dead with the look
lace that he had just before
Pr struck him.
" didn't you tell me this said
|naIl' when | had you on the
My tone was quiet enough,
y very question ought to have
alm that my brain was like a
per in a cyclone.
heard it Just after you rang
P% MS reply. We've been try.
set you ever since. I've gone
rnere after textile stock. Very
III sell, or even lend. and they
Iue best price was ten points
eday's closing. A strong tips
F@' textiles are to be rocketed."
pIh's up already-on the mere
Already ten dollars to pay on
snare was Shorthand short
DaI TWO hundred thousand!
\ claws Of the fiend Ruin sink
n mesh of my shoulders. BALL
AAow how I'm fixed" | remem-
'"ousht, and he mustn't know"
cigar with a steady hand and
wi Ioes next words.
'eA' 10 see Jenkins at once" he
Iu Jenkins was then first vice.
Ut OF the textile trust. Hes
W because the news got out
~ Susuon and he were the only
Dno ~ anew, so he supposed-says
n"Guucement wasn't to have
l,a ae 'or mOnth--not till Lang.
,nah Heu, He has had to confirm
4 80, mat was the only way to
4 crowd from suspicion of in,
! ,, 70 Rig the market"
nsht,' said /.
M you seen the afternoon pa.
n a. asked, AS he held It out to
tbo.. rye caught big textile head.