The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-06

DUCK, SAID /, tnal YOU let my mouse
-Blacklock and comrany-announcs
the coal reorganization plan. IL would
give me great lift, and Melville acd
his bank don't need prestige. My daily
letters to the public on investments
have, as you know. got me n big fol
lowing that would help me make the
notation an even bigger success than
it's bound to be. no matter who an
nounces 1t and invites subscriptions"
AS | thus proposed that be in
| jiffy caught up from the extremely
humble level Of reputed bucket.shop
dealer into the highest heaven of high
finance. that | be made the official
| spokesman of the financial gods, his
expression was so ludicrous that al.
most lost my gravity. | suspect, for
moment he thought l had gone mad.
His manner, when he recovered him.
self sufficiently to speak, was Ger.
tainly not unlike what 1t would have
been had he found himself alone be-
fore dangerous lunatic who was
armed with bomb.
You know how anxious I am to
help you, to further your interests,
Matthew" said he wheedingly. IL
know no man who has a brighter fu.
ture. But-not so fast not so fast,
young man. or course, you will ap.
pear as one of the reorganizing com.
mittee-but we could not afford 10
have the announcement come through
any less strong and old established
house than the National Industrial
bank
AT least, you can make me joint
announcer with them" urged.
Perhaps - yes - possibly - well
see," said he soothingly. There Is
plenty of time"
Plenty of time" assented, as II
quite content. 81 only wanted to put
the matter before you" And l arose
to go.
"Have you heard the news OF textile
common" he asked.
YES" said carelessly. Then, all
in an instant. plan took shape in my
mind. II own a good deal OF the
stock. and I must say, don't like
this raise"
"Why?" he inquired.
Because I'm sure it's a stock-job
bling scheme" replied I boldly. u
know the dividend wasn't earned. ]
don't like that sort Of thing, Mr.. Roe
buck Not because it's unlawful-ths
laws are so clumsy that a practica!
man often must disregard them. But
because 1t Is tampering with the repu
tation and the stability of great en-
terprise for the sake of a few millions
Of dishonest profit. I'm surprised al
Langdon."
81 hope you're wrong, Matthew
was Roebuck's only comment. He
questioned me no further, and went
away, confident that, when the crash
came In the morning, II comes II must
there would be no more astonished
man in Wall street than Henry J. Roe
buck. How he must have laughed; or
rather, would have laughed, II his sort
Of human hyena expressed its emo
tons in the human way.
From him, straight to my lawyers
Whitehouse & Fisher, in the Mills
building.
81 want you to send for the news
paper reporters at once" said tc
Fisher, land tell them that in my be
half you are going to apply for an in
junction against the textile trust, tor
bidding them to take any further
steps toward that increase of divi
dend. Tell them /, as large stock
holder, and representing group o.
large stockholders. purpose to stol
the paying of unearned dividends"
Fisher knew how closely connected
my house and the textile trust hat
been: but he showed, and probabl,
felt no establishment. He was too ex
perienced in the ways OF finance anC
financiers. II was matter OF in
difference to him whether was tryin,
to assassinate my friend and ally, o.
was feinting at Langdon, to lure tn,
public within reach so that we might
together, fall upon 1t and make
battue.
Not without some regret did thu
arrange to attack my friend in his ali
sence. "till," reasoned, his blum
der in trusting some leaky person
with his secret is the cause OF m,
peril-and I'll not have to justify my
self to him for trying to save myself
-, What effect my injunction would hav
= | could not foresee. Certainly 1t coul,
not save me from the loss OF my for
a tune; but possibly, 1t might check tn
upward course of the stock LON
enough to enable me to snatch mysel
!. from ruin, and to cling to firm groun,
! until the coal deal drew me up t
safety.
My next call was at the Interstate
Trust company. | found Corey wait
ing for me in a most uneasy state o
: mind.
rs there any truth In this stor
q about you?" was the question h
= pumped at me.
. What story?" said |, and a mar
. fight | had 20 keep my confusion an
q alarm from the surface. For, appal
. entity, my secret was out.
. THAT you're on the wrong side O
, the textile"