Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-08-15
SYNOPSIS.

bankers ana brokers'. Brownley and HAN
dolph had gone to college together and
'ontered the employ OF Randolph's father
at the close of cfllege days. BROMLEY
IL Virginian byNbirth. Beulah Sands,
daughter OF an old Virginia house, calls
On BROMLEY and tells him her father
has been practically ruined by the stock
operations of Reinhart. She hopes to
utilize her own money in Wall street in
retrieving her fathers fortunes before
bis condition becomes known, and asks
fer employment in the Office that she may
have An opportunity to better understand
bow her money IL invested. She does not
want 1t used in a purely Wall street
gamble, but in the buying and selling Of
legitimate securities Brownley agrees t.
help her, and falls in love with her.
; CHAPTER TI-Brownley plunEes In
sugar stock. He uses the money Of Miss
Sands. his own and in addition 10 backed
heavily by the Randolph millions. His
coup seems successful, ana he tells Miss
Sands that she has cleared 81, 800 900. But
the market had not closed
! CHAPTER 1II-Barry Conant. head
broker for Standard Oil and sugar in
terests. suddenly begins TO sell sugar"
In the midst Of panic he breaks the
market and with it's fall carries away
the earnings and much OF the capital of
both Miss Sands and himself. A pretty
love scene occurs between the two at the
ONCE when Bob attempts to tell her the
terrible truth OF their fail. BrownlSy
takes q trip to Virginia.
| CHAPTER Iv-Beulah and Bob become
engaged. Randolph wants to loan her
father the money to meet his obligations.
She refuses. Bob figures on how to beat
Wall street at its own game Sugar takes
smother sensational squirt upward. but
BrOwnley keeps out.
CHAPTER V-The "'buIls" toss sugar
to record breaking point, and the street"
goes wild. Barry Conant, for the 'sys-
tenn" pushes prices UP and up. and a
wonderful cleanup IL promised when the
exchange closes, Thursday, November IL.
Sugar opens higher Friday morning, No
NembSr 13 When the price had passed
AL bounds BROMLEY steps into the pit and
begins to sell. He sells every share 1.-THE
oystem's" brokers will take, and pounds
the price down and down until failures
are of momentary occurrence. and "thS
system" has lost millions. He has made
S-Iuions for BsulRh Sands and her father.
r-was not surprised to SOC Bob's
tall form wedged In the crowd about
ftwO-thirds Of the way from the GEN.
lGer. Every other active noor member
Was there, too. Even Ike Bloomen-
stein and Joe Barnes, who seldom
went into the big crowds, were on
hand, perhaps to catch q nier for their
Thanksgiving turkey money, perhaps
to got a. near the killing rs possible.
Bob was not trading, although on the
day before, he never took his eye on
Barry Conant. said to myself: He
Is trying to fathom Barry Commits
movements" but for what purpose
pushed me. The hands of the big
CLOCK on the wall showed that trading
had been 80 minutes under way, and
still Barry Conant was pushing up the
price. His voice had just rung out
"1S for any part OF 5000" when. like
an echo, It sounded through the hall:
sold" It was Bob. He had worked
his way to the center Of the crowd
and stood in front Of Barry Conant.
He was not the Bob who had taken
Barry ConRnt's EaR that afternoon a
tow weeks before. never saw him
cooler, celme1, moro tOlfspossessod.
pzo was the Incarnation Of confident
power. A cold. cynical smile played
around the corners Of his mouth az
he looked down upon his opponent
The eject upon Barry Con&nt was
different from that OF Bob's last bid
on the day when Beulah Sands hopes
went skyward in dust II did not
rouse in him the Wild. furious desire
for the onslaught that he showed
then, but seemed to quicken HIS alert,
prolific mind to exercise all its cum
ming. think that In that one mo
ment Barry Conant recalled his suspI-
cions OF the day before. when he had
wondered what BobS presence in the
crowd meant, and that he saw again
the picture Of Bob on the day when
he hiMSOif had ditcASd Bob's treasure
traiA- He hesitAt0d for Just the frao-
Stoa - q second, while he waved with
aiBAtii1gliko rapidity q set OF AngeT
signals 60 his NSutenants. Thea no
squared AasaSssf for the encounter.
'-3e osg B.e0e." Cold. cold a. the voice
- o OsAasaaaiAG Judge rang BOb's
+'0oaas rs EOe G,eoo." Sold rs
rSV SJe9oI" "SOla." TAsir eyes were
SgxAa AUOSa each stAer. O. BhFPy's q %.
,Aaas SiArN. IN BOA's SAfaefSd Pity aAG
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AzsAaA tAslE oWA h6s ana Offers IN
Ill Il 1OElG have tRutAfGIly Sssa Dala
aA&k ne AooV 0e no stock exchange
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n nike saEsSnstAAeOs. Again harry
,CsaaatS Voisa, rs for E,ee0."' S'ssaa.s
rs for Geeo." ~gsaa." Barry OsRAAs