The Marshall republican., 1907-05-17

started for the exchange on the run.
When l got there the scene beg.
CARED description. That OF the morn.
Ing was tame in comparison. A bull
market. however. terrific. always In
tame beside a bear crash. II the few
moments II took me TO get 10 the floor.
the battle had started. The greater
part OF the exchange membership was
In n dense mob wedged against tho
rail- behind the Sugar pole. could not
have got within yards Of the center
OF that crowd Of men. fast becoming
panic stricken. N the fate Of nations
had depended on my errard. had
witnessed sucb n scene before. n rep.
resented q certain phass Of stock y.
change gambling procedure. where one
man apparently has every other man
on the floor against him. understood.
Rob against them ali-+ks trying TO
stay the onrushing current OF drop.
' ping prices: they bent 90 keeping the
sluIce gates open. lie wa backed up
against the rail-not the Rob NJ the
morning: not a vestige Of that cold.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gambler
remained. His hat was gone. his col
lar torn and hanging ove his shoulder.
His coat and waistcoat were ripped
| open. showing the full length Of his
white shirt front. and his yes were
fairly mad. Rob was no longer n
human being. but a monarch Of the
forest ut bay. with the hunter In front
OF him, and closing In upon him. In q
great half circle. the pack Of barriers.
all g~nashing their teeth. barring their
fangs. and howiiag for blood. The
hunter directly facing bob. was Barry
Consnt-very slight. very short. q mar
veilously compact. handsome. minia.
ture man. with a fascinating face. dark
| olive In tint. lighted by a pair OF spark.
lins black eyes and framed In Jet.
black hair; q black mustRche was
parted owe white teeth. which. when
he vas stalking his game. looked like
those Of a wolf. An interesting man
st all times was this Barry conant.
and he had been on more and nercer
~bsttieneids than any other half-score
members combined. The scene was a
rare one for q student of animalized
mes.
While every other man In the crowd
was at a high tension Of excitement.
Barry Conant was as calm as though
standing In the center Of q ten.acre
daisy held cutting on the helpless now.
ere heads with every swing of his
arm. Switching stock gamblers into
eternity had grown TO be q pastime 10
Barry Consnt. Here was Bob thunder
Ing with terrific emphasis "78 for g..
600" ''77 for 5000" "75 for 5000" ~
for 5000" "7s for 5000" 20 for 5000"
seemingly expecting through sheer
power Of voice TO crush his opponent
INTO silence. But with the regularity
of q trip-hammer Barry Commits right
hand. raised In unhurried gesture. and
his clear calm sold" met Bob's every
r~etreating bid. II was q battle royal
q king on one side. q Richelieu on the
other. Though there was frantic buy.
Ing and selling all around these two
generals. the trading was gagged by
the trend OF their battle. All knew
that II Bob should De beaten down by
this concentrated modern finance
devil. q panic would ensue and Sugar
would 20 mono could say how low,
Bht n Bob should play him 10 q stand
stiil by exhausting hts selling power.
Sugar would quickly soar to even
higher figures than before. II was
known that Barry Conant's usual order
from his clients. the System mas
ters. for such an occasion as the pres
emit wss Break the price at any cost"
On the other hand. every one knew
that Randolph q Randolph we're usual.
ly behind Bob's big operations; this
was evidently one OF his biggest. and
every man there knew that Randolph
q Randolph we're seldom backed down
BY any force.
A. Bob made his bid "73 for 5000"
and got II, 7 saw aiquick fash Of pain
shoot across his face. and realised that
u probably meant Ne was nearing the
end Of my last order. I sized Il up
that there was deviltry OF more than
usual Significance behind this sclllns
movement: that Barry Conant must
have unlimited orders To sell and
smash, NY Anal order OF $4,000
brought Y total MP TO 100000 shares
. large amount for even Randolph Z
Randolph 10 bug ota stoeka selling q
nearly $500 : share. I lisa ard there
decjded that whAtever Shappenea
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