The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-11-13

Tneir boaru MEMBER 10 sen 90 SHARES
Of International Pipe at the market"
The telephone boy receives the mes
sage and puts up" Mr.. Middleton's
number, which means that on the
multicolOred, checkered strip on the
| frieze of the New street wall Mr.. Mid
dleton's number, Gil, appears by
means Of an electrical device. The mo-
ment Mr.. Middleton sees that his num-
Der is up" he hastens to the telephone
| booth to ascertain what is wanted.
| Now, IL Mr. Middleton delays in an
swering his number the telephone boy
knows he is absent and gives the or
der TO two dollar broker, like Mr..
| Browning or Mr.. Watson. who always
| hover about the booths looking for or
ders. He does the same If he knows
| that Mr.. Middleton is very busy exc
cutting some other order or If In his
| judgment the order calls for immediate
exc ution. The two dollar broker sells
the 800 shares of international Pipe to
Allen & Smith and gives up" Tracy &
Middleton on the transaction-that is,
he notifies the purchaser that he is
acting for T. & NJ, and Allen & Smith
must look to the latter firm, the real
sellers, for the stock bought For this
service the broker employed by Tracy
& Middleton receives the sum of 50 for
each hundred shares, while Tracy &
Middleton Of course charge their Gus
toner the regular commission OF one
eighth Of per cent, or $3.50, per each
hundred shares.
Young Hayward attended to his
business closely, and when Mr. Mid
dleton was absent from the floor or
busy he impartially distributed the
firms telephoned buying or selling or
ders among the two dollar brokers, for
Tracy & Middleton did a very good
commission business indeed. BE was
nice looking and nice acting little
chap, was Hayward-clean faced, po-
lite and amiable. The brokers liked
him, and they remembered" him at
Christmas. The best memory was
Dossessed by Joe Jacobs. who gave
him S25, and inslnuated that he would
like to do more of Tracy & Middle
toms business than he had been doing.
But" said Sally, the firm said
was to give the order to whichever
broker l found first"
well" said Jacobs oleaginously, 81
am never too busy to take orders from
such a nice young fellow as yourself
il you take the trouble to find me,
and I'll do something nice for you.
Look here" in a whisper, IF you give
me plenty of business I'll give you S.
f week" And he dived into the mob
that was yelling itself hoarse about the
Natural Gas post.
Hayward's first impulse was to tell
his firm about it, because he felt
vaguely that Jacobs would not have
offered him 50 a week If he had not
expected something dishonorable in re-
turn. Before the market closed, how
ever, he spoke to Willie Simpson, Mac
Duff & Wilkinson's boy, whose tele-
phone was next to Tracy & Middle
tons. Sure enough, Willie expressed
great indignation at Jacobs action.
IT'S just like that old skunk" said
Willie. Five dollars a week when he
can make 500 out Of the firm. Don't
you do it, Sally. Why, Jim Burr, who
had the place before you, used to get
500 a week from old man Grant and
$50 n month from Wolff You've got
cinch If you only know how to work
It, Why, they are supposed to give
you so cents a hundred" Willie had
been in the business for two years,
and he was a very well dressed youth,
indeed Sally now understood how nc