The Marshall republican., 1907-05-24

Poor Bob. he was forgotten! An IN.
slant after he made his last effort he
was the dead cock In the pit. Frenzied
gamblers of the stock exchange have
no more use for the dead cocks than
have Mexicans for the real birds when
they get the fatal gan. The day after
the contest, OF V that same night at
Deimonico's and the clubs. these men
would moan for poor Bob: Barry Con.
ants moan would be the iondest Of
them ali, and, what 10 more. II would
be sincere. But on battle day away
20 the dump with the fallen bird. the
bird that could not wini q a look
Of deep, terrible agony spread rel
pob's face; and then in q fash he was
the Bob Browniey who J always boast
ed had the courage and the brain To
do the right thing In all circumstances.
To the establishment OF every man in
the crowd he let loose one wild yell, .
cross between the war.whoop Of an
Indian and the bay OF n deeplunged
hound regaining n lost scent. Then he
began TO throw over Sugar stock.
right and left. In big and little
amounts. lie slaughtered the price.
under.cuttinG Barry Conant's every Of.
fer and hiling every bid. For 20 min.
utes he was a mailman. then he
stopped. Sugar was falling rapidly IN
the price II finally reached. 90. and
tho panic was In full swing. but penics
seemed now to have no interest for
Bob. lie pushed his way through tina
crowd and. joining me. said: Jim.
forgive me. I have dragged you into
an enormous loss. have ruined Beulah
Sands, her father and myself. think
at the last moment did the only
thing possible. threw YER the ib0.-
900 shares and 80 cut on some Of our
loss. Let us 20 10 tho once and see
where W. stand" He was strangely.
unnaturally calm after that heartcrusb'
ing. nerve.tcarins day. tried 10 tell
him how I admired his cool nerve and
pluck in about facing and doing the
only thing there was left to do; to tell
him that required more real courage
and ievsi.headedness than all the rest
Of the days doinss; but he stopped
me:
"Jim. don't talk IN me. MY conceit
In gone. have learned my lesson to
day. My plans we're all right, and
sound. hut poor fool that ] a ] did
not take into consideration the loaded
dice Of the master thieves. knew
: what they could do. have q e then
scores of times. NJ you have. at theiI
slaughter; n them crush out the
hearts Of other men Just as coed M
you or I: seen them take them out and
skin and qusrter-slice them. unmlnd
full 81 the agony Of those who were
dear TO and dependent IN their own
err, but II never seemed to strike me
home. II was not my heart. and some
how, I looked Mt II ~ a part OF the
game and let II 20 at that. To-day
know what II meant TO be put on the
chopping block OF the System butch
srs. know what II Ia 10 see my hear
and the heart OF q | love--and yours
too, Jim--systematically skewered I,
those Of the hundreds and thousand
OF Victims who have gone before. Jim
We must be three millions losers. and
the men who have n money have u
many. many millions that they can,
live lops, enough even TO thumb then
over. Men who will use our mono,
on this gambling table. At the rae,
tracks. squander II on stage harlots
or In turning their wives and daugh
tsrs or their n%eishbors' wives ant
daughters into worse. han stsga- hAr