Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-03
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A GENTEEL "HoL.p-rP."

In my childhood at home. my father
was often ava for I: week or longer,
working or looking for work. My moth
er had u notion that a boy should be
punished only by his father. so, when
ever she caught me in hat she re-
garded as u serious transsression, she
used to say: You viii get a good
whipping for This, when your father
comes hoIne.' Al first used TO wait
passivcly. suffering the tofments of ten
thrashings before Tho good Wnip'Ing'
came 10 pass. But soon my mind be
gan TO employ the interval more profit
ably. | would scheme to escape IKE
cuuiojl of sentence: and. though my
mother WAS II determined oma
m2ny's he time l contriNed To mango
her inin'l. l mn no, recommending to
parer is The system of delay in eXecu-
ton of sentences: bat | must say that
in my case ii WAS responsible for an
invaluable discipline. For example.
the Textile tangle.
| knew / was in all human probability
doomed to go down before the Stock
Exchange had been open an hour the
next morning. All Textile stocks must
start many points higher han they had
been at the close. must go steadily and
swiftly up. Entangled as my reserve
We're in the coal deal. l should
have no chance to cover my shorts on
any terms less Than the loss of all l
had. At most. ] could hope only TO save
myself from criminal bankruptcy.
And now my early training in coolly
and calmly studying how TO avert exc
cution of sentence came into play.
There is Il kline of c~ofneled-rat, hit-or-
miss, last-ditch fight that any creature
will make i'm such circumstances as
miEe then We're, and the Inspirations of
despair sometimes happen to be lucky.
But ] prefer the r~easoned-out plan.
There WAS no signal of distress in my
voice as ] ~telephoned Corey. president
of the Interstate Trust company, to
stay NJ his office until / came: there
was nc signal of distress In my manner
as j sailed forth and went down tt
the Power Trust building: nor did
show or suggest hat i had heard the
sunrise" sentence. as l strode
into Roebuck's presence and greeted
him. / was assuming. by way OF pre-
caution, that some rurnor about M
either had cached him OF would soor
reach him. l knew he had am eye IL
every secret of finance and industry
and. while ! believed my secret wa.
wholly my own. / had too much a
stake with him to bank on that. whel
could, as l though, so easily reas
sure him.
i've come 10 suggest. Mr.. Roebuck.
said /, that you let my house-Blacl
lock and Company-announce the Goa
reorganization plan. 1t would give m
a great lift. and Melville and his BAN
don't need prestige. My daily letter
TO the public on investments have. a
YOU know, got me Il big following tina
would help me make the hotation al
: even bigger success than it's bound t
. be. no matter who it and in
!, vites subscriptions"
AS l thus proposed that ] be in
I jiny caught up from the extremel,
! humble level Of reputed bucket-sho
, dealer into the highest a of hig.
: finance, that / be made the officia
: spokesman OF the financial gods. his ex
preston was SO ludicrous that I almos
/ lost my gravity. l suspect. for a me
!. ment he thought l had zone mad. H!
. manner, when he recovered himself sui
6ciently to speak, was certainly not ur
+. like what il would have been had h
found himself alone before a danger