The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-03
Copyright, 1'Os, Doubleday. Page $ eo.)
CHAPTER ll.-Continued.
Author of "Frenzied Finance"


 morning would have believed that the calm, set face on that erect Indian figure occupying the very center Of that horde of gamblers who were only awaiting the ringing Clang of the gong 10 hurl themselves like madmen at each other. was the hXsterical man who the night before Was wildly pray ing for this moment, Nearly every man in that crowd was calm, but Bob Brownlcy was the calmest of them all. It's the exchange code that at any cost of heart or nerye-tear q man must re- Iain good form until the gong strikes. Then, that he must be as near the un. Caged tiger as human mind and body can be made Only l realized what volcano ragged inside my chum's bosom. Ef any other man of the crowd had Known. Bob's chances of success would have been on par with Canadian canoeist short cutting Niagara for But- falo.
 Suddenly. as I watched the scene, there rang through the great hall the first sharp stroke of the gong. There were no echoes heard that morning The metallic voice was yet shaping it's command to at em, you fiendsa when from 300 throats burst the wild sound of the stock exchange yell. No other sound in any of the open or hidden places of all nature duplicates the yell of a great stock exchange at an exciting opening. IL not only fills and reflls space, for the volume is terrific, but it has an individuality all it's own, coming from the incisive "take-mine- Tve-got yours," from the aggressive, almost arrogant "you-can' tyou-w t have-your-way the confident by heavenI.will' individual notes that en- ter into the whole, as they blend with the shrll scream of triumph and the die-away note of disappointment, when the floor men realize their success or their failure. l picked Bob's magnifi- gently resonant voice from the mass 40 for any part of 10000 Sugar. It was this daring bid that struck terror to the bears and filled the bulls with a frenzy of encouragement. Again it rang out-"45 for any part of % 900; " and a third time-''50. for any part of 50.00O."
 The great crowd was s.urging all over the room. Hats were smashed and coats were being stripped from their owners backs as though made of paper and now and then a particular ly frantic buyer or seller would be borne to the floor by the impetus of those who sought to 'hl his bid or grab his offer. Through alI-the wild whirl, straight and erect and. commanding was the form of Bob his'face cold and expressionless as an .ieaherg, In five minutes the human mdss had worked back to the Sugar pole 'ahd there%a the inevitable lull while.its meinbeit verified E>
 l could see hy the few entries Bob was making on his pad that he had been compelled to buy but little. This meant that his campaign was working smoothly. that he was driving the mar ket up by merely bidding. and that he had the greater part of my 50000 yet unbought which in turn meant he could continue to push mp the price or in the event of his opponents at tempting to run it down. he would be under the market with big supporting orders
 Suddenly the lull was broken. Bob $ voice rang out asain1"l53 for any part of 10 900 Sugar Again rheegam- blers closed in and for anothef' five minutes the opening scene was dupli- catcd, with only a shade less fierce. ness. After tgH minutes mad trading mighty burst of sound told that Sugar was l60 bid Then Bob worked his way out of the crowd, and passing by me fairly hissed Gj heaven, Jim, I've got them cinehed.'
 l went back to the office In a few minutes Bob without a word strode through my office and into the little room occupied by Beulah. Sands He closed the door behh1d. him, a thing that he had never done before. It was only minute till he opened it and called to me, Ir,his .eyes was a strange look look that came from the blend ing of two mighty passions, one joy the other could not make out, unless it was that soft one, which suppressed love emerging. from terrible uncer tainty, generates in deep natpres and which usnarly finds vent in tears Beulah Sands was a study. Her heart was evidently swaying and tugging with the news Bob had brought her She must have seen the nearness Of release from the torture that had been filling her soul during the past three months, and yet such was the remark able self-control of the woman. such