Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-09-26
SYNOPSIS.


dolph had gone to college together and
entered the employ OF Randolph's father
at the close of college days. BROMLEY
II a Virginan by birth. Beulah Sands,
daughter of an old Virginia house, calls
on BROMLEY and tells him her father
has been practically ruined by the stock
operations of ReinhArt She hopes to
utilize her own money in Wall street in
retrieving her fathers fortunes before
hig condition becomes known, and asks
for employment In the office that she may
have an opportunity to better understand
how her money IL invested. She does not
want It used in a purely Wall street
gamble, but IN the buying and selling Of
legitimate securities. BROMLEY agEeea -
help her. and falls in love with her.
CHAPTER II-BrownlSy plungSs IN
isuEar stock. He uses the money Of Miss
Sands, his own and in addition IL backed
heavily by the Randolph millions. His
iooup seems successful, and he tells Miss
Sands that she has cleared u, Sooooa- But
the market had not closac.
ID, CHAPTER III-Barry Conant. head
4 broker for Standard OIL and sugar in
ttereses, suddenly begins to sell "augar."
In the midst of a panic he breaks the
market and with its fall carries away
the earnings and much Of the capital of
Both Miss Sands and himself. A pretty
Hove scene occurs between the two at the
terrible truth of their fall. BrOWnIay
eAkOS n trip 70 Virginia.
CHAPTER IV-Beulah and Bob t0oOnO
Engaged. Randolph wants to loan her
father the money to meet his obligations.
SShO refuses. Bob figures ON how 70 bsaA
Wall street at its own game. sugar taleS
another sensational squirt upward. but
'DrOwRlsy keeps out.
CHAPTER v-The bulls toss sugar
70 record breaking point, and the Street"
goes wild. Barry ConRnt, for the "sys-
tenn" pushes prices up and up, and q
wonderful cleanup 10 promised when the
exchange closes, Thursday, November L.
Sugar opens higher Friday morning. No
Vembor 10. When the price had passed
ali bounds Brownley steps into the pit and
begins to sell. He sells every share the
syBtsm's" brokers will take, and pounds
the price down and down until failures
are Of momentary occurrence, and ''thS
system" has lost millions He has made
V~4llOns for Beulah Sands and her father.
CHAPTER VI-Beulah Sands insists
upon being assured that there is no dis
honor connected with the money he has
made for her, and he cannot honestly an
ever no" He leaves her to think It
out When he returns he finds her star
ding at the glaring headlines of a newspa-
per extra announcing that her father,
while temporarily insane. had killed his
wife, his daughter and himself, and
BsNlAh Sands had gone crazy.
CHAPTER VII-Bob Brownley marries
beautiful insane Beulah Sands, and takes
her to Virginia. The sight of the old
home does not restore her reason. and
ne returns with her to New York and
'bualAS palace for his bride, one floor
OF which is designed especially for her.
Tie begins plunging on the street and
adds millions to his now great fortune.
HE always opposes the System" His
every appearance on the floor of the ex-
change means panicky conditions. Time
SaeSar time he has the street. seemingly
tRt his mercy, but relents before the great
cyssh comes.
CHAPTER TX.
TIE governing committee was hold
ang q meeting in its room. Bob rushed
in unceremoniously.
"0ne word, gentlemen" he called.
''I have more trades outstanding, both
buys and sells, than any other mem
Der or house. Before deciding whether
TO adjourn in an attempt to save the
Street. ask your consideration OF
this proposition: If the exchange will
suspend operations for 80 minutes,
and allow me to address the mem
Ebers on the floor will agree to buy
stocks all around the room, until they
Chave regained at least half their drop
all of it, If possible. l will buy I'M
ell have exhausted to the last hun
bred my fortune of billion dollars.
This should make an adjournment I'M
necessary. know that this is a most
extraordinary request, but you are
confronted with a most extraordinary
situation, the most remarkable in the
History Of the stock exchange. Al
ready, II what they say on the floor
q correct, over geo banks and trust
companies throughout the country
have gone under, and new failures
are being announced every minute.
Half the members Of this and the
lpOston and Philadelphia exchanges
are insoIvent and have closed their
doors, or will close them before three
L0eIooh, and the shrinkAge in values
no far reported runs over fifteen bill
'1suas. Unless something Is done be-
iaspe the el0sO. there will b q similar
IwaAse In every exchange and bouFss
On Europe tomorrow"
Tae eemmitsee instantly vOted "a
any tA0 proposition before the full
AoarA. In another miaute the proSi'
Asnt's KGvel sounded. and the AocE
l>Das sttii as Q tomb. All eyes wer0
kasoA oa the vresidSnt Every HaAA