Mexico Missouri message., 1907-07-25
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| FRIDAY |
| THE l3EMH |
a Novel By
Il THOMAS W. LAWSON
A1thos Of
"Frsnzied Finance"
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ICopysiSAi, 1871, Doubleday. rAg' q O.,
cHAPrER II.-contInued.
Arth0F Of
"Frenzied Finance"

CHAPTER II.--contlnued.
did not argue with him, for, after |
that Saturdays outburst, had made |
up my mind to avoid stirring Bob up |
unnecessarily. Also, had to admit to |
myself that the things he had then
said had raised some uncomfortable |
thoughts In me. thoughts that made
mo glance less confidently now and
then at the old sign OF Randolph &
Randolph and at the big ledger which
showed that I, an ordinary citizen OF
a free country, was the absolute pos.
SCISSOR of more money than hundred
thousand OF my fellow beings together
could accumulated In lifetime, al.
though each had worked harder, long
er. more conscientiOusly. and with
perhaps more ability than /.
AS to how Beulah Sands code had
Affected my friend. ! was ignorant
For the first time in our association
was completely in the dark as to what
he was doing stockwise. Up to that
Saturday | was the first to whom he
would rush for congratulations when
he struck Il rich over others on the
exchange. and he invariably sought me
for consolation when the boys upper.
cut him hard" as he would put II.
Now he never said a word about his
trading. l saw that his account with
the house was inactive, that his bal.
.ance was about the same as before
Miss Sands advent, and l came to
the conclusion that he was resting on
his oars and giving his undivided ut.
tention 20 her account and the exc.
-cution of his commissions His hand.
ling OF the business OF the house show
ed no change. He still was the best
broker on the floor. However. know.
Ing Bob as l did. ! could not get Il
out of my mind that his brain was
running like mili.race In search Of
some successful solution OF the ire
mendous problem that must be'solved
IN the next three months.
Shortly after the October l state
ments had been sent out, Bob dropped
in on Kate and me one night After
she had retired and we had lit our
cigars in the library he said:
"Jim. want some OF that old.fash.
Toned advice OF yours Sugar Is sell.
ing at ITO. and II is worth e. in fact
It Is cheap. The stock Is we'll dlstrib-
uted among investors. not much of
Il floating round the street A good
big buying movement. well handled
would jump II to 175 and keep Il there
Am / sound?"
/ agreed with him.
IAN right. Now what reason Il
there for good. big. sun uplift? THAI
tariff bill is up at Washington. II 4
goes through. sugar will be cheaper
at 1T5 than at no."
Again agreed.
Standard OIL and the sugar peo
pie know whether II Is going through
for they control the senate and the
house and can induce the president L
be good. What do you say to that 2
20. H." answered.
mo question about II, Is there?"
Not the slightest"
fright again. When 90 Broadway
gives the secret order 20 the Washing
ton boss and he passes II out 20 tn
grafters, there will be a quiet accumu
satIon OF the stock. won't there?"
You've got that right, Bob"
"And the man who flrst knows whei
Washington begins 10 take on sugar 4
the man who should load up qnicl
aud rush II up to high level. II h
does II quickly. the stockholders. VIII
now have II. win get juicy slice o
the ripening melon. slice that Other
wise would SO 20 those greedy hype
critics at Washington, who are Away
publicly proclaiming that they ar
there to serve their fellow countr,
nen. but who never tire Of expresain
themselves to their brokers as not b.
tng in politics for their health"
$50 far. good reasoning" ! con
mented.
Jim, the man who first knows whe
the senators aud congressman an
mcmbere OF the cabinet begin 10 bu
sugar, is the man who can KIN fou
birds with one stone; Win back
part OF Judge Sands stolen fortune
increase HIS own little pile against II
nrst OF January. when. II the little vi
ginian lady Is short a few hundre
Thousand az the necessary amount,
could. Il Ne found way TO induce HI
60 Accept IT, supply the deficiency
fatten up sood friend bank acooul
q million Of %. and do q right goo
turn for the Stockholders who a
about 10 be. Tor the hundfodth tim
bled out Of pro6l riRhtfully theirs"
hob Wa aare with enthusiasm. 4
firat had ssen him show lot I'M
nnohtha. seains that ! he'd follows
sim MlsApat opiec,ien " saE' ~ co
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