Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-19

be l52 by the time he reported to hi
customer, was a man to be pitied
Again, the trader who the night befor'
had decided that sugar had gone VI
too fast, and who had "shorted" (tha
is, sold what he did not have, with th'
intention of repurchasing at lowe
price than he sold it for) 5000 shares
at 140 and who, finding himself In tina
surging mob with sugar selling at Is:
could only get out by taking loss o
100000, or by taking another chance
of later paying 162-such a trader wa:
also to be pitied.
No one who scanned the crowd tha
morning would have believed that TIT
calm, set face on that erect 1ndiar
figure, occupying the very center o.
that horde Of gamblers who were only
awaiting the ringing clang Of the gong
to hurl themselves like madmen a.
each other, was the hysterical mar
who the night before was wildly pray
ing for this moment. Nearly every
man in that crowd was calm, but BOZ
Brownley was the calmest Of them all
It's the exchange code that at any cost
of heart or nerve-tear a man must re.
tain good form until the gong strikes
Then, that he must be as near the un-
Gagged tiger as human mind and body
can be made. Only 1 realized what
volcano ragged inside my chum's bosom
II any other man Of the crowd hao
known, Bob's chances Of success would
have been on par with Canadian
canoeist short cutting Niagara fol
Buffalo. Nine-tenths of the stock ex-
change game Is not letting your left
brain lobe know what race your right
is in until the winning numbers and
the also rams are on the board. II one
of those 800 lightning thinkers
or any Of their 10000 alert associates
knew in advance the intentions OF 9
fellow broker, the word would sweeI
through that crowd with the sureness
Of uncorked ether, and the other 2ss
at gong strike, would be at each 9TH
ers' throats for his vitals, and before
he knew the game had started would
have his bones picked to a vulture-
finish cleanness.
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 Its
command to "at 'em, you f1ends" when
from 800 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 ali ex-
citing opening. 1t not only fills and
refills space, for the volume Is terrific
but 1t has an individuality all Its own
coming from the incisive "take-mine
Pve-got yours" from the aggressive
almost arrogant, you u-can't-you-won't-
have way" the confident by
heaven-I-will" individual notes thai
enter into the whole, as they blend
with the shrill scream Of triumph and
the die-away note Of disappointment
when the floor men realize their sue
cess or their failure. I picked Bob's
magnificently resonant voice from the
mass-"4O for any part Of 10000 Su-
gar" It was this daring bid thai
struck terror to the bears and filled
the bulls with q frenzy Of encourage
ment. Again 1t rang out-"45 for any
part Of 25,0O0;" and a third time
80 for any part Of $4,000"
The great crowd was surging al
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 f1ll his bid or grab
his offer. Through all the wild whirl
straight and erect and commanding
was the form Of Bob his face cold and
expressionless as an iceberg. In fVe
minutes the human mass had worked
back to the Sugar pole and there was
the lnSNltdple iuii "iiiiS ito hiSibSA@
verified"
1 could see by the few entries Bot
was making on his pad that he hao
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 ne
had the greater part Of my $4,000 YET
unbought, which in turn meant ne
could continue to push up 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'S
voice rang out again-"153 for any
part of 10000 Sugar" Again the gam
blers closed in and for another five
minutes the opening scene was dupli'
Gated, with only a shade less fierce
ness. After ten minutes mad trading
mighty burst of sound told tha
Sugar was 16O bid Then Bob worked
his way out of the crowd, and passing
by me fairly Kissed, by heaven, Jim
I'VE got them cinched!"
1 went back to the office. In few
minutes Bob without word strod'
through my office and into the little
room occupied by Beulah Sands. HI
closed the door behind him, thing
that he had never done before. 1t wa:
only a minute till he opened it ane
called to me. In his eyes was strange
look, a look that came from the blend
ing of two mighty passions, one JOY
the other 1 could not make out, unles:
it was that soft one, which suppressed
love, emerging from terrible uncer
tainty, generates in deep natures ant
which usually finds vent In tears
Beulah Sands was study. Her hear
was evidently swaying and tuggint
with the news Bob had brought her
She must have seen the nearness o
release from the torture that had beer
filling her soul during the past three