The Marshall republican., 1907-05-03

outside the office. j am sure. for she
said goodnight TO him when he or
she left for the day. with the same
don't.come-with.m ms dignity that she
exhibited TO all the rest Of us. 7
had not attempted to say a word to
Bob about his feeling for Deulah
Sands, nor had he ever brought up
the subject to me. On the contrary,
he studiously avoided IL.
Three months of the six had now
passed, and with each day I thought |
noted an increasing anxiety in Bob.
He had opened a special account for
Miss Sands on the books of the house
In his name rs agent, with a credit Of
100000. and W. both watched Il with
a painful teuseness OF SCRUTINY. II
had grown By uneyeu Jerks. until the
balance on October | was almost
100000. On some OF the trades Bob
had consulted me. aud on others, two
In particular where he closed up after
u few days operations with nearly
100000 profit. ! did not even know
what the trading vas based on until
the stocks had been sold. Then he
said:
Jim, that little lady from Virginia
can give ia n hig handicap and play
us TO "a standstill at our own game.
She told me TO buy all the Burlington
and Sugar her account would stand.
and did not even ask my opinion. In
both eases ! thought the operations
were more the result Of n vaaefnl
nlyht. and an l.must.do~omeihing de.
clslon than anything else. and tack.
led both with a SILVER: hut when she
told me Ia sell them out al a time I
thought they looked like going high.
or. and the next day they slumped. I
could not help thinking about the dos.
tiny that shapes our ends"
On my part tried To help. on one
occasion. without consulting her,
put her account In on n sure thing
underwriting. wherein she stood IA
make a profit of a quarter OF a mil.
Hon, hut when bob told her what I
had done. s~ha-insisted with greasdls.
nifty that her name DO withdraw.
After that neither ~ us dared help
her 10 any short cuts. Bob was deep.
ly Impressed by her principles, and.
commenting on them. said: "Jim. ~
nil Wall street had a code similar 10
Beulah Sands Ia hew "a In their gam
bles, ours would he n fairer and more
manly game. and many OF the multi.
~milllonalres would be clerking. while
q lot OF the handto.mouth traders
would come down town In \ new auto
every day In the week. She does not
believe In stock gambling, She has
worked II out that every dollar one
mao makes. another loses; that the
IN who makes gives nothing In
return for. what he gets nway with
aud that the other fellows loss makes
him and his as miserable n would
robbery 10 the same amount. Yet
J she realizes that she must get back
those millions stolen from hor father.
and Is willing 10 smother her ION.
science To attempt Il. provided she
takes no unfair advantage Of the OH.
or players. The other day she said
10 me: ] have decided. because OF
my duty 10 my father. to put away my
prejudice against gambling. but no
duty 10 him or 10 any one else can
justify me In playing with marked
cards Jim. there Is food FOR rcfiec.
ton for you and me, don't yol think1"
! did not argue with him, for, aftor
that Saturdays %outburst. I hal made
up my mind 10 avoid stirring pob up
unnecessarily. Also. | had to admit 10
myself that the things he had then
said had raised some uncomfortable
thoughts In me. thoughts tina. made
me glance less confidently now and
then at the old sign OF Randolph q
Randolph and at the big ledger which
showed that I. an ordinary citizen ef
. free country. was the absolute poe
SCISSOR Of more money than q hundred
thousand OF my fellow beings toSetass
could accumulated In . lifetime. a.
though each had worked harder. long
or. conscientionsly. and with
perhaps more ability than I.
As to how Beulah Sands code had
affected my friend, ! was ignorant
For the first time In our association
was completely In the dark - to what
he was doing stockwise. Up 10 that
Saturday was the first to whom hs
would rush for congratulations when
hc struck It rich over others on The
exchange, and be Invariably sought ~
for consolation when the boys upper
cut him hard as he would Pat Il
Now he never said a word About hi
trading. saw that his account With
the house was Inactive. that his ~
ance was about the same " ,bsfosv
Miss Sands advent. and I came 4
the conclusion that he was rssting q
his oars and giving his undivided q
tentton TO her account and the ore
cutiou Of his commissions. HIS haaa
linz, of tho business OF the house. shew
cd no change. He stilll was the ~
broker on the door. However. kAew
Ing Bob a. ! did. I could net ~ Il
out or my mind that HI brain, ~
running IKE 4 m6lLtaca ~ nont6A =