The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-11-01

wee BIT. But Sally was. He rushed out
of the crowd to his telephone and
made a p%retense OF reporting the
transaction to his Office, as he would
nave done had they beer bona fde
purchases. He was followed by a hun
bred sharply curious and curiously
sharp eyes. They saw him hold the
telephone receiver to his ear with an
expression of great interest, as if he
were listening to an important mes
sage. But the only message he heard
was that of his heart beats, that
seemed to say almost articulateIy:
You have played, and you have lost;
you have played, and you have lost.
Therefore you are that much worse off
than before. You must play again
and not loser'
He left his telephone and rushed
back to the Sugar crow He was less
excited, less like a drunken man: his
face was no longer flushed, but pale.
And anon there flashed upon him, as
If in candent letters, the words, Pixies
peak or bustr." But Pixies peak glow
ed duly, feebly. while the alternative
was of a lurid splendor. And he blink
ed his eyes and made a curious impa-
tient motion with his hand, as one
waves away an annoying insect.
He gave an order for 5000 Sugar to
his friend, Newton Hartley.
rs this for yourself, Sally?" asked
Hartley.
mo It's for one of the biggest men
in the street. Newt. It's all right. Alb
solutely o. X"
And, thus treasured, Hartley bought
the stock. The price was 11S. The
seller would hold Hartley responsible
for the purchase money if Hayward
Laid down'-refused to pay.
Sally wiped his forehead twice, quite
unnecessarily. The shorts We're not
stampeding.. Any attempt to sell out
the $4,000 shares he had bought would
result only in depressing the price, five
points at least. 1t was worse than bad
the outlook for him.
He gave another order to buy 5000
shares to Billy Lansing, an old and
reliable W. dollar broker, but Ian
sing declined it. He tried another, but
the order was o accepted. They mis-
trusted him, but he could not even
bluster, for they excused themselves on
the ground of having important orders
AoS hNAN ~ III lu W LII
other personal friend-J. G. Thompson.
Joe, buy 5000 Sugar"
care you sober?" said Thompson Sc
riously.
''See for yourself" Sally
laughingly. He had nerve "Old man,
I've got a very big order from one of
the biggest men in the street. Some
developments are going on
ssSaIJ- a,1 -, $3.50
der for some one else?" asked the I'm
convinced broker. His i~ncredulity was
obviously in the nature of an insult,
but it was ~pardonable, for there was
much at stake.
Joe, come over to the office and I'll
show you Really, l can't tell you.
But I IA advise YOU, as a friend. to
buy Sugar for all are worth" And
as he uttered the lie he looked straight
into ThompsOn's eyes.
Hayward, are you sure? Are you
sure you're not making a mistaken"
wanted the commission of 500, but
be did not feel certain of his friend.
"Oh, hell, no. I've got a lot more
to buy. It's all right. Go ahead, joe"
And Joe went ahead. He bought The
5000 shares. The stock rose to 1191A,
and Hayward, warned by his experience
with Hartley and Thompson, did not
either friend or foe to buy nothe
5000 shares for him.. What he did
was to distribute buying orders for
10000 shares in lots of 500. Brokers
accepted his orders. for they We're
not so large as to be dangerous. And
the stock rose to 1929. A few shorts
were frightened. He might win out
after all. He might make Pixies peak.